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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , lST SESS.-CH. 39--OCT. 6, 1945 in the case of the Military Establishment, with respect to enlist- ments, reenlistments, and appointments on or after June 1, 1945. SEc. 8. Section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, is amended by inserting before the last paragraph thereof a new paragraph reading as follows: "The amount of the enlistment allowance payable to persons enlisted or reenlisted in the Regular Military Establishment on or after June 1, 1945, or in the Regular Naval Establishment on or after February 1, 1945, shall be computed at the rate prescribed for enlisted men of the first three grades. For the purpose of determin- ing the eligibility of any person enlisted or reenlisted in the Regular Military Establishment on or after June 1, 1945, or in the Regular Naval Establishment on or after February 1, 1945, to receive the enlistment allowance, and in computing the amount thereof, all con- tinuous active Federal service in the Army of the United States, or any component thereof (if enlisted or reenlisted in the Regular Mili- tary Establishment), or in the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or any reserve component thereof (if enlisted or reenlisted in the Regular Naval Establishment), whether in enlisted grades or in commissioned, commissioned warrant, or warrant officer grades, shall, if honorably performed subsequent to the payment of the last pre- vious enlistment allowance, be credited as a period of active enlisted service. In determining whether active Federal service is contin- uous, any interruptions, of not more than ninety days each, between periods of such service shall be disregarded." SEC. 9. (a) Section 101 of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SLc. 101. The dependent or dependents of any enlisted man in the Army of the United States, the United States Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard, including any and all retired and re- serve components of such services, shall be entitled to receive a monthly family allowance for any period during which such enlisted man is in the active military or naval service of the United States on or after June 1, 1942, (1) during the existence of any war declared by Congress and the six months immediately following the termina- tion of any such war or (2) during a period of enlistment or reenlist- ment contracted by such enlisted man prior to July 1, 1946." (b) Section 108 (b) of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(b) Monetary allowance in lieu of quarters for dependents authorized by section 10 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, shall not be payable for any period with respect to which family allowances to dependents of enlisted men of the first, second, or third grades are being paid. An enlisted man of the first, second, or third grade may at his option receive either the monetary allow- ance in lieu of quarters for dependents or have his dependents become entitled to receive family allowance, except that payment of the monetary allowance shall be made only for such periods, from the effective date of this Act, as the enlisted man has in effect an allot- ment of pay, in an amount not less than the amount of such mone- tary allowance, for the support of the dependents on whose account the allowance is claimed. No dependents of any enlisted man shall be entitled to family allowance for any period for which such mone- tary allowance is paid to the enlisted man. The Secretary of the Department concerned is authorized to exercise the option on behalf of the enlisted man in any case in which he deems it desirable and finds it impracticable for the enlisted man to exercise his option, subject to termination at a later date upon specific request of the 56 Stat. 353. 37 U. S. C., Supp. IV, I 110. Enlistment allow- ance, computation. 56 Stat. 381. 37 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 201. Monthly family al- lowance. 57 Stat. 579. 37 U. 8. 0., Supp. IV, § 208 (b). Allowance In lieu of quarten for depend- ents. Supra. Option of enlisted man. Exrse of option on behalf of enlisted man.

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