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AN ACT Relating to the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Be it ermcted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE

Tilly 9, 1952 TH.R. 5426]

of the Arme d Forces R e s e r v e Act of 1952.

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That this Act may be cited as the "Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952". T A B L E O F CONTENTS Sections

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I. Definitions II. Reserve components generally Chapter 1. Mission and general organization Chapter 2. Appointments and enlistments Chapter 3. Duty and release from duty Chapter 4. Pay, allowances, and benefits Chapter 5. Civil employment Chapter 6. Separation Chapter 7. Administration III. Reserve components of the Army IV. Reserve components of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard V. Naval Militia VI. Reserve components of the Air Force VII. National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States VIII. Appropriations, repeals, amendments, and miscellaneous provisions

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P A R T I—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 101. When used in this Act— Definitions. (a) "Duty" means military service of any nature under orders or authorization issued by competent authority, (b) "Active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, other than active duty for training. (c) "Active duty for training" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States for training purposes. (d) "Inactive-duty training" means any of the training, instruction, duty, appropriate duties, or equivalent training, instruction, duty, appropriate duties, or hazardous duty, performed with or without compensation by members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States as may be prescribed by the appropriate Secretary pursuant to section 501 of the Career Compensation Act of 63 sut^ 825. 1949, as amended, or any other provision of law, and in addition thereto use 143, 154! 37 includes the performance of special additional duties, as may be author- "^^ ^°^* ized by competent authority, by such members on a voluntary basis in connection with the prescribed training or maintenance activities of the unit to which the members are assigned. Work or study performed by such members of the reserve components in connection with correspondence courses of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be deemed inactive-duty training for which compensation is not authorized under the provisions of section 501 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended. Any inactive-duty training performed by members of the National Guard of the United States or of the Air National Guard of the United States, while in their status as members of the National Guard or Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia pursuant to section 92 of the National Defense Act, as amended, or pursuant \\ ^^ ^l^^'