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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 540, 541-JUNE 19, 1948 55 Stat. 603. 34 U.. C. §§ 350- 350j; Supp. I, 5 350g. Applicability to Coast Guard. June 19, 1948 [H. R. 67581 [Public Law 710] Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, amendment. 60 Stat. 963, 965. 37U.S.C.§§32,35; Supp. I, 35. "Brother" and "sis- ter. " Payment in event of death. the said Act of July 24, 1941, as amended, shall, if application there- for is made to the Secretary of the Navy within three months from the date of approval of this Act or within three months after the date of advancement to commissioned rank or grade on the retired list, whichever is the later, and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, be restored to their former retired enlisted or warrant officer status, as the case may be, and shall thereafter be deemed to be enlisted or warrant officer personnel, as appropriate, for all purposes. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act, except as may be necessary to adapt the same thereto, shall apply to personnel of the Coast Guard in relationship to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent as they apply to personnel of the Navy in relationship to the Navy: Provided, That the authority given to the Secretary of the Navy is hereby extended to the Secretary of the Treasury to be exercised with respect to the Coast Guard. Approved June 19, 1948. [CHAPTER 541] AN ACT To amend further the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, as amended, to permit certain payments to be made to surviving brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews, of deceased members and former members of the armed forces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That sections 2 and 6 of the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, as amended, are hereby amended as follows: (a) Section 2. At the end thereof add a new paragraph as follows: "(h) The terms 'brother' and 'sister' include brothers and sisters of the half blood as well as those of the whole blood, stepbrothers and stepsisters, and brothers and sisters through adoption." . (b) Section 6. In paragraph (2) of subsection (a) delete "to such holder's surviving spouse and children, if any, in equal shares; and if such holder leaves no surviving spouse or child or children, then in equal shares to such holder's surviving parents, if any", and insert in lieu thereof the following: "(i) to such holder's surviving spouse and children, if any, in equal shares; "(ii) if such holder leaves no surviving spouse or child or chil- dren, then in equal shares to such holdler's surviving parents, if any: " (ii) if such holder leaves no surviving spouse, child, or parent, then in equal shares to such holder's surviving brothers and sisters, if any; and "(iv) if such holder leaves no surviving spouse, child, parent, brother, or sister, then in equal shares to the surviving child or children, if any, of such holder's deceased brothers and sisters". (c) Section 6. In subsection (b) delete "To such member's or for- mer member's surviving spouse and children, if any, in equal shares; and if such member or former member leaves no surviving spouse or child or children, then in equal shares to his surviving parents, if any", and insert in lieu thereof the following: "(i) to such member's or former member's surviving spouse and children, if any, in equal shares; (ii) if such member or former member leaves no surviving spouse or child or children, then in equal shares to such member's or former member's surviving parents, if any; "(iii) if such member or former member leaves no surviving spouse, child, or parent, then in equal shares to such member 506 [62 STAT.

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