Rescission Act
The Rescission Act of 1946 (Pub. L. 79–301, H.R. 5158, 60 Stat. 6, enacted February 18, 1946, codified at 38 U.S.C. § 107) is a law of the United States reducing (rescinding) the amounts of certain funds already designated for specific government programs, much of it for the U.S. military, after World War II concluded and as American military and public works spending diminished.
| Long title | An Act reducing or further reducing certain appropriations and contractual authorizations available for the fiscal year 1946, and for other purposes. |
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| Nicknames | Second Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act, 1946 |
| Enacted by | the 79th United States Congress |
| Effective | February 18, 1946 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 79–301 |
| Statutes at Large | 60 Stat. 6 |
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Among its provisions was the option for transferring $200 million previously appropriated to the U.S. Army for ordnance service and supplies to the Army of the Philippines, with the proviso that military service for the Philippines during World War II, while it was in service of the United States Army Forces in the Far East pursuant to the presidential Military Order of July 26, 1941, would not be considered to be military service for the United States.
The effect was to retroactively annul benefits to Filipino troops for their military service under the auspices of the United States while the Philippines was a U.S. unincorporated territory and Filipinos were U.S. nationals.