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 PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985

99 STAT. 737

"(6) A beneficiary named in the will of the deceased.". (B) Section 9713(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking out 10 USC 9713 clauses (A) through (I) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(A) The surviving spouse or legal representative. "(B) A child of the deceased. "(C) A parent of the deceased. "(D) A brother or sister of the deceased. "(E) The next-of-kin of the deceased. "(F) A beneficiary named in the will of the deceased.". (e) WORLD WAR II ERA ARMY NURSES.—(1) The Act entitled "An

Repeal.

Act to authorize temporary appointment as officers in the Army of the United States of members of the Army Nurse Corps, female persons having the necessary qualifications for appointment in such corps, female dietetic and physical-therapy personnel of the Medical Department of the Army (exclusive of students and apprentices), and female persons having the necessary qualifications for appointment in such department as female dietetic or physical-therapy personnel, and for other purposes", approved June 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 324; 50 U.S.C. App. 1591 et seq.), is repealed. (2) The repeal made by paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of 50 USC app. 1591 any person appointed and assigned under the first section of the Act note. repealed by such paragraph, as such Act was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME.—The first sentence of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act prescribing regulations for the Soldiers' Home located at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved March 3, 1883 (24 U.S.C. 52), is amended— (1) by striking out "wife" both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "spouse"; and (2) by striking out "his" and inserting in lieu thereof "such". (g) DEPENDENTS OF PERSONS MISSING IN ACTION.—Section 551(1)(A)

of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking out "wife" and inserting in lieu thereof "spouse". SEC. 1302. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN DIA PERSONNEL

(a) CiviuAN EMPLOYEES.—(1) Section 192 of title 10, United States Code, is transferred to the end of chapter 83 of such title, redesig- 10 USC 1601 et nated as section 1605, and amended— ^eq. (A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking out "Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense," and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Defense"; (B) in subsection (a)— (i) by striking out "military and"; (ii) by striking out "under sections 903, 705, and 2308" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 705 and 903"; (iii) by striking out "22 U.S.C. 4025;"; and (iv) by striking out "; 22 U.S.C. 4083" and all that follows in such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof ", 4025, 4083) and under section 5924(4) of title 5."; and (C) by striking out subsection (c) and redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 8 of such title is transferred to the end of the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 83 of such title and is amended by striking out "192" and inserting in lieu thereof "1605".

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