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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 277, 282-MAY 2, 4, 1942 May 2, 1942 [S. 2002] [Public Law 537] 55 Stat. 136 . Relief of disbursing officers, etc., for pay- ments to noncitizens. Refunds. Payment for prior ervices. Praoo. [CHAPTER 277] AN ACT To amend Public Law Numbered 35, Seventy-seventh Congress,' approved April 11, 1941. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law Numbered 35, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved April 11, 1941, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. That notwithstanding provisions contained in the sev- eral appropriation Acts for the fiscal years 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942, prohibiting the payment of compensation therefrom to officers or employees who are not citizens of the United States, the Comptroller General of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the settlement of disbursing officers' accounts, and relieve certifying officers of liability for such payment for services rendered by noncitizen officers and employees, as are otherwise cor- rect and legal, as are made in good faith, and as are found not to be due to any lack of good faith on the part of the payee. "SEC. 2. If credit is allowed in disbursing officers' accounts in accordance with section 1 of this Act, the officer or employee, or former officer or employee receiving payment shall not be required to refund the amount thereof; and any such amount which has been collected from an officer or employee, or former officer or employee, may be refunded to him. "SEC. 3. That any person in the armed forces, or employed in a civilian capacity, prior to the enactment hereof, shall be paid for services rendered until January 1, 1942, out of current appropria- tion or fund otherwise available for the pay of said person, the compensation to which such person would be entitled but for the citizenship prohibition cited in section 1 hereof: Provided, That the head of department or agency concerned determines that such person entered said service or employment without fault on his part as to noncitizenship status." Approved, May 2, 1942. [CHAPTER 282] May 4, 1942 [H. R. 4869] [Public Law 5381 Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Re- serve, and National Guard. Longevity credit. Proiso. 34 U. S. C. §855o. Naval Reserve Pol- icy Board. Proa*. AN ACT To provide for longevity credit for enlisted men of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and the National Guard of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter war- rant officers and enlisted men of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and the National Guard of the United States shall be credited with longevity for pay purposes on the basis of full time for all service since June 30, 1925, both active and inactive, in the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and the National Guard: Provided, That warrant officers and enlisted men of the National Guard of the United States shall not be credited for this purpose with time served in the inactive National Guard not in the active Federal service. SEC. 2. Section 316 of the Naval Reserve Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1185) is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 316. That for the purpose of advising the Secretary of the Navy on the formulation of Naval Reserve policies there shall be con- vened annually at the Navy Department a Naval Reserve Policy Board, at least half the members of which shall be Naval Reserve officers: Provided,That during peace such Naval Reserve officers shall be called to this duty from an inactive duty status. Approved, May 4, 1942. 266 [56 SrAT.

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