Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(h)(1), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1065, purported to substitute “section 1304 of title 31” for “section 1302 of the Act of July 27, 1956, (31 U.S.C. 724a)” in subsec. (a) of section 334 of this title, without reference to the earlier repeal of that section by Pub. L. 97–124, § 3, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1666.

Repeal effective only with respect to claims arising on or after Dec. 29, 1981, see section 4 of Pub. L. 97–124, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section 1089 of Title 10, Armed Forces.