PUBLIC LAWS-OHS. 501 , 502-JUNE 19, 1948 such personnel to acquire knowledge or experience in the specialties in which it is deemed necessary that such personnel shall perfect themselves, and any officer or warrant officer who receives such instruc- tion shall, immediately upon termination thereof, be ordered to active duty for a period at least equal to the duration of his period of instruction but not greater than four years, except that where the duration of such training is ninety days or less, such subsequent active duty may be at the discretion of the Secretary of the Army and only aonsent of nd- with the consent of the individual concerned: Provided, That no member of the National Guard or the Organized Reserve Corps shall be detailed as a student, observer, or investigator pursuant to the pro- visions of this Act nor be ordered to active duty as herein provided except with his own consent, and, in the case of a member of the National Guard of the United States, with the approval of the Gov- ernor or other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, or the isch e and re- District of Columbia, whichever is concerned: Providedfurther,That the Secretary of the Army may require that an enlisted man, prior to his detail pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, shall be discharged and reenlisted in his component for a period of not less than three years; and the total length of detail of an enlisted man pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall not exceed 50 per Limitation on de- centum of his enlistment period: And provided further, That at no time shall more than 8 per centum of the authorized commissioned officer strength, 8 per centum of the authorized warrant officer strength, or 2 per centum of the authorized enlisted strength of the Regular Army, or more than 8 per centum of the actual commissioned officer strength, 8 per centum of the actual warrant officer strength, or 2 per centum of the actual enlisted strength of all reserve components of the Army (including in the computation of the actual strength of each such class of reserve personnel persons in active or inactive duty status), be detailed as students pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph." Expenditures. SEC. 2 . All expenditures incident to the detail of personnel as students at such technical, professional, and other civilian educational institutions, or as students, observers, or investigators at such indus- trial plants, hospitals, and other places, as provided herein, shall be paid from any appropriated Department of the Army funds. Applicability. SEC. 3 . The provisions of the foregoing section shall be equally applicable to the Department of the Air Force: Provided, That afl reference therein to the Secretary of the Army, the Department of the Army, the Regular Army, the National Guard of the United States, and the Army of the United States shall, insofar as they apply to the Department of the Air Force, be construed for the purpose of this section as referring to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Department of the Air Force, the United States Air Force, the Air National Guard, and the Air Force of the United States, respectively. Approved June 19, 1948. fCHAPTER 502] June 19, 948 AN ACT [- -- l ] To provide for the collection and publication of statistical information by the iBureau of the Census. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Censuses of nn. United State o merica n Congre assembled, That (a) the Pod, p. 'I38. Director of the Bureau of the Census, hereinafter referred to as the Director and the Bureau, respectively, is authorized and directed to 478 [62 STAT.
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