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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 546, 547-AUG. 4, 1942 Navy from the time builders' trials commence shall, while so serving, receive 50 per centum additional of the pay for their rank or rating and service as now or hereafter provided by law; all officers of the Navy on duty at submarine escape training tanks, the Navy Deep Sea Diving School, or the Naval Experimental Diving Unit shall while so serving, receive 25 per centum additional of the pay for their rank and service as now or hereafter provided by law; and an enlisted man of the Navy assigned to the duty of diving shall receive additional pay, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, at the rate of not less than $5 per month and not exceeding $30 per month, in addition to the pay and allow- ances of his rating and service: Provided, That officers and enlisted men employed as divers in actual salvage or repair operations in depths of over ninety feet, or in depths of less than ninety feet when the officer in charge of the salvage or repair operation shall find in accordance with instructions prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy that extraordinary hazardous conditions exist, shall, in addition to the foregoing, receive the sum of $5 per hour for each hour or fraction thereof so employed." Approved, August 4, 1942. [CHAPTER 547] AN ACT To repeal certain laws and to amend other laws relating to naval aviation cadets, to provide for aviation cadets in the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942". SEc. 2. There shall be in the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve the special enlisted grade of aviation cadet. SEC. 3. Male citizens of the United States may be enlisted as avia-- tion cadets in the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve under such regulations as the Secretary 'of the Navy may prescribe. Trans- fers may be made to the grade of aviation cadet from other ratings and grades of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve. Each aviation cadet shall sign an agreement with the consent of his parent or guardian if he be a minor, to serve for a continuous period of not more than four years on active duty unless sooner released. Ally aviation cadet may be discharged, released from active duty, or transferred to any other enlisted rating or grade in the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe. SEC. 4. The pay of aviation cadets while on active duty shall be at the rate of $75 per month, which pay shall include extra pay for flying. To each aviation cadet when not subsisted at Government expense, there shall be paid, in addition, a money allowance for subsistence of $1 per day, and he shall, while on active duty, be furnished quarters, medical care, and hospitalization, and shall be issued uniforms, clothing, and equipment at Government expense. Aviation cadets while so serving shall not be entitled to receive any additional pay for longevity. When traveling under orders, aviation cadets shall receive transportation and other necessary expenses inci- dent to such travel, or cash in lieu thereof, as is then prescribed for enlisted men of the Navy. SEC. 5. Aviation cadets will be issued Government life insurance in the amount of $10,000, effective from the date of reporting for active duty, and premiums on such insurance shall be paid during the period of their active duty from current appropriations as provided in section 65714°- 43-PT. I-47 737 Proviso. Salvage and repair operations. August 4, 1942 [H. R. 7364] [Public Law 698] Naval Aviation Ca- det Act of 1942. Aviation cadet, en- listed grade. Enlistment. Transfers. Service agreement. D)lsclarge, etc. Active - duty pay and allowances. Traveling expenses. Government life in- surance.

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