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PUBLIC LAW 879-AUG. 1, 1956

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by him, shall determine whether an injury, disease, or illness was sustained, or contracted, in line of duty and was the proximate result of the performance of military training by the member concerned, or of his travel to or from that military traming. (d) Any expenses incurred by a military department in providing hospitalization, medical and surgical care, necessary transportation incident to that hospitalization or medical and surgical care, or in connection with a funeral and burial on behalf of a person covered by subsection (a) shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of Labor out of the Employees' Compensation Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, However, reimbursement shall not be made for any hospitalization or medical or surgical care provided a person while attending— (1) a training camp under section 47a of the Act of June 8, 1916 (ch. 134, 39 Stat. 192), as amended (10 U.S.C. 441); (2) 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 (3) 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). (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to hinder the prompt action authorized by sections 26 and 27 of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act in any case involving the legal liability of a third party other than the United States, and the Secretary of the military department concerned shall cooperate fully with the Department of Labor in the prompt investigation and prosecution in those cases. (f) Any person receiving disability benefits under this section may not receive those benefits after he enters upon active duty with the Armed Forces, but those benefits may be reinstated when the person is released from that active duty. SEC. 5. Section 2 of the Servicemen's Indemnity Act of 1951, as amended (38 U.S.C. 851), is further amended by striking out the following words: "members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps, when called or ordered to active training duty for fourteen days or more while on such active training duty;". SEC. 6. The Secretary of each military department shall report in January of each year to the Congress on the progress of the flight training program authorized by this Act. Approved August 1, 1956.

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