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PUBLIC LAW 8 6-493-JUNE 8, 1960

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" (d) If a veteran has satisfactorily served on active duty for a period of six months or more in a rank higher than that specified in subsection (a) or (b) and was so serving m such rank within one hundred and twenty days before death in the active military, naval, or air service or before last discharge or release from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, his basic pay shall be determined by using the appropriate rank specified in those subsections or by substituting such higher rank for the rank specified in those subsections, whichever will result in a greater amount. The determination as to whether an individual has served satisfactorily for the required period in a higher rank shall be made by the Secretary of the Department in which such higher rank was held." Approved June 8, 1960. Public Law 86-493 June 8, 1960 [H. R. 8238]

E x h a u s t s of motor v e h i c l e s. Study.

Report to C o n gress.

Definition.

AN ACT To authorize and direct the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to make a study and report to Congress, from the standpoint of the public health, of the discharge of substances into the atmosphere from the exhausts of motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Surgeon General'') shall conduct a thorough study for the purpose of determining, with respect to the various substances discharged from the exhausts of motor vehicles, the amounts and kinds of such substances which, from the standpoint of human health, it is safe for motor vehicles to discharge into the atmosphere under the various conditions under which such vehicles may operate. SEC. 2. As soon as practicable, but not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Surgeon General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted pursuant to the first section of this Act, together with such recommendations, if any, based upon the findings made in such study, as he may deem to be necessary for the protection of the public health. SEC. 3. As used in this Act the term "motor vehicles" means vehicles propelled by mechanical power and used for transporting passengers or property on a highway. Approved June 8, 1960.

Public Law 86-494 June 8, 1960 IH. R. 9785]

Navy aviation students. Insurance b e n e fits.

49 Stat. 156.

AN ACT To provide for equitable adjustment of the insurance status of certain members of the Armed Forces.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any seaman second class who died as the result of an aviation accident incurred in line of duty in the active service of the Navy after October 7, 1940, and before August 4, 1942, while undergoing flight training leading to appointment as an aviation cadet under the Act of April 15, 1935, shall be deemed to have applied for and to have been granted national service life insurance in an amount which together with any other United States Government life insurance or national service life insurance in force at the time of death shall aggregate $10,000.

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