PUBLIC LAWS-CIH. 475-AUG. 4 , 1947
[CHAPTER 475]
AN ACT
To amend the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946, approved August 9, 1946 (Public
Law 704, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session, 60 Stat. 963), and for other
purposes.
60 Stat. 96
37U.S.C
Compenss
Enlisted i
Warrant
missioned ofl
Absence oi
of sickness, I
Aug. 31, 1946
Other leave
August 4, 1947
[H. R . 3501]
[Public Law 350]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the
33.
Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946 is hereby amended to read as follows:
tble leave.
"SEC. 4 . (a) Leave to be settled and compensated for under section
6 of this Act shall be compensable as follows:
nembers.
(1) In the case of leave accumulated as an enlisted member of the
armed forces, on the basis of the base and longevity pay applicable to
such member on the date of his discharge from enlisted service if
discharged before August 31, 1946, or on August 31, 1946, if not so
discharged, and an allowance computed at the rate of 70 cents a day
for subsistence, plus, in the case of enlisted members of the first three
grades with dependents on August 31, 1946, or former enlisted
members of the first three grades with dependents at the time of
discharge if prior to such date, an allowance computed at the rate of
$1.25 a day for quarters.
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"(2) In the case of leave accumulated or accrued as a member of
the armed forces as a warrant or commissioned officer, on the basis of
the base and longevity pay and allowances applicable to such member
on August 31, 1946.
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c., after
(b) After August 31, 1946, members of the armed forces when
absent on account of sickness or wounds, or when directed by the
Secretary to be absent from duty to await orders pending action on
disability retirement proceedings for any period in excess of the
number of days' leave authorized by this Act, shall receive the same
pay and allowances they would receive if not so absent; when absent
with leave for other causes, members shall be entitled during such
absence not exceeding the aggregate number of days' leave author-
ized by this Act to the same pay and allowances they would receive
if not on leave and to any additional allowance or allowances other-
wise provided by law for members while on leave. When the Secre-
tary authorizes members to be absent in excess of the number of
days' leave authorized by this Act, they shall not be entitled to any
without pay or allowances during such absence. When absent without leave
or absent over leave, they shall forfeit all pay and allowances during
such absence, unless such absence is excused as unavoidable. The
Secretary of War may authorize persons who have accepted appoint-
ments as commissioned officers of the Regular Army pursuant to the
5- Pprovisions of the Act of December 28, 1945 (Public Law 281, Seventy-
, 552.
ninth Congress), as amended, to be absent from duty to await orders
assigning them to their initial-duty stations and during such absence
they shall receive the same pay and allowances they would receive
if not so absent.
Augds.
(c) Any member of the armed forces discharged after August
31, 1946, having unused accrued leave standing to his credit at time
of discharge shall be compensated for such unused leave in cash on
the basis of the base and longevity pay, and allowances, applicable
to such member on the date of discharge including for enlisted persons
the allowances as provided for such enlisted persons in subsection
om ash (a) of this section: Provided, That no cash settlement shall be made
to any member (1) discharged for the purpose of accepting a commis-
sion or warrant or entering into an enlistment in his respective branch
Absence
leave, etc.
59 Stat. 663
10U.S.C
505d, 481, 552c
Ante, p. 95.
Member
charged after
1946.
Exclusion fr
settlement.
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