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PUBLIC LAW 879-AUG 1, 1956

SEC. 2. The third sentence of section 1 of the Act of J u a e 15, 1936 (49 Stat. 1507,10 U.S.C. 455c), is amended by deleting the words "of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and members". SEC. 3. Section 22 of the Act of March 4, 1925 (ch. 536, 43 Stat. 1276), as amended (34 U.S.C. 821), is further amended by— (1) deleting in subsection (b) the words "who suffer disability, including members"; and (2) adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(c) The courses of theoretical and practical naval training prescribed for members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps may include flight instruction. " (d) The Secretary of the Navy may, for a period of four years after the effective date of this amendatory Act, provide, or contract with civilian flying or aviation schools or educational institutions to provide, such personnel, aircraft, supplies, facilities, and instruction as are necessary for flight instruction of members of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps." SEC. 4. (a) The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (ch. 458, 39 Stat. 742), as amended (5 U.S.C. 751-793), applies in case of the disability or death of the following members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the Army, Navy, and Air Force: (1) Any member who suffers disability or death from an injury incurred in line of duty while engaged in flight instruction, under— (A) section 40a of the Act of June 3, 1916 (ch. 134, 39 Stat. 191), as amended (10 U.S.C. 385); (B) section 22(a) of the Act of March 4, 1925 (ch. 536, 43 Stat. 1276), as amended (34 U.S.C. 821 (a)); or (C) section 3(a) of the Act of August 13, 1946 (ch. 962, 60 Stat. 1058), as amended (34 U.S.C. 1020b (a)); (2) Any member who suffers disability or death from an injury incurred in line of duty while performing authorized travel to or from, or while attending— (A) a training camp under section 47a of the Act of June 3, 1916 (ch. 134, 39 Stat. 192), as amended (10 U.S.C. 441); (B) a cruise under section 22(a) of the Act of March 4, 1925 (ch. 536, 43 Stat. 1276), as amended (34 U.S.C. 821 (a)); or (C) a cruise or camp prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy under section 6(a) 1 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (ch. 962, 60 Stat. 1059), as amended (34 U.S.C. 1020e (a) 1). For the purposes of this section, an injury shall be considered to have been incurred in line of duty only if it is the proximate result of the performance of military training by the member concerned, or of his travel to or from that military training, during the periods of time indicated in (2). Any member who contracts a disease or illness which is the proximate result of the performance of training during the periods of time indicated in (2) shall be considered for the purposes of this section to have been injured in line of duty during that period. (b) I n computing the compensation payable under this section, the total compensation received by the injured or deceased person, as the case may be, in cash and kind, shall be considered to be $150 per month. That sum shall be applied in lieu of any monthly pay considered to be required or authorized under section 6, 10, or 12 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. (c) Subject to review by the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations to be prescribed

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