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(2) upon completion, as a member of a reserve component, of not less than fourteen days active duty or active duty for training; or (3) after the performance of fourteen periods of not less than two hours' duration each, of inactive-duty training as a member in the Ready Reserve of a reserve component: Provided, That only duty requiring the wearing of the uniform shall be counted for the purpose of this section: Provided further, That any initial uniform reimbursement or allowance heretofore or hereafter received as an officer under the provisions of any other law shall be a bar to the entitlement for any initial sum authorized under the provisions of this section: And provided further, That any individual who has served on active duty as an officer of a Regular component of the Armed Forces of the United States may not be qualified for entitlement under this section by duty performed within two years after separation from such Regular component. (b) An officer of a reserve component shall be entitled to an additional sum of not to exceed $50 for reimbursement for the purchase of required uniforms and equipment, upon completion of each period after the date of enactment of this Act of four years of satisfactory Federal service as prescribed in title III of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948, as amended, performed in an active status in a reserve component and which shall include at least twenty-eight days of active duty or active duty for training: Provided, That any period of active duty or active duty for training for a period in excess of ninety days shall be excluded in determining the period of four years required for eligibility under this subsection: Provided further, That a person who receives or has heretofore received a uniform reimbursement or allowance as an officer shall not be entitled to the reimbursement provided in this subsection until the expiration of not less than four years from the date of entitlement to the last reimbursement or allowance: And provided further, That, until four years after the date of enactment hereof, an officer may elect to receive the uniform reimbursement not to exceed $50 to which he may be entitled under existing regulations issued pursuant to section 302 of the Naval Reserve Act of 1938, as amended, or section 11 of the Act of August 4, 1942, as amended. (c) An officer of a reserve component or of the Army of the United States without component or of the Air Force of the United States without component entering on active duty or active duty for training on or after June 25, 1950, shall be entitled, for each time of such entry or reentry on active duty or active duty for training of more than ninety days' duration to a further sum not to exceed $100 as reimbursement for additional uniforms and equipment required on such duty: Provided, That the reimbursement provided by this subsection shall not be payable to any officer who, under any provision of law, has received an initial uniform reimbursement or allowance in excess of $200 during his current tour of active duty or within a period of two years prior to entering on his current tour of active duty: Provided further, That the reimbursement provided in this subsection shall not Ibe payable to any officer entering on active duty or active duty for training within two years after completing a previous period of active duty or active duty for training of more than ninety days' duration. (d) The receipt of a uniform and equipment reimbursement as an officer of one of the reserve components shall be a bar to entitlement to a uniform reimbursement upon transfer to or appointment in another, except where a different uniform is required: Provided, That reimbursement for uniforms and equipment upon transfer to or appointment in another reserve component within the limits and
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62 Stat. 1087. 10 USC 1 0 3 6 1 0 3 6 i; 34 USC 440h-440q.
52 Stat. 1180;56 Stat. 738. 34 U S e 8 5 5 a, 850 j.
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