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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 681-OCT. 12, 1949 56 Stat. 381. 37 U. S. C.§O 201- 221;50U. .C.app. 55 305, 315. Post, p . 841. Nonapplicability of provisions. Furnishing of quar- ters. Ante, p. 812 . Discharge. 56 Stat. 381. 37U.S.C. 201- 221; 50 U. S. C. app. 306, 315. Poa, p. 841. Ante, p. 831. mother dependent for substantial support or (2) for a father or mother dependent for chief support when a monthly family allowance is authorized for a wife or child of such member or (3) for a brother or sister dependent for chief or substantial support, but shall include other contributions by the Government under the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended: Provided fu'rther, That, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding proviso, in the case of any member who, on the effective date of this Act, is serving in an enlistment or reenlistment which was contracted prior to July 1, 1946, such member shall not, prior to the expiration of such enlistment or reenlistment or July 1, 1952, whichever is earlier, suffer any reduc- tion 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, the computation of such total compensation, for the purpose of this proviso only, not to include travel and transportation allowances, per diem and station allowances, pay of court stenographers of the Army and Air Force, enlistment allowance, or reenlistment bonuses, but shall include all contributions by the Government under the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended: Providedfurther, That (1) the provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply to such member whenever he shall become entitled to receive total compensation under the provi- sions of this Act in excess of the amount of such total compensation to which he was entitled on the day preceding the effective date of this Act; and (2) the provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply to any part of such total compensation upon the failure of such member or his dependent or dependents to qualify therefor or to be entitled thereto: Providedfurther, That when a member is furnished Govern- ment quarters adequate for himself, if without dependents, or adequate for himself and dependents, if with dependents, the total sum saved for him by this subsection shall be reduced by the cash value of the basic allowance for quarters established under section 302 of this Act: And provided further,That in the case of any enlisted person on active duty on the effective date of this Act whose total compensation, not including travel and transportation allowances, per diem and station allowances, pay of court stenographers of the Army and Air Force, enlistment allowance, or reenlistment bonuses, but including the amount of the Government's contribution to such member's dependents under the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this Act, exceeds the amount of the total compensation to which he would become entitled under the provisions of this Act, not including any Government contributions to his dependents under the Servicemen s Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, he shall, if application is made within one year from the effective date of this Act, be discharged by the Secretary concerned. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942, as amended, shall, on the date of enactment of this Act, become inoperative for the dependent or dependents of all members other than those prescribed in subsection (b) of this section. PROVISIONS RELATING TO INCREASE OF RBETIED PAY BY ACWTIVE DUTY SEC. 516. Members and former members of the uniformed services, including members of the Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, who have been, or may hereafter be, retired or transferred to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve and entitled to receive retired pay, retirement pay, retainer pay, or equivalent pay computed under the provisions of this or any other Act, shall be 832 [63 STAT.