63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 681 -OCT. 12, 1949 the computation of their retired pay based on such enlisted or warrant- officer rank, grade, or rating, as the case may be. RETIRED MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTJT SEC. 514. Retired members and former members of the uniformed services, including members of the Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, shall, when serving on active duty, be entitled to re- ceive the pay and allowances to which entitled by the provisions of this Act for the grade or rank in which they are serving on such active duty, and shall, when on such active-duty status, have the same pay and allowance rights while on leave of absence or while sick as members of the uniformed services entitled to receive basic pay of similar grade or rank, and, if death occurs when on active-duty status, while on leave of absence, or while sick, their dependents shall not thereby be deprived of any of the benefits provided in the Act of December 17, 1919 (41 Stat. 367; 10 U. S . C . 903), as amended, and in the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 824; 34 U. S. C. 943), as amended. PROVISION TO RETAIN PRESENT COMPENSATION AND TO LIMIT THE APPI- CATION OF THE SERVICEMEN'S DEPENDENTS ALLOWANCE ACT OF 1942, AS AMENDED SEC. 515. (a) No member serving on active duty on the effective date of this Act shall, prior to July 1, 1952, and while serving on continuous active duty, including for the purpose of such continuous active-duty service in a reenlistment entered into within three months from the date of last discharge, suffer any reduction by reason of this Act in the total compensation which he is entitled to receive under any provision of law in effect on the day immediately preceding such effective date: Provided, That (1) the provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply to such member whenever he shall become entitled to receive total compensation in excess of the amount to which he was entitled on the day preceding such effective date; and (2) the provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply to any part of such total compensation upon the failure of such member to qualify there- for: Provided further, That for the purposes of this subsection the computation of such total compensation shall not include contributions by the Government under the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, travel and transportation allowances, per diem and station allowances, pay of court stenographers of the Army and Air Force, enlistment allowance, or reenlistment bonuses. (b) Any member who, on the effective date of this Act, is serving in an enlistment contracted prior to the date of enactment of this Act, or any member whose enlistment terminated in the period between the date of enactment and the effective date of this Act, both dates inclusive, and who has entered into a new enlistment within one month of such termination shall not, prior to the expiration of the enlistment or reenlistment described above, or July 1, 1952, whichever is earlier, suffer any reduction by reason of this Act in the total compensation which he is entitled to receive under any provision of law in effect on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this Act: Provided, That for the purposes of this subsection, unless otherwise provided, the computation of such total compensation shall not include travel and transportation allowances, per diem and station allowances, pay of court stenographers of the Army and Air Force, enlistment allow- ance, or reenlistment bonuses, and following that date which is the last day of the sixth calendar month following the month in which this Act is enacted, shall not include the contribution by the Government under the provisions of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, to monthly family allowance (1) for a father or 831 34 U. 8. C., Supp. ,L 943 note. Pot, p. 841. Nonapplicability or provisions. Exclusions from computation. 56 Stat. 381 . 37U.S.a.J201- 221; 50 U.S . .. app. I1305, 315. Post, p. 841 . Exclusions from computation. Monthly family al- lowance. 56 Stat. 381 . 37U..C.f201- 221;50U.aC.app. P30, 315. .dP. 84.
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