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 15 08 Reserve Officers' Tr aining Co rps. Vol .41,p . 778 C., p. 249. Burial, etc ., expenses. Expenses of escort. Provisos. Reimbursement to individuals. Section repealed. Vol.45,p.461. Bene ficiar ies not af- fected. Funds available. June 15, 1936 . Flood control, Mis- sissippi River and trib- utaries ; modification of original project. Vo1 .45, p. 534. U.S.C.,p.1487. 74TH CONG RESS. SESS. II. CHS. 547, 548. J UNE 15, 1936 . trans portatio n as if such inj ury had been suf fered wh ile on a ctive duty under proper orders. Members of the Reserve Officers' Train- ing Corps and members of the Citizens' Military Training Camps who suffer personal injury or contract disease in line of duty while en route to or from and during their attendance at camps of instruc- tion, under the provisions of section 47a or 47d of said National Defense Act, as amended, shall, under regulations prescribed as aforesaid, be entitled to hospitalization, rehospitalization, medical and surgical care, in hospital and at their homes, pay and allowances, transportation, and subsistence as in the case of persons hereinbefore described. If the death of any person mentioned herein occurs while he is on ac tive dut y, or un dergoing trainin g or hos pital tr eatment contemplated by this section, the United States shall, under regula- tions prescribed as aforesaid, pay the necessary expenses for recovery of the body, its preparation for burial, including the use of such of the uniform and articles of clothing issued to h im. as may be required, interment (or cremation if requested by his relatves), and transpor- tation of his remains, including round-trip transportation and sub- sistence of an escort, to his home or the place where he received orders for the period of training upon which engaged at the time of his death, or to such other place as his relatives may designate pro- vi ded the dist ance to such oth er p lace be not grea ter than the dis tanc e to his home : Provided, That when the expenses of the recovery, preparation and disposition of remains herein authorized, or any part thereo 2, are paid by individuals, such individuals may be reim- bursed therefor at an amount not exceeding that allowed by the Government for such services. Section 6 of the Act of March 4, 1923, as amended by the Act of April 26, 1928 (45 Stat . 461), is hereby repealed : Provided further, That any person who, on the date of the approval of this Act, is receiving or entitled to receive the benefits provided by said section 6 of the Act of March 4, 1923, as amend ed, shall be entitled to th e benefits of this Act in lieu thereof, and existing appropriations for carrying out the provisions of see- tion 6 of said Act of March 4, 1923, as amended, shall be available for expenditures authorized by this Act. Approved, June 15, 1936. [C HAP TER 548 .] AN ACT [S .3531 .]	 To amend the Act entitled "An Act for the control of floods on the Mississippi [Public, No. 678.] River and its tributaries and fo r other purposes", approved May 15, 1928. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the project for the control of floods of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, ad opted by Pub lic Ac t Num bered 391, a pprov ed May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534), Seventieth Congress, entitled "An Act for the control of flo ods on t he Missi ssippi R iver and its tri butaries, and fo r other purposes", is hereby modified in accordance with the recommenda- tions of section 43 of the report submitted by the Chief of Engineers to the Chairman of the Committee on Flood Control, dated February 12, 1935, and printed in House Committee on Flood Control Docu- ment Numbered 1, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, as herein- after further modified and amended ; and as so modified is hereby adopted and authorized and directed to be prosecuted under the dir ection o f the Se cretary of War a nd the s upervisi on of th e Chief of Engineers.
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