An Act to further amend the Missing Persons Act to cover certain persons detained in foreign countries against their will, and for other purposes
PL 88-428 (H.R.2989), enacted 08/14/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-428-AUG. 14, 1964 
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Public Law 88-428 
AN ACT 
August 14, 1964 
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To further amend the Missing Persons Act to cover certain persons detained 
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in foreign countries against their will, and for other purposes., 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Missing soni^A^t^ ^^"^ 
Persons Act, as amended (50 U.S.C, App. 1001 et seq.), is amended amendment. 
as follows: 
(1) Section 1(a) is amended— 
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(A) by striking out clauses (1) and (2) and by inserting the 
following in place thereof: 
"(1) a member of the uniformed servicas as defined in section 
101 (3) and (23) of title 37, United States Code;" and 
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(B) by redesignating clause (3) as clause "(2)-'. 
(2) Section l(^b) is amended— 
(A) by inserting the words "Air Force," after the word 
"Navy,"; and 
(B) by striking out the words "paragraph (a) (3) above" and 
inserting the words "paragraph (a) (2) above" in place thereof. 
(3) Section 2(a) is amended— 
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(A) by striking out the words "or besieged by a hostile force" 
in the first sentence and inserting the words "besieged by a hostile 
force, or detained in a foreign country against his will" in place 
thereof; 
(B) by inserting the words "or employment" after the word 
"service" in the second sentence; and 
(C) by striking out the words "or besieged by a hostile force" 
in the last sentence and inserting the words "besieged by a hostile 
force, or detained in a foreign country against their will" in place 
thereof. 
(4) The first sentence of section 5 is amended— 
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(A) by striking out the words "missing or missing in action" 1005. 
and inserting the words "entitled under section 2 of this Act to 
receive or be credited with pay and allowances" in place thereof; 
and 
(B) by striking out the words "being a prisoner or of being 
interned" and inserting the words "the circumstances of the con-
tinued absence" in place thereof. 
(5) Section 6 is amended— 
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(A) by striking out the words "and in the hands of a hostile looe. 
force or is interned in a foreign country" in the first sentence; 
and 
(B) by striking out the words "or missing in action" in the 
second sentence and inserting the words "under the conditions 
specified in section 2 of this Act" in place thereof. 
(6) Section 7 is amended by striking out the words "in November 100°."^^ ^^^' 
1941 and any month subsequent thereto". 
(7) Section 10 is amended by inserting the words "Air Force," 10^10"^^^^^' 
after the word "Navy". 
(8) The first sentence of section 12 is amended by striking out the J12^^^ °^^' 
words "missing for a period of thirty days or more, interned in a 
foreign country, or captured by a hostile force" and inserting the 
words "absent for a period of thirty days or more in any status listed 
in section 2 of this Act" in place thereof. 
(9) Section 13 is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case 
of any taxable year beginning after December 31, 1940, no Federal 
income tax return of, or payment of any Federal income tax by— 
Tax deferment. 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-429-AUG. 14, 1964 
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76 Stat. 451, 
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6861, 6871. 
"(1) a member of the uniformed services as defined in sec-
tion 101 (3) and (23) of title37, United States Code; or 
"(2) any civilian officer or employee of any department; 
who, at the time any such return or payment would otherwise become 
due, is absent from his duty station under the conditions specified in 
section 2 of this Act, shall become due until the earlier of the follow-
ing dates— 
"(A) the fifteenth day of the third month in which he ceased 
(except by reason of death or incompetency) to be absent from 
his duty station under the conditions specified in section 2 of 
this Act, unless before the expiration of that fifteenth day he 
again is absent from his duty station under the conditions speci-
fied in section 2 of this Act; or 
"(B) the fifteenth day of the third month following the month 
in which an executor, administrator, or conservator of the estate 
of the taxpayer is appointed. 
Such due date is prescribed subject to the j)ower of the Secretary of 
the Treasury or his delegate to extend the time for filing such return 
or paying such tax, as in other cases, and to assess and collect the tax 
as provided in sections 6851, 6861, and 6871 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954 in cases in which such assessment or collection is jeop-
ardized and in cases of bankruptcy or receivership." 
Approved August 14, 1964. 
Public Law 88-429 
AN ACT 
August 14, 1964 
[H. R. 8523] 
To authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the city of Saxman, Alaska. 
Saxtnan, Alaska. 
Conveyance. 
44 Stat. 630. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America i/n Congress assembled, That the trustee for 
the city of Saxman, Alaska, appointed under the provisions of section 
3 of the Act of May 25,1926 (48 U.S.C. 355c), shall, under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Interior, convey to such city all right, 
title, and interest held by such trustee to all lands within the town-
site of such city which on the date of enactment of this Act are un-
occupied and not held in trust for an Indian or Eskimo under the 
provisions of such Act of May 25,1926. 
Approved August 14, 1964. 
August 14, 1964 
[H. R. 8251] 
Public Law 88-430 
AN ACT 
To amend section 612, title 38, United States Code, to authorize dental services 
and treatment in cases where discharges were corrected by competent 
authority from dishonorable to conditions other than dishonorable. 
Veterans. 
Outpatient den-
tal services. 
72 Stat. 1142. 
fie it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That subsection 
612(b) (2), title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
semicolon at tlie end thereof and adding the following: ", except that 
if a disqualifying discharge or release has been corrected by com-
petent authority application may be made within one year after the 
date of correction or tlie date of enactment of this exception, whicli-
ever is later;". 
Approved August 14, 1964.