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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 547-AUG. 4, 1942 Benefits. Appointment as na- val aviators. Commission. Proviso. Commencement of commissioned service. Promotions. 34U.S.C.i849 note. Post,p. 739. Active duty in time of peace. 34U.S.C.i849 note. Post, p. 739. Uniform allowance. Proviso. 34U. .C.(86a. Payment on release from active duty. 34 U.S. C.. 849 note. Post, p. 739. Provisos. Accruals. Suspension during war or national emer- gency. 13 of this Act. Upon discharge, release from active duty, or other termination of aviation cadet status, such insurance may be continued at the option and at the expense of the individual concerned. When aviation cadets are commissioned pursuant to this Act such Govern- ment life insurance shall be continued but the premiums thereon shall be deducted from the pay of the officers so insured and paid as the Secretary of the Navy may direct to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. When such commissioned officers are released from active duty or discharged, the insurance may be continued at the option and at the expense of the individual concerned. SEC. 6 . Aviation cadets or their beneficiaries shall be entitled to the same allowances, pensions, gratuities, or other benefits as are now or may hereafter be provided by law or regulation for enlisted men of the fourth pay grade. SEC. 7. Aviation cadets who fulfill the requirements of law for designation or appointment as naval aviators may be commissioned ensigns in the Naval Reserve or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve: Provided,That only those aviation cadets so commis- sioned and so designated or appointed shall be deemed to have been commissioned pursuant to this Act. SEC. 8. All members of a class of aviation cadets completing train- ing at approximately the same time shall be deemed, for all purposes of this Act, to have commenced their commissioned service on the same date. The decision of the Secretary of the Navy in this regard shall be conclusive for all purposes. SEC. 9. Ensigns or second lieutenants commissioned pursuant to this Act or to the Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 819), may after three years of active duty as such, and if found qualified after such examinations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, be commissioned lieutenants, junior grade, in the Naval Reserve or first lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve, respectively. SEC. 10. In time of peace officers commissioned pursuant to this Act or to the Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 819) may be employed on active duty only during the seven-year period next following the date of such commissioning, except that such officers may be ordered to active duty thereafter for the purpose of instructing and training members of the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve. SEC. 11. When first commissioned pursuant to this Act officers shall be paid a uniform allowance of $150: Provided, That any officer who has heretofore received the cash uniform gratuity of $150 pro- vided in section 302 of the Naval Reserve Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1180) shall not be entitled to this uniform allowance. SEC. 12. When officers commissioned pursuant to this Act or to the Naval Aviation Reserve Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 819) are released from active duty that has been continuous for one or more years, they, or in the event of the death of such officers after continuous active duty for one or more years, the beneficiaries specially desig- nated in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, shall be paid a lump sum of $500 for each complete year of continuous commissioned active service, and in the event of their death not the result of their own misconduct, or if released from active duty other- wise than upon their own request or as a result of disciplinary action, this lump sum payment shall be prorated for fractional parts of each year of such service: Provided, That the lump sum payments author- ized herein shall accrue for not more than seven years and shall be in addition to any pay, allowance, compensation, or benefits which they may otherwise be entitled to receive: Provided further, That the provisions of this section, except those of the first proviso hereof, 738 [56 STAT.

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