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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , IST SESS.-CHS. 167, 168-JUNE 3, 1941 [CHAPTER 167] AN ACT To authorize the training of enlisted men of the Army as aviation students. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be. and he is hereby, authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to cause the detail of enlisted men of the Regular Army and of other components of the Army of the United States in active Federal service for training and instruction as aviation students, in their respective grades, in such numbers and schools as he shall direct: Provided, That enlisted men so detailed as aviation students who are undergoing courses of instruction which require them to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights shall be issued Government life insurance in the amount of $10,000 under the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 (Public, Numbered 801, title VI, part 1), except that the premiums shall be paid by the Government during the period such enlisted men are undergoing training and instruction, and upon completion of training and instruction as aviation students they shall have the option of continuing such policies at their own expense: And provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed as repealing or otherwise affecting existing statutory authorizations for the appointment and training of aviation students or aviation cadets. Approved, June 3, 1941. [CHAPTER 168] AN ACT Authorizing overtime rates of compensation for certain per annum employees of the field services of the War Department, the Panama Canal, the Navy De- partment, and the Coast Guard, and providing additional pay for employees who forego their vacations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That compensation for employment in excess of forty hours in any administrative work- week computed at a rate of one and one-half times the regular rate is hereby authorized to be paid, under such regulations as the President may prescribe, to those per annum elnployees in the field service of the War Department, the Panama Canal, the Navy Departmet, and the Coast Guard, whose overtime services are essential to and directly connected with the expeditious prosecution of the overtime work upon which the employees enumerated in section 5 (a) of the Act of June 28, 1940, and section 1 of the Act of October 21, 1940, are engaged: Provided,That in determining the overtime compensation of the fore- going per annum employees the pay for one day shall be considered to be one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the respective per annum salaries. SEC. 2. Employees of the field service of the War Department and the Panama Canal Zone may, during the period of the national emer- gency declared by the President on September 8, 1939, to exist, be employed during the time they would otherwise be on vacation with- out deprivation of their vacation pay for the time so worked. Employees who forego their vacations in accordance with the pro- visions of this section may be paid, in addition to their regular pay, the equivalent of the pay they would have drawn during the period of such vacation. The provisions of this section shall be applicable only to employees whose service at the time cannot, in the judgment of the Secretary of War or the Governor of the Panama Canal, as the case may be, be spared without detriment to the national defense. 241 June 3, 1941 [S. 1371] [Public Law 99] Aviation students, Army. Provisos. Government life in- surance. 54 Stat. 1008 . 38U. S. C. J0801- 818. Existing provisions not affected. June 3, 1941 [S. 1541] [Public Law 100] Field services of designated Depart- ments, etc. Overtime rates of pay, per annum em- ployees. 54 Stat. 678, 1205 . 41 U.S. C ., preec. I note;5U.8.C.§29 note. Provso. Employees fore- going vacations. 54 Stat. 2643 . 50 U. S. C., app., prec. § 1note. 278941-42-PT. I-- -16

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