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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 205-JUNE 13, 1939 orcecredits respectively: Provided, That the active duty of aviation cadets subse- quent to completion of their active duty while undergoing training shall be counted as such service for the purposes of promotions authorized by this section. Commencement of SEO . 4. All members of a class of aviation cadets entering the commissioned service. Naval service at approximately the same time shall be deemed for all purposes of this Act, to have commenced their commissioned service on the same date. Active duty in time SEC. 5. Officers commissioned pursuant to this Act may be employed on active duty in time of peace only during the seven-year period next following the completion of their duty as aviation cadets under- Instruction, etc., going training, except that such officers may be ordered to active duty thereafter for the purpose of instructing and training members of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve. Payment upon re- . 6. When officers, commissioned pursuant to this Act, are released from active duty that has been continuous for a period of four or more years, including active duty both as aviation cadets and as commissioned officers, they shall be paid a lump sum of $500 in addition to any pay and allowances which they may otherwise be entitled to receive, except as hereinafter provided. overnment lifein- SEC. 7. Government life insurance issued in accordance with sec- surance, continuance. 49 tat. 157. tion 5 of the Act of April 15, 1935 (34 U. S. C ., 846), shall con- iv, u46S. C Supp. tinue when an aviation cadet is commissioned pursuant to this Act; Premium charges. the premiums thereon shall be deducted from the pay of the officers concerned and paid by the Secretary of the Navy to the Adminis- trator of Veterans' Affairs. When released from active duty or discharged they shall have the option of continuing such insurance at their own expense. Pay adjustment,aa- Sw. 8. Aviation cadets who have completed active duty under- dets completing train- ing. going training on the date of approval of this Act and who may be commissioned pursuant thereto shall, upon completion of four years' active duty, be paid a lump sum determined as $1,000 minus the excess of the pay and allowances received by them prior to the date of such completion of duty over the pay and allowances, with which shall be included Government paid insurance premiums, which they would have received as aviation cadets had they not been commis- sioned. No person shall be held to be indebted to the United States Payments addition- as a result of the provisions of this section. Payments authorized by this section shall be in addition to that authorized by section 6 of this Act. Appropriationstrom SEC. 9. Pay and allowances of officers commissioned pursuant to which pay and allow- ancespayable. this Act shall be paid from appropriations for "Pay, Subsistence, Pod,pp. 321, 1322. and Transportation of Naval Personnel" and "Pay, Marine Corps", except for those officers ordered to active duty pursuant to author- ity contained in the exception in section 5 of this Act the pay and allowances of whom shall be paid from appropriations for "Naval Reserve" and "Pay, Marine Corps". Restriction on back SEC. 10. No back pay or allowances shall be held to have accrued under this Act prior to its enactment. Uniformallowance. SE. 11. When first commissioned pursuant to this Act, officers shall be paid a uniform allowance of $150 provided they have not already received the uniform allowance of $150 authorized to be paid to aviation cadets upon their first assignment to duty after 49 Stat. 157. completion of training, and as provided in section 3 of the Act of i4Vus. C., s" p. April 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 157; 34 U.S. C. 844). Designated prov- SEC. 12. (a) Section 1 of the Act of April 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 49 Sat. s16. 156; 34 U. S . C. 842), is hereby amended by deleting therefrom I,u 4 . C., Supp. the last sentence. 820 [53 STAT.