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63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 139-MAY 24, 1949 SEC. 12 . Section 658 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the words "Farmers' Home Corporation," the follow- ing: "The Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Farmers' Home Administration," SEC. 13. (a) The second paragraph of section 659 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Whoever buys or receives or has in his possession any such goods or chattels, knowing the same to have been embezzled or stolen; or". (b) The fourth paragraph of section 659 of title 18, United States Code. is amended to read as follows: "Whoever embezzles, steals, or unlawfully takes by any fraudulent device, scheme, or game, from any railroad car, bus, vehicle, steamboat, vessel, or aircraft operated by any common carrier moving in inter- state or foreign commerce or from any passenger thereon any money, baggage, goods, or chattels, or whoever buys, receives, or has in his possession any such money, baggage, goods, or chattels, knowing the same to have been embezzled or stolen--". SEC. 14 . The analysis of chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, immediately preceding section 701 of such title, is amended by striking out the item "702. Uniform of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Public Health Service.", and inserting in lieu thereof "702. Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service." . SEC. 15. (a) Section 702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 702. Uniform of armed forces and Public Health Service "Whoever, in any place within the jurisdiction of the United States or in the Canal Zone, without authority, wears the uniform or a dis- tinctive part thereof or anything similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States, Public Health Service or any auxiliary of such, shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both." . (b) All that part of section 125 of the Act of June 3, 1916 (ch. 134, 39 Stat. 216; 10 U. S . C ., sec. 1393), as amended, which follows the first paragraph of such section, is amended to read as follows: "The provisions of this section shall apply to the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, as well as to all other places within the jurisdiction of the United States. "Hereafter, upon the discharge or furlough to the reserve of an enlisted man, all uniform outer clothing then in his possession, except such articles as he may be permitted to wear from the place of termi- nation of his active service to his home, as authorized by this section, will be retained for military use: Provided, That upon the release from Federal service of an enlisted man of the National Guard called as such into the service of the United States, all uniform outer cloth- ing then in his possession shall be taken up and accounted for as prop- erty issued to the National Guard of the State to which the enlisted man belongs, in the manner prescribed by section sixty-seven of this Act: Provided further, That when an enlisted man is discharged otherwise than honorably, all uniform outer clothing in his possession shall be retained for military use, and, when authorized by regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy, a suit of citizen's outer clothing to cost not exceeding $15 may be issued to such enlisted man: And provided further, That officers and members of any national home for veterans administered by the Veterans' Administration may wear such uniforms as the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy may authorize.". 91 62 Stat. 729. 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 658. 62 Stat. 730. 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, §659. 62 Stat. 730. 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 659. 62 Stat. 731. 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, prec. § 701. 62 Stat. 732. 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 702. 10 U. S. C.. Supp. II, § 1393. Post,p. 110 . Disposition upon re- lease from active service.