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Widows, rights.

Separability.

72 Stat. 1106.

72 Stat. 1 2 3 1.

Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 91-621-DEC. 31, 1970

[84 STAT.

(b) The Secretary may purchase ration supplies for messes, stores, uniforms, accouterments, and related equipment for sale aboard ship and shore stations of the Administration to members of the uniformed services and to personnel assigned to such ships or shore stations. Sales shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, and proceeds therefrom shall, as far as is practicable, fuU^ reimburse the appropriations charged without regard to fiscal year. ^^^ Rights extended to members of the uniformed services in this section are extended to their widows and to such others as are designated by the Secretary concerned. SEC. 5. (a) All statutes that applied to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 12, 1965, shall apply to officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration on that date and subsequent thereto, unless amended or repealed, and service as a commissioned officer in the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall constitute service as a commissioned officer in the Environmental Science Services Administration. (b) All statutes that applied to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey on July 12, 1965, and to commissioned officers of the Environmental Science Services Administration subsequent to that date shall apply to officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on October 3, 1970, and subsequent thereto, unless amended or repealed, and service as a commissioned officer in the Coast and Geodetic Survey or the Environmental Science Services Administration shall constitute service as a commissioned officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (c) The enactment of this Act does not increase or decrease the pay or allowances of any person. (d) A reference to a law replaced by this Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the corresponding provisions enacted by this Act. (e) An order, rule, or regulation in effect under a law replaced by this Act continues in effect under the corresponding provisions enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded. (f) An inference of a legislative construction is not to be drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision enacted by this Act or by reason of the caption or catchline tnereof. ^g^ j f Q^^J provisiou of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 6. (a) Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 101(21)(C) of such title 38 is amended by inserting the words "the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or its predecessor organization" after "officer of" in the first line; (2) Section 101 (25)(F) of such title 38 is amended hj inserting "the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or its predecessor organization" after "concerning"; and (3) Section 3105 of such title 38 is amended by striking "Coast and Geodetic Survey" and substituting "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". (jj) ^ h e cffectivc date of an award by the Veterans' Administration of disability compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation arising from an injury or death occurring prior to enactment of this Act and based on a claim filed by an individual who first became

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