Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 63 Part 1.djvu/842

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804 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 681 -OCT. 12, 1949 [63 STAT. Sec. 523. Amendments of the act of June 3, 1916 (39 Stat. 190; 41 Stat. 776). Sec. 524. Amendment of the act of February 18, 1946 (60 Stat. 20). Sec. 525 . Amendments of the act of June 5,1942 (56 Stat. 315). Sec. 526 . Amendment of the act of May 27,1908 (35 Stat. 418). Sec. 527. Amendment of section 4 of the Naval Aviation Cadet Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 737). Sec. 528 . Amendment of section 4 of the Army Aviation Cadet Act (55 Stat. 240). Sec. 529. Amendment of the act of June 30, 1941 (55 Stat. 394). Sec. 530 . Amendment to the National Defense Act. Sec. 531. Acts and parts of acts repealed. Sec. 532. Authorization for appropriations. Sec. 533 . Effective date. DEFINITIONS SEC. 102. For the purposes of this Act- "Uniformed serv- (a) The term "uniformed services", unless otherwise qualified, shall be interpreted to mean and include the Army of the United States, Navy, Air Force of the United States. Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service, and all Reg- ular and Reserve components thereof. "Member." (b) The term "member", unless otherwise qualified, means a com- missioned officer, commissioned warrant officer, warrant officer, flight officer, and enlisted person, including a retired person, of the uni- "Retred peron." formed services. As used in this subsection the words "retired person" shall include members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve who are in receipt of retainer pay. "Oficer." (c) The term "officer", unless otherwise qualified, means a com- missioned officer, commissioned warrant officer, warrant officer, and flight officer, either permanent or temporary, of the uniformed services. "Tempo ." As used in this subsection the word "temporary" shall include tem- porary officers whose permanent status is that of an enlisted person. "Commisioned of- (d) The term "commissioned officer" means a member of the uni- formed services having rank or grade of second lieutenant, ensign, or junior assistant grade, or above, either permanent or temporary, in Po, p.s8. any of the uniformed services, except that for purposes of section 203 of this Act such term shall be limited to the definition prescribed in subsection (a) of said section. "Warrant officer." (e) The term "warrant officer" means a commissioned warrant offi- cer, warrant officer, or flight officer, including a master, chief engineer, first mate, second mate, assistant engineer, or second assistant engineer of the Army Mine Planter Service. "Secrtary." (f) The term "Secretary", unless otherwise qualified, shall be con- strued to mean the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, or the Federal Security Administrator, as the case may be. "Dependent." (g) The term "dependent" shall include at all times and in all places the lawful wife and unmarried legitimate children, under twenty-one years of age, of any member of the uniformed services, except as hereinafter limited in this subsection. Such term shall in- clude the father or mother of such member, provided he or she is in fact dependent on such member for over half of his or her support and actually resides in the household of said member. It shall also include unmarried legitimate children, over twenty-one years of age, of such member who are incapable of self-support because of being mentally defective or physically incapacitated, and who are in fact "Chlden." dependent on such member for over half of his or her support: Pro- vided, That the term "children" shall be held to include stepchildren and adopted children when such stepchildren or adopted children are nst.bnddepend- in fact dependent upon such member: Provided further, That in the