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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 281 -OCT. 26, 1943 military or naval service of the United States, in the amounts and to the dependents hereinafter set forth. "Such initial family allowance shall be paid to the designated dependent only when a written application therefor is filed by such enlisted man within fifteen days after the date of his entry into active service in a pay status and shall be paid as soon as practicable after the filing of such application. "No monthly family allowance shall be paid to any dependent of an enlisted man for the month for which any initial family allowance is paid to any dependent of such enlisted man. "Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this title, the full amount of such initial family allowance shall be paid by the Government, and no reduction in or charge to the pay of the enlisted man shall be made for such payment. "The amount of the initial family allowance payable to the dependent or dependents shall be- "(1) $50, if such enlisted man has a wife but no child; "(2) $80, if such enlisted man has a wife and one child, and an additional $20 for each additional child; "(3) $42, if such enlisted man has no wife but has one child, and an additional $20 for each additional child; "(4) $50, if such enlisted man has one parent dependent upon him for chief support; $68 if such enlisted man has one parent and one brother or sister dependent upon him for chief support, and an additional $11 for each additional brother or sister dependent upon him for chief support; "(5) $68, if such enlisted man has two parents dependent upon him for chief support, and an additional $11 for each additional brother or sister dependent upon him for chief support; "(6) $42, if such enlisted man has no parent but has a brother or sister dependent upon him for chief support, and an addi- tional $11 for each additional brother or sister dependent upon him for chief support; Payment of the initial family allowance shall be made to one payee for each class of dependents, as defined in section 103, for whom an allowance is requested. "(b) The monthly family allowance provided for by this title shall be paid for the period beginning with the first day of the month in which application therefor is filed, or the first day of the month in which the dependent or dependents first become entitled thereto, whichever is later, subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, and shall be terminated or reduced, as may be required, on the last day of the month in which the disbursing officer paying the allowance receives notice of a change in status of the enlisted man or a dependent which terminated or limited the right of his dependent or dependents to receive such allowance: Provided, That the entitle- ment to family allowance shall terminate or be modified at the end of the month in which such change in status of the enlisted man or a dependent occurs: Provided further,". SEC. 8. That section 108 of such Act is amended by inserting in the first line thereof after "SEC. 108", the subparagraph designation "(a)", and adding at the end of the section a new subsection to read as follows: "(b) Except as otherwise herein provided, monetary allowances in lieu of quarters for dependents as authorized by section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 shall not be payable for the period during which family allowances to dependents of enlisted men of the first, second, or third grades are authorized by this title. An enlisted man who, on the effective date of this Act, is receiving, or, being entitled to a monetary allowance in lieu of quarters for de- 579 Application. Nonduplication of payments. Full payment by Government. Initial rates. One payee for each class. Ante, p. 677. Period of family allowance. 56 Stat. 383 . 37 U. S. C., Supp. II, 208. Allowances in lien of quarters. 56 Stat. 363 . 37 U.. C ., Supp. II, I 110. Arte, p. 219. Election permitted.

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