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586 PUBLIC LAW 89-151-AUG. 28, 1965 [79 STAT.
Public Law 89-151
August 28, 1965 AN ACT
[H. R. 7843] To amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to authorize the survivors of a
member of the armed forces who dies while on active duty to be paid for his
unused accrued leave.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Armed F o r c e s . United States of America in Congress assembled. That clause (1) of
Unused l e a v e ,
payment to sur- section 501(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as
vivors. follows:
76 Stat. 480.
" (1) 'Discharge" means—
" ( A ) in the case of an enlisted member, separation or release
from active duty under honorable conditions or appointment as
an officer;
" ( B ) in the case of an officer, separation or release from
active duty under honorable conditions; and
" ( C ) in the case of either an officer or an enlisted member,
death while on active duty unless the decedent was put to death
as lawful punishment for a crime or a military oflfense;".
SEC. 2. Section 501(d) of title 37, I'nited States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
" ( d ) Payments for unused accrued leave under subsections
(b) and (g) of this section, in the case of a member who dies
while on active duty or in the case of a member or former
member who dies after retirement or discharge and before he
receives that payment, shall be made in accordance with section
72 Stat. 1461. 2771 of title 10. In the case of a member who dies w^hile on
active duty, payment for unused accrued leave under subsections
(b) and (g) of this section shall be based upon the unused
accrued leave the member carried forward into the leave year
during which he died plus the unusued leave that accrued to him
during that leave year. However, the number of days upon
which the payment is based may not be more than sixty."
Repeal. SKC. 3. Section 701(d) of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.
76 Stat. 492.
Applicability. SEC. 4. This Act applies only in the case of members who die on or
after the date of enactment.
Approved August 28, 1965.
Public Law 89-152
August 30, 1965 ^ ^ ^^"^
[H. R. 10306] -pj^ amend the I'niversal Military Training and Service Act of lOol, as amended.
Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and Hou>^e of Representatives of the
Armed F o r c e s . T'nited States of America in Conc/ress assembled. That the Universal
Draft c a r d s ,
destruction, e t c . Military Training and Service Act, as amended, is hereby further
amended as follows:
62 Stat. 622. SECTION 1. Sei-tion 12(b) (3) is amended to read as follows:
50 u s e app. 462.
"(3) who forges, alters, knowingly destroys, knowingly muti-
lates, or in any manner changes any such certificate or any nota-
tion duly and validly inscribed thereon: or"'.
Approved August 30, 1965.
