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PUBLIC LAW 89-151-AUG. 28, 1965

[79 STAT.

Public Law 89-151 August 28, 1965 [H. R. 7843]

Armed Forces. Unused l e a v e, payment to survivors. 76 Stat. 480.

72 Stat. 1461.

Repeal. 76 Stat. 492. Applicability.

AN ACT To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to authorize the survivors of a member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty to be paid for his unused accrued leave. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That clause (1) of section 501(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (1) 'Discharge" means— " (A) in the case of an enlisted member, separation or release from active duty under honorable conditions or appointment as an officer; " (B) in the case of an officer, separation or release from active duty under honorable conditions; and " (C) in the case of either an officer or an enlisted member, death while on active duty unless the decedent was put to death as lawful punishment for a crime or a military oflfense;". SEC. 2. Section 501(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (d) Payments for unused accrued leave under subsections (b) and (g) of this section, in the case of a member who dies while on active duty or in the case of a member or former member who dies after retirement or discharge and before he receives that payment, shall be made in accordance with section 2771 of title 10. In the case of a member who dies while on active duty, payment for unused accrued leave under subsections (b) and (g) of this section shall be based upon the unused accrued leave the member carried forward into the leave year during which he died plus the unusued leave that accrued to him during that leave year. However, the number of days upon which the payment is based may not be more than sixty." SKC. 3. Section 701(d) of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. SEC. 4. This Act applies only in the case of members who die on or after the date of enactment. Approved August 28, 1965.

Public Law 89-152 August 30, 1965 ^ ^ ^^"^ [H. R. 10306] -pj^ amend the I'niversal Military Training and Service Act of lOol, as amended. Armed Forces. Draft c a r d s, destruction, e t c. 62 Stat. 622. 50 USC app. 462.

Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and Hou>^e of Representatives of the United States of America in Conc/ress assembled. That the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: SECTION 1. Sertion 12(b)(3) is amended to read as follows: "(3) who forges, alters, knowingly destroys, knowingly mutilates, or in any manner changes any such certificate or any notation duly and validly inscribed thereon: or"'. Approved August 30, 1965.

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