60 STAT.] 79TH OONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 261 , 263 -MAY 16, 18, 1946 not be returned to their homeland for burial due to wartime shipping restrictions, and to centralize in one agency the task of evacuation and return of such remains. SEC. 2. All evacuation and return activities herein provided for are hereby made a responsibility of the Secretary of War. SEC. 3. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon his own initiative, in the case of unidentified remains; and upon application by the next of kin, in the case of identified remains, to return to the homeland for interment at places designated by the next of kin, or in national cemeteries provided such remains are entitled to interment therein, the remains of persons who died on or after September 3, 1939, and are buried outside the continental limits of the United States, and who were- (a) members of the armed forces of the United States who died in the service; (b) civilian officers and employees of the United States; (c) citizens of the United States who served in the armed forces of any government at war with Germany, Italy, or Japan and who died while in such service and who were citizens of the United States at the time of such service; (d) citizens of the United States whose homes are in fact in the United States and whose death outside the continental limits thereof can be directly attributed to the war or who died while employed or otherwise engaged in activities contributing to the prosecution of the war; and (e) such other citizens of the United States, the return of the remains of whom would in the discretion of the Secretary of War, serve the public interest. SEC. 4 . The Secretary of War is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act. SEC. 5 . There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, said sums to be made available for civil functions adminis- tered by the War Department, "Cemeterial expenses, War Depart- ment", to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. SEC. 6 . This Act and the authority granted therein and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall terminate five years after the cessation of hostilities with Japan as proclaimed by the Presi- dent, or upon such earlier date as may be specified in a proclamation by the President, or in a concurrent resolution by the two houses of Congress, as the date beyond which further continuance of the authority granted by this Act is not necessary in the public interest, whichever date is earliest: Provided, That as to any applications provided for under section 3 filed prior to such termination date, the provisions of this Act and such rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be treated as remaining in force for the pur- pose of providing for the return of remains in proper cases. Approved May 16, 1946. [CHAPTER 263] AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for prior fiscal years, to provide sup- plemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations Responsibility. Unidentified re- mains. Rules and regula- tions. Appropriations authorized. Ante, p. 160; post, p. 268. Termination of Act, etc. Prior applications. May 18, 1946 [H. R. 58901 [Public Law 384] Second Deficiency Apppropration Act, 1946.
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