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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 381 -384 -JUNE 6, 1942 June 6, 1942 [S. 2103] [Public Law 596] National Defense Act, amendment. Wearing of Army aviation badges. 10 U.S. C. §1393. Ante, p. 282. June 6, 1942 [6. 2452] [Public Law 597] Coast Guard and Coast and Geodetic Survey. Advancement on re- tired list of certain officers. June 6, 1942 _ [_ . 2453] [Public Law 598] Coast Guard. Obligation of funds for work, etc., at Government-owned establishments. National Forest" shall be held to refer to such national forest under and by the name of the "William B. Bankhead National Forest". Approved, June 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 382] AN ACT To amend section 125 of the Netional Defense Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 216), as amended, so as to authorize citizens of foreign countries who are graduates of Air Corps advanced flying schools and Air Corps service schools to wear aviation badges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 125 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 216), as amended, be, and the same is hereby, further amended by striking out the colon at the end of the first proviso and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon followed by the words: "nor to prevent graduates of Air Corps advanced flying schools or Air Corps service schools who are citizens of foreign countries from wearing the appropriate aviation badges of the Army in such manner and subject to such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe:". . Approved, June 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 383] AN ACT To provide for the advancement on the retired list of certain officers of the United States Coast Guard and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all officers of the Coast Guard and the Coast and Geodetic Survey who have been specially commended for their performance of duty in actual combat by the head of the executive department under whose jurisdiction such duty was performed, shall, upon retirement, be placed upon the retired list with the rank of the next higher grade and with three-fourths of the active-duty pay of the grade in which serving at the time of retirenent. Approved, June 6, 1942. [CHAPTER 384] AN ACT To authorize the obligation of funds of the Coast Guard for work or material at Government-owned establishments, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all orders or contracts for work or material, under authorization of law heretofore or hereafter placed with Government-owned establishments by the Coast Guard, shall be considered as obligations in the same manner as provided for similar orders or contracts placed with private con- tractors, and appropriations for such work or material shall remain available for payment therefor as in the case of orders or contracts placed with private contractors. Approved, June 6, 1942. 328 [56 STAT.

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