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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 30-FEB. 18, 1946 Issuance of clothing. 37 U. S. C., Supp. V, § 110. Post, p. 858. Naval Reserve per- sonnel. Transfer of depend- ents and household effects. Payment in lieu of transportation in kind. Total Demobilization. Flight pay, Army and Navy. Recommendation to Congress. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10 of the Pay Readjust- ment Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 364), the Secretary of the Navy is author- ized and directed to issue in kind one dress blue uniform and overcoat to each enlisted man in the naval service upon his return to the United States from sea and foreign shore duty for separation from the naval service upon the sworn statement of such enlisted man that these articles of clothing are not now in his possession by reason of compliance with orders of higher naval authority or other exigen- cies of the service beyond his control and that no claim for reim- bursement will be filed for the value of such articles so replaced: Provided,That the value of such articles of clothing shall be charged to the clothing and small-stores fund. The authority contained herein shall terminate on September 30, 1946. Personnel of the Naval Reserve, not qualified for sea duty, will, upon their application, be placed on inactive duty if surplus to requirements. The dependents and household effects of such civilian and naval personnel of the Naval Establishment (without regard to rank or grade) on duty at locations outside the continental limits of the United States, or in Alaska, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of the Navy, may prior or subsequent to'the issuance of orders for the relief of such personnel from their stations, or subsequent to the dis- charge or release of such personnel from active service, be moved (including packing and unpacking of household effects) from such locations outside the continental limits of the United States, or in Alaska, to such locations as may be designated by such personnel, or dependents concerned, by the use of either Government or commer- cial means of transportation, and later from such locations to the duty station to which such personnel may be ordered, and current appro- priations of the Navy Establishment available for travel and trans- portation may be used for this purpose. In lieu of the transportation in kind authorized for dependents, the Secretary of the Navy may authorize the payment in money of amounts equal to the commercial transportation costs (including taxes if paid), for the whole or such part of the travel for which transportation in kind is not furnished when such travel shall have been completed. In all, title III, $14,370,159,964. GENERAL PROVISION The officer and enlisted personnel strengths of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard shall be demobilized at a rate not less than would be necessary to keep within the amounts available for their pay in consequence of the provisions of this Act, unless the President otherwise shall direct. Effective December 1, 1945, no military or naval personnel shall receive during the remainder of the current fiscal year aviation pay unless the person affected is assigned to duty on air activities pre- scribed by the Secretary of War or the Secretary of the Navy as requiring regular and frequent participation in aerial flights, or is required to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights in order to continue his fitness for his primary technical skill: Pro- vided, That in addition, on or before January 1, annually, the Secre- taries of War and Navy, respectively, shall certify to the Congress by rank and age group the number of such officers above the rank of major of the Army or lieutenant commander of the Navy, with the average monthly flight pay authorized by law to be paid to such officers during the six-month period preceding the date of the report: Providedfurther,That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy shall on or before February 28, 1946, submit to the Congress a 20 [60 STAT.

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