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[72 Stat. 488]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 488]

488 Appropriations.

P U B U C LAW 85-687-AUG. 1, 1968

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ST A T.

SEC. 2. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Fund may be used by the Veterans' Administration for making refunds pursuant to this Act and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Approved August 1, 1958.

Public Law 85-587 August I. 1958 IS. 17i2]

Armed Forces. Officers, e m e r g e n c y retirement benefits.

AN ACT To readjust equitably the retirement benefits of certain individuals on the Emergency Officers' Retired List, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) upon application made to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, each individual who has been placed upon an Emergency Officers' Retired List and is eligible to receive retired pay under the Act entitled "An Act making eligible for retirement under certain conditions, officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States, other than officers of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, who incurred physical disability in line of duty while in the service of the United States during the World War", approved May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 735; 38 U.S.C. 581), as amended, shall be advanced on the applicable officers' retired list to the highest temporary grade in which he served satisfactorily on active duty for not less than six months as a commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard or of any reserve component of any such armed force, as determined by the cognizant Secretary, and shall be entitled to receive retired ay computed under applicable provisions of law on the basis of the ase and longevity pay which any such officer received while serving on active duty in that grade during the period September 9, 1940, to June 30, 1946. (b) No increased retired pay shall be paid to any individual by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period prior to the effective date of this Act. (c) All erroneous payments of emergency officers' retirement pay made after September 30, 1949, and prior to the effective date of this Act to any individual advanced by virtue of the authority contained in this Act on the basis of service credits certified by the military department concerned, are hereby validated. (d) This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first month beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 1, 1958.

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Effective date.

Public Law 85-588 August 1. 1958 [ H T R. 11636]

70A Stat. 376.

AN ACT To amend section 6018 of title 10, United States Code, requiring the Secretary of the Navy to determine that the employment of officers of the Regular Navy on shore duty is required by the public interest.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6018 (2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "and his determination to that effect is stated in the officer's orders to shore duty". Approved August 1, 1958.