An Act for the relief of certain members of the uniformed services erroneously in receipt of family separation allowances
PL 87-207 (H.R.6244), enacted 09/06/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-307--SEPT. 6, 1961 
[75 ST A T . 
September 6, 1961 
[H. R. 6244] 
Public Law 87-207 
AN ACT 
For the relief of certain members and former members of tlie uniformed services 
erroneously in receipt of family separation allowances. 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Family s e p a r -
atlon allowances. 
Refunds. 
Appropriations. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That members and 
former members of the uniformed services are relieved of all liability 
to refund to the United States the amounts, which were otherwise cor-
rect, erroneously received by them after February 28,1956, and before 
September 1,1956, as family separation allowances under former para-
graph 4304, Joint Travel Regulations of the uniformed services. 
Any 
mejnber or former member of a uniformed service who has at any 
time made repayment to the United States of any amount paid to him 
as a family separation allowance within that period is entitled to have 
refunded to him the amount repaid provided application is made 
within one year. 
SEC. 2. In the audit and settlement of the accounts of any certifying 
or disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given for 
the amount for which liability is relieved by this Act. 
SEC. 3. Appropriations available for the pav and allowances of 
members of the uniformed services are available for refunds imder this 
Act. 
Approved September 6, 1961. 
September 6, 1961 
[S. 880] 
Public Law 87-208 
AN ACT 
To amend section 216 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to author-
ize the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts and bequests of personal property 
for the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
U. S. Merchant 
Marine Academy. 
G i f t s a n d be-
quests of personal 
property. 
53 S t a t . 
1 1 8 2 ; 
Ante, p. 212. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 216 of 
the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1126), is 
amended by inserting at the end thereof a new subsection (g) to read 
as follows: 
"(g)(1) The Secretary of Commerce may accept, hold, adminis-
ter, and spend gifts and bequests of personal property made on the 
condition that jt be used for the benefit of, or for use in connection 
with, the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 
Gifts and 
bequests of money and the proceeds from the sales of property received 
as gifts shall be deposited in the Treasury in the fund called 'United 
States Merchant Marine Academy general gift fund'. The Secretary 
may disburse funds deposited under this subsection for the benefit or 
use of the Merchant Marine Academy subject to the terms of the gift 
or bequest. If a gift is made for a specific purpose and that purpose is 
accomplished without exhausting the entire amount of the gift, then 
unless the donor has manifested a different intention, the Secretary 
may disburse the residue of the gift for a purpose that in the judgment 
of the Secretary, or his delegate, is as close as practical to the specific 
purpose for which the gift was made. 
"(2) For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, 
property that is accepted under this subsection is consider^ as a gift 
or bequest to or for the use of the United States.