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PUBLIC LAW 411-JUNE 25, 1952

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the Air National Guard of the United States, the Army of the United States, the Air Force of the United States, or as medical and dental officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service and who heretofore, but subsequent to September 1, 1947, have been called or ordered to extended active duty of one year or longer, or who may, prior to July 1, 1953, be called or ordered to extended active duty of one year or longer; (5) general officers appointed from the Medical and Dental Corps of, or previously designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Army, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, the National Guard of the United States, the Army of the United States, the Regular Air Force, the United States Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the Air Force of the United States who were on active duty on September 1, 1947; and (6) general officers who, subsequent to k^eptember 1, 1947, have been or who may be appointed from those officers of the Medical and Dental Corps of, or from those officers designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Armj^, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, the National Guard of the United States, the Army of the United States, the Regular Air Force, the United States Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the Air Force of the United States who are included in parts (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection." (b) Deleting the second proviso of subsection 203(b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Provided further, That the commissioned officers described in subsection (a)(4) of this section who are called or ordered to active duty without their consent shall not be entitled to receive the pay provided by this subsection for any period prior to September 9, 1950." SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 828, ch. 939), is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. Section 1 of this Act shall be effective as of October 1, 1949. Appropriations currently available for pay and allowances of members of the uniformed services shall be available for retroactive payments authorized under this Act. Approved June 25, 1952.

Public Law 411

37 USC 234a. Effective date.

CHAPTER 460

AN ACT To amend section 331 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, concerning the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 331 of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 698), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1946 edition, Supp. I l l, sec. 255), is further amended by deleting the words "within the continental United States" which appear in the last sentence thereof, and by adding the following sentence at the end of the section: "When so provided in appropriations available for any fiscal year for the maintenance of hospitals of the Service, the Surgeon General is authorized and directed to make payments to the Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii for the care and treatment in its facilities of persons afflicted with leprosy at a per diem rate, determined from time to time by the Surgeon General, which shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, be approximately equal to the per diem operating cost per patient of such f acili-

June 25, 1952 {H.R.1739]

Hawaii. Lepers.

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