63 STAT.] 81ST CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 681 -OCT. 12, 1949 (e) The provision of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this sec- tion shall not apply when such members are entitled to receive basic pay as provided for in title II of this Act. (f) (1) Section 55a of the National Defense Act, as amended (10 U. S . C . 422), is hereby amended by striking out the words "subsection (c), section 14, Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended", appear- ing in the third proviso thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words "subsection (a) of section 501 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949". (2) Sections 55a, 109, and 110 of the National Defense Act, as amended, are hereby amended by striking out the words "section 14 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended", wherever appear- ing therein, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "section 501 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949". (3) Section 501 of this Act and sections 55a, 109, and 110 of the National Defense Act, as amended, shall be applicable to the Depart- ment of the Air Force: Provided, That all references in section 501 of this Act and sections 55a, 109, and 110 of the National Defense Act, as amended, to the Secretary of the Army, the Department of the Army, the Regular Army, the National Guard, the National Guard of the United States, the Organized Reserve Corps, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps and the Organized Reserves, shall be construed for the purpose of interpreting section 501 of this Act and sections 55a, 109, and 110 of the National Defense Act, as amended, as likewise referring to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Department of the Air Force, the Regular Air Force, the Air National Guard, the Air National Guard of the United States, the Air Force Reserve, the officers' section of the Air Force Reserve, the enlisted section of the Air Force Reserve, and personnel of the Organized Reserves transferred to the Department of the Air Force, respectively. ACTIVE SERVICE CREDIT IN COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY SEC. 502. Active service in the Coast and Geodetic Survey as deck officer or junior engineer and active service counted on June 30, 1922, for longevity pay, shall be credited to commissioned officers as active commissioned service for purposes of pay, allowances, retirement, and retirement pay. PAYMENTS BASED ON PURPORTED MARRIAGES SEC. 503. Payments of allowances based on a purported marriage and made prior to judicial annulment or termination of such marriage which have been or which hereafter may be made under the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended, or under this Act are valid: Provided,That it is adjudged or decreed by a court of competent juris- diction that the marriage was entered into in good faith on the part of the spouse in the uniformed services or that, in the absence of such a judgment or decree, such finding of good faith is made by the Secre- tary concerned or by such person as he may designate for the purpose. CONTRACT SURGEONS SEC. 504. Contract surgeons who are serving full time with any of the uniformed services shall be entitled to be paid the minimum basic ay, the basic allowances, and such other allowances as are authorized by this Act to be paid to commissioned officers in pay grade 0-2. Contract surgeons who are serving part time with any of the uniformed services shall be entitled to receive the allowances for travel and transportation prescribed pursuant to this Act under the same condi- tions and in the same amount as are applicable to commissioned officers 827 Ante, p. 806 . 41 Stat. 780. 10 U. . C., Snpp. I, § 422. 56 Stat. 367. 37 U. 8. C., Supp. II, §114 (c). Pst,p. 839. 41 Stat. 780; 39 Stat. 209. 10 U. S. C., Supp. I, 1422;32U. .C. §§ 156, 154; Supp. II , 1154. Applicability to Air Force. 41 Stat. 780; 39stat. 209. 10 U. S. C. Supp. II, §422; 32 u.8. . §§156, 154; Supp. II , §154. 56 Stat. 39. 37U.S.C.|I101- 120; Supp. II, § 101b Podt, pp . 839, M84.
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