[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1717 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1717

                   For the relief of Dona H. Shibata.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 1996

   Mr. Akaka introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
                   For the relief of Dona H. Shibata.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.

    (a) Entitlement to Shipment.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in the administration of subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, with respect to Dona H. Shibata, a retired 
employee of the United States--
            (1) the said Dona H. Shibata shall be considered entitled 
        under that subchapter to ship her household goods from Japan to 
        Las Vegas, Nevada, at the expense of the United States in 
        connection with her retirement from service as an employee of 
        the United States; and
            (2) the maximum total weight of the household goods that 
        she is entitled under that subchapter to ship from Japan to Las 
        Vegas, Nevada, at the expense of the United States is the 
        weight equal to the excess of--
                    (A) 18,000 pounds, over
                    (B) the total weight of the household goods (if 
                any) that her husband, Sunao Shibata (also a retired 
                employee of the United States), shipped from Japan to 
                Hawaii at the expense of the United States at the time 
                of his retirement from service as an employee of the 
                United States in 1985,
        such total weight of 18,000 pounds being the maximum total 
        weight of the household goods which her husband, Sunao Shibata, 
        was entitled to ship from Japan to Hawaii at the expense of the 
        United States at that time.
    (b) Reimbursement Alternative.--In the event that Dona H. Shibata 
or Sunao Shibata or both have, before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, incurred the cost of shipping from Japan to Las Vegas, Nevada, 
household goods which Dona H. Shibata would have been entitled in 
accordance with this section to have shipped at the expense of the 
United States if this Act had been in effect at the time such goods 
were shipped, the Secretary of the Army shall reimburse Dona H. Shibata 
and Sunao Shibata for such cost in the actual amount of the cost so 
incurred.

SEC. 2. PERIOD OF APPLICABILITY OF ENTITLEMENT.

    Section 1 applies, in accordance with the provisions thereof, with 
respect to a shipment that is commenced before, on, or within one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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