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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 407-SEPT. 7, 1944 [CHAPTER 407] AN ACT To amend further the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Pay Read- justment Act of 1942 is hereby amended by amending section 3A thereof, as added by section 3 of the Act of December 2, 1942 (Public Law 785, Seventy-seventh Congress), to read as follows: "SEC. 3A. In computing the service for all pay purposes of per- sons paid under the provisions of section 1, 3, 8, or 9 of this Act, such persons, in addition to the time required to be credited by the section under which they are paid, shall be credited with full time for all periods during which they were enlisted or held commis- sions as officers or held appointments as warrant officers or Army field clerks or as commissioned warrant officers in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, or in the Regular Army Reserve, or in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Navy, the Dental Reserve Corps of the Navy, or in the Organized Militia prior to July 1, 1916, or in the National Guard, or in the National Guard Reserve, or in the National Guard of the United States, or in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, or in the Naval Militia, or in the National Naval Volunteers, or in the Naval Reserve Force, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve Force, Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, or in the Philip- pine Scouts, or in the Philippine Constabulary, or in the Coast and Geodetic Survey as authorized by section 2 (b) of the Act of January 19, 1942 (56 Stat. 6). The provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit any person to receive pay and allowances in excess of the maximum limitations imposed upon the total pay and allowances of his rank, grade, or rating by any of the provisions of this Act, nor to modify the character of service required for advance- ment of commissioned warrant officers to a higher pay period." SEC. 2 . (a) The third and fourth paragraphs of section 8 of such Act are each hereby amended by inserting after the word "masters" the words "and chief engineers". (b) The sixth paragraph of section 8 of such Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Every person paid under the provisions of this section shall re- ceive an increase of 5 per centum of the base pay of his period for each three years of service, not exceeding thirty years. Such service shall be active Federal service in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act or Reserve components thereof; service in the active National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the Dis- trict of Columbia; and service in the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army, the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve." SEC. 3. The third paragraph of section 9 of such Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Every enlisted man paid under the provisions of this section shall receive an increase of 5 per centum of the base pay of his grade for each three years of service up to thirty years. Such service shall be active Federal service in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act or Reserve components thereof; service in the active National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Colum- bia; and service in the Enlisted Reserve Corps of the Army, the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve." 729 September 7, 1944 [H. R. 1506] [Public Law 421] Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, amend- ments. 56 Stat. 1037. 37 U. . O., Supp. m, I 103a. Computation of service for pay pur- poses. 56 Stat. 359,360 ,362, 363. 37 U. S. 0., Supp. III, §§ 101, 103, 108, 109. Infra, post, p. 730. Credits. 33 U. S. C., Supp. m, I 854a (b). Limitations. 56 Stat. 362, 363. 37 U. S. C., Supp. III, I 108. Longevity Increase. Service credits. 66 Stat. 363. 37 U. 8. C., Supp. m, i 109. Enlisted men. Longevity increas

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