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PUBLIC LAW 550-JULY 16, 1952

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veteran is eligible (or would be eligible except for the provisions of this title or except for any action taken by such veteran under this title) under such Federal or State unemployment compensation law. (c) If the veteran elects under subsection (b) to receive payment of compensation under this title, he shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of $26 per week after the exhaustion of State unemployment benefits until the total compensation received under this title equals $676. (d) Under no circumstances shall any veteran receive compensation under this title from more than one State at one time or in a total amount in excess of $676. TERMINATION

SEC. 409. No compensation shall be paid under this title for any week commencing more than five years after the date determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress prescribed in section 407(a). TITLE V—MUSTERING-OUT PAYMENTS E L I G I B I L I T Y FOR P A Y M E N T S

SEC. 501. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each member of the Armed Forces who shall have been engaged in active service on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall be determined by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress, and who is discharged or relieved from active service under honorable conditions, shall be eligible to receive mustering-out payment. Prohibitions. (jj^ j^Q mustering-out payment shall be made to— (1) any member of the Armed Forces who, at the time of discharge or relief from active service, is in a pay grade higher than 0 - 3; (2) any member of the Armed Forces who, at the time of discharge or release from active service, is entitled to severance pay or is transferred or returned to the retired list with retired pay, retirement pay, retainer pay, or equivalent pay, or to a status in which he receives such pay; Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply upon retirement or separation pursuant to title 37 iBc 2^7^-285. ^^ °^ *^® Career Compensation Act of 1949; (3) any member of the Armed Forces for any active service performed prior to the date of his discharge or relief from active service on his own initiative to accept employment or, in the case, of any member so relieved from active service, for any active service performed prior to the date of his discharge while in such inactive status, unless he has served outside the continental limits V. of the United States or in Alaska; (4) any member of the Armed Forces whose total period of service has been as a student assigned by the Armed Forces to a civilian institution for a course of education or training which was substantially the same as established courses offered to civilians; (5) any member of the Armed Forces for any active service performed prior to the date of his discharge from such forces for the purpose of entering the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy;

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