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301 and 302 of this Act for any period during which he is subsisted and quartered by the agency sponsoring his participation in a competition covered by section 716 of title 10, United States Code." AMENDMENT TO SERVICEMEN'S AND VETERANS' SURVIVOR BENEFITS ACT SEC. 12. Title II of the Servicemen's and Veterans' Survivor Benefits Act (70 Stat. 862) is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof:

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"CERTIFICATION BY ADMINISTRATOR "SEC. 211. Whenever the Administrator determines, on the basis of a claim for benefits filed with him under this title, that a death occurred under the circumstances referred to in section 1476(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 321 (b) of title 32, United States Code, he shall certify that fact to the Secretary concerned. In all other cases, he shall make the determination referred to in that section at the request of the Secretary concerned." MILITARY LEAVE FOR SUBSTITUTES IN THE POSTAL FIELD SERVICE SEC. 13. Section 29(a) of the Act of August 10, 1956, ch. 1041 (70A Stat. 632), is amended— (1) by inserting after the words "Civil Service system" the following: "(except a substitute employee in the postal field service)'; and (2) by adding the following new sentences at the end thereof: "A substitute employee in the postal field service is entitled to leave of absence from his duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, for the same purpose, on the basis of one hour of leave for each period aggregating 26 hours of work performed in the calendar year next oefore the calendar year in which he is ordered to that duty or training. However, he is not entitled to any leave under this section unless he has worked at least 1,040 hours during the calendar year next before that year in which he is ordered to that duty or training, and he may not be paid for more than 80 hours of leave under this section in any calendar year."

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TEMPORARY INCREASES IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF REGULAR AIR FORCE FOR ACADEMY GRADUATES SEC. 14. The authorized strength in any grade in the Regular Air Force is automatically increased to the minimum extent necessary to give effect to each appointment as a second lieutenant in the Regular Air Force, before the effective date of section 541 of title 10, United States Code, of any graduate of the United States Military Academy or the United States Naval Academy. An authorized strength so increased is increased for no other purpose, and while he holds that grade the officer whose appointment caused the increase is counted for the purpose of determining when other appointments, not under this section or under section 8212 of that title, may be made in that grade.

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