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PUBLIC LAW 147-JULY 12, 1955

Public Law 145

CHAPTER 326

AN ACT To repeal the Act of January 19, 1929 (ch. 86, 45 Stat. 1090), entitled "An Act to limit the date of filing claims for retainer pay".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of January 19, 1929 (ch. 86, 45 Stat. 1090), is hereby repealed. Approved July 12, 1955. Public Law 146

July 12, 1955 [S. 800]

Naval reserves. 34 USC 771, 772.

CHAPTER 327

AN ACT To amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, to remove the requirement for a final physical examination for inductees who continue on active duty in another status in the Armed Forces.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second sentence of subsection 9(a) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 614), as amended, is amended by changing the final period to a colon and adding at the end thereof the followingproviso: ^''Provided further, That, if upon completion of training and service under this title, such person continues on active duty without an interruption of more than seventy-two hours as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a physical examination upon completion of such training and service shall not be required unless it is requested by such person, or the medical authorities of the Armed Force concerned determine that the physical examination is warranted.". Approved July 12, 1955. Public Law 147

July 12, 1955 [S. 802]

Universal M i l i tary Training and Service Act, amendment. 50 USC app.459.

CHAPTER 328 AN ACT

To facilitate the settlement of the accounts of deceased members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purposes of this Act the term "Department" shall mean the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, or the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, as the case may be, and the terms "uniformed services," "member" and "Secretary" shall have the respective meanings given those terms in section 102 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 804), as amended, on the date of enactment of this Act, except that "the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare"' shall be substituted for "the Federal Security Administrator" in the definition of the term "Secretary". SEC. 2. In the settlement of the account of any deceased member of the uniformed services or of the National Guard or the Air National Guard, the amount found due therein from the uniformed service of which the decedent was a member shall be paid to the person or persons surviving at the date of death in the following order of precedence: First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries named to receive any such amount in a written designation executed by the member and received.

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Uniformed services. Accounts of dec e a s e d members.

37 USC 231.

P r e c e dence of beneficiaries.

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