81ST CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 681 -OCT. 12 , 1949
subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively. Subsection (a)
and the subsection herein redesignated as subsection (e) of said sec-
tion are amended as follows:
"(a) Commissioned officers of the Regular and Reserve Corps shall
be entitled to receive such pay and allowances as are now or may
hereafter be authorized by law."
"(e) Whenever any noncommissioned officer or other employee of
the Service is assigned for duty which the Surgeon General finds
requires intimate contact with persons afflicted with leprosy, he may
be entitled to receive, as provided by regulations of the President, in
addition to any pay or compensation to which he may otherwise be
entitled, not more than one-half of such pay or compensation."
(c) Subsection (g) of section 210 is amended by deleting therefrom
the words "incurred in line of duty" wherever they appear.
(d) Section 211 is amended by repealing subsection (a) thereof;
by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h)
thereof as subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respec-
tively; and by changing "subsection (c)" to "subsection (b)" in the
subsection hereby redesignated as subsection (a). The subsections
hereby redesignated as subsections (b), (c), and (g) of said section
are amended to read:
"(b) (1) Any commissioned officer of the Regular Corps who at the
time of his original appointment was more than forty-five years of age
shall upon his retirement for age pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section be entitled to retired pay at the rate of 4 per centum of his
active pay at the time of such retirement for each twelve months of
active commissioned service, including any such service in the Army
Navy, or Coast Guard, but in no case more than 75 per centum of
such active pay.
"(2) The retired pay of an officer, who is retired pursuant to sub-
section (a) of this section or pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub-
section and who has served four years or more as Surgeon General,
Deputy Surgeon General, or Assistant Surgeon General, shall be based
on the pay of the highest grade held by him as such Surgeon General,
Deputy Surgeon General, or Assistant Surgeon General.
"(c) In time of war, a commissioned officer who has been retired
under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may, in accord-
ance with regulations of the President, be recalled to active duty.
"(g) A commissioned officer shall be retired or separated from
the Service for physical disability depending upon his eligibility
for such retirement or separation under other provisions of law and
be paid such retirement or such severance pay to which he may be
entitled under such other provisions of law."
(e) Subsection (d) of section 214 is amended by deleting therefrom
the words "longevity pay" and substituting in lieu thereof the words
"the computation of basic pay".
(f) Subsection (b) of section 215 is amended by deleting therefrom
the words "travel, transportation of household goods and effects,
and".
(g) Section 706 is amended by deleting the words "subsection (c)
(1)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "subsection (b) (1)"
and by deleting the words "subsection (b)" and inserting m lieu
thereof the words "subsection (a)".
PROVISIONS RELATING TO RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS SPECIALLY COMMENDED
FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IN COMBAT
SEC. 522. (a) Section 412 (a) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947
is hereby amended by deleting the words "and with three-fourths
of the active-duty pay of the grade in which serving at the time of
Duty with leprosy
patients.
62 Stat. 43.
42 U. S. C., Supp.
II, 211 (g).
58 Stat. 688; 62 Stat.
46.
42 U.S. C..
212;
Supp. II, 212 .
Officers of Regular
Corps over 46 when
originally appointed.
Recall to active
duty.
Retirement for
physical dsability.
58 Btat. 80O.
42U.8.0.i21(d).
58 Stat. 690.
42U.S.C. 216 (b):
58 Stat. 713; 60 Stat.
1049.
42 U. S. C., Supp.
II, 1230.
61 Stat. 874.
34 U. 8. C., Supp.
H, i 410n.
835
63 STAT.]
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