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 59 STAT.] 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CHS. 489, 490-NOV. 21, 1945 terminal leave for the unused portion of such accumulated and cur- rent accrued leave had he not entered or reentered such employment. "(c) Any such person who, while on terminal leave from the armed forces, performed or shall hereafter perform services for the Gov- ernment of the United States, its Territories or possessions, or the District of Columbia (including any corporation created under authority of an Act of Congress which is either wholly controlled or wholly owned by the Government of the United States, or any depart- ment, agency, or establishment thereof, whether or not the employees thereof are paid from funds appropriated by Congress), for which he would have been entitled to be paid had he regularly become employed or reemployed in a civilian position prior to performing such services, and had he not been receiving pay and allowances from the armed forces for the period during which such services were performed, shall, if he has not otherwise been compensated for such services, be entitled, upon application therefor filed with the General Accounting Office, or, in the case of a person performing such serv- ices for a Territory or possession, filed with the appropriate agency or officer of the Governm of of such Territory or possession, to be paid a lump sum equal in amount to the compensation he would have received for such services had he been regularly employed or reemployed and had he not been receiving pay and allowances from the armed forces. "(d) Any such person who enters the employment of a State, or any political subdivision thereof, shall upon application therefor filed wit the ee, the ecrear of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Federal Security Administrator, as the case may be, be entitled to be paid a lump sum equal in amount to the pay and allowances to which he is entitled for the unused por- tion of his accumulated and current accrued leave. "(e) No waiver effectuated prior to the date of enactment of this section of any right to receive any payment to which a person would otherwise be entitled under this section shall operate to deny such person entitlement to such payment. "(f) As used in this section, the term 'armed forces' includes the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and their respective components." Approved November 21, 1945. [CHAPTER 4901 AN ACT To amend section 342 (b) of the Nationality Act of 1940. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 342 of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1161; 8 U. S. C . 742) is hereby amended by adding the following para- graph at the end thereof: Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, no fee shall be charged or collected for an application for a declaration of intention in lieu of a declaration alleged to have been lost, muti- lated, or destroyed or for an application for a certificate of naturali- zation in lieu of a certificate alleged to have been lost, mutilated, or destroyed, submitted by a person who was a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after April 20,1898 and before July 5, 1902; or at any time after April 5, 1917, and before November 12, 1918; or who served on the Mexican border as a member of the Regular Army or National Guard between June 585 Pay for services per- formed while on termi- nal leave. State, etc., employ- ees. Prior waiver. "Armed forces." Novembr 21,1945 , .R.391] (Public Law 227l Nationality Act of 190, amendment. 8U. .C.,Supp. v, 1 742 (b). Alien veterans. Waiver of certain fees.

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