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 63 STAT.] 81ST CONG. , IST SESS.-CH. 393-AUG. 4, 1949 bureaus to the Coast Guard by Executive Order 9083 and by Reorgani- zation Plan Numbered 3, effective July 16, 1946, who are members of the Coast Guard Reserve or the Naval Reserve on active duty, and who are commissioned, appointed, or enlisted, shall be credited to them upon such commissioning, appointment, or enlistment. (f) In computing length of service for purposes of retirement of personnel of the former Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and Bureau of Customs transferred from those bureaus to the Coast Guard by Executive Order 9083 and by Reorganization Plan Num- bered 3, effective July 16, 1946, who are commissioned, appointed, or enlisted, there shall be included, in addition to all service now or here- after creditable by law, all service as a civilian employee of the United States within the purview of sections 691, 693, 698, 707, 709-715, 716-719, 720-725, 727-729, 730, 731, and 733 of title 5, such service to be classified as commissioned, warrant, or enlisted depending upon which status the person assumes upon his entry into the Regular Coast Guard. Service covering the same period shall not be counted more than once. (g) Any such person shall not be entitled to any retirement benefits under any laws relating to the retirement of civilian personnel of the Federal Government, but shall be entitled upon claim therefor to a return of the total contributions made by him to the retirement fund with interest thereon and, in addition, to eligibility for retirement benefits provided by law for members of the Regular Coast Guard, he shall, if his total service in the Federal Government, civil plus military, is fifteen years or over, be entitled, upon reaching the statutory retire- ment age for military personnel of the Regular Coast Guard, to retire- ment pay amounting to 75 per centum of his active-duty pay at the time of such retirement; and, in the administration of applicable laws for physical disability retirement, a disability shall be deemed to have been incurred incident to Coast Guard service if the cause of such disability is not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or misconduct. (h) No personnel of the former Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and Bureau of Customs transferred from those bureaus to the Coast Guard by Executive Order 9083 and by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3, effective July 16, 1946, who are commissioned, appointed, or enlisted in the Coast Guard shall suffer any reduction in annual compensation, including allowances, below the compensation applicable to his permanent civil-service position at the time of such commissioning, appointment, or enlistment, exclusive of overtime compensation, and the civil-service status, tenure, seniority, and com- pensation of any such person who for any reason is not commissioned, appointed, or enlisted under the provisions of said sections shall not be impaired by reason of said sections. CHAPTER 13-PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS Sec. 461. Pay and allowances. 462. Pay and allowances of rear admirals. 463. Continuation of additional pay. 464. Allotment of pay. 465. Advances to officers ordered to and from sea or shore duty beyond the seas. 466. Settlement of accounts of deceased officers and men. 467. Computation of length of service. 468. Procurement of personnel. 469. Training. 470. Special instruction at universities. 47. Attendance at professional meetings. 472. Travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge. 81939°-5 0-PT. I-34 529 50U.S. C. app.§601 note. 60 Stat. 1097. 5U. S.C. §133y-16 note. Post, p. 698. 50U. S .C. app. §601 note. 60 Stat. 1097. 5U. . c. §133y-16 note. 5 U. S. C., Supp. II §691 et seq. Ante, pp. 475, 476, 490; post, pp. 577, 609, 621, 663, 699, 704, 884 . 50U. S.C. app. §601 note. 60 Stat. 1097. 5U.S.C.§133y-16 note.

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