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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 254, 255-MAY 4, 1948 May 4, 1948 [H. R. 127.5 [Public Law 511] Navy. Reimbursement for certain medical treat- ment. Duty status. [CHAPTER 254] AN ACT To authorize the payment of certain claims for medical treatment of persons in the naval service; to repeal section 1586 of the Revised Statutes; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1586 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C . Annotated, 1940 edition, title 34, sec. 921) is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized and directed to promulgate regulations providing for the reimbursement of persons in the naval service for the cost of emergency or necessary medical services, including hospital service and medicines, from civilian sources when the person receiving the service is in a duty status: Provided, however, That reimbursement will be made under this Act only if it is determined that no medical service was available from a Federal source. SEC. 3. For the purpose of this Act a person shall be regarded as in a duty status in the naval service while on authorized liberty or leave. Approved May 4, 1948. [CHAPTER 255] ANT A ('P May 4, 1948 IS. 1393] To provide additional subsistence allowances and to raise the ceilings on wages [Public Law 512] and allowances pertaining to certain veterans. Veterans' subsist- ellce allowances. 58 Stat. 289. 38 U.S .C., Supp. I, note foll. § 733. Ante, p. 19. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph 6 of part VIII of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "6. While enrolled in and pursuing a course under this part, (includ- ing an institutional on-farm training course) such person, upon appli- cation to the Administrator, shall be paid a subsistence allowance of $65 per month, if without a dependent or dependents, or $90 per month, if he has a dependent or dependents, including regular holidays and leave not exceeding thirty days in a calendar year: Except, That (1) while so enrolled and pursuing a course of full-time institutional training, such person, shall be paid a subsistence allowance of $75 per month, if with- out a dependent or dependents, or $105 per month if he has one depend- ent or $120 per month if he has more than one dependent, and (2) while so enrolled and pursuing a course of part-time institutional training, including a course of institutional on-farm training, or other combina- tion course, such person shall be paid, subject to the limitations of this paragraph, additional subsistence allowance in an amount bearing the same relation to the difference between the basic rates and the increased rates provided in (1) hereof as the institutional training part of such course bears to a course of full-time institutional training. Such person attending a course on a part-time basis, and such person receiving com- pensation for productive labor whether performed as part of his apprentice or other training on the job at institutions, business or other establishments, or otherwise, shall be entitled to receive such lesser sums, if any, as subsistence or dependency allowances as may be deter- mined by the Administrator: Provided,That in no event shall the rate of such allowance plus the compensation received exceed $210 per month for a veteran without a dependent, or $270 per month for a vet- eran with one dependent, or $290 for a veteran with two or more dependents: Providedfurther,That only so much of the compensation as is derived from productive labor based on the standard workweek 208 [62 STAT.

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