together with a brief statement of the character of each claim, the amount claimed, and the amount allowed. Acceptance by any claimant of the amount determined to be due under this section shall be deemed to be in full and final settlement of such claim against the Government of the United States.

TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF OFFICERS

SEC. 506. Appropriations available for traveling expenses of the Service shall be available for meeting the cost of preparation for shipment and of transportation to their former homes of remains of commissioned officers, and personnel specified in regulations of the Surgeon General approved by the Administrator, who die in line of duty.

SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS OF DECEASED OFFICERS

SEC. 507. (a) In the settlement of the accounts of deceased commissioned officers where the amount due the decedent's estate is less than $1,000 and no demand is presented by a duly appointed representative of the estate, the accounting officers may allow the amount found due to the decedent's widow or legal heirs in the following order of precedence: First, to the widow; second, if the decedent left no widow, or the widow be dead at time of settlement, then to the children or their issue, per stirpes; third, if no widow or children or their issue, then to the father and mother in equal parts, provided the father has not abandoned the sup port of his family, in which case to the mother alone; fourth, if either the father or mother be dead, then to the one surviving; fifth, if there be no widow, child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not be construed so as to prevent payment of funeral expenses from the amount due the decedent's estate if a claim therefor is presented, before settlement by the accounting officers, by the person or persons who actually paid such expenses.

ANNUAL REPORT

SEC. 508. The Surgeon General shall make a full report to Congress, at the beginning of each regular session, of the administration of the functions of the Service under this act, including a detailed statement of receipts and disbursements.

TITLE VI-TEMPORARY AND EMERGENCY PROVISIONS AND REPEALS

EXISTING POSITIONS, PROCEDURES, AND SO FORTH

SEC. 601. (a) The provisions of this act shall not affect the term or tenure of office of the Surgeon General, or of any member of the National Advisory Health Council or the National Advisory Cancer Council, in office at the time of its enactment.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, existing positions, divisions, committees, and procedures in the Public Health Service shall continue unless and until abolished, changed, or transferred pursuant to authority granted in this Act.

EXISTING REGULATIONS, AND SO FORTH

SEC. 602. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, existing rules, regulations of or applicable to the Service, and Executive orders, shall remain in effect until repealed, or until modified or superseded by regulations made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

FUNDS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND PROPERTY

SEC. 603. All appropriations, allocations, and other funds, and all properties available for use by the Public Health Service or any division or unit thereof shall continue to be available to the Service and, for the purpose of any reorganization under section 2 of this Act, the Federal Security Administrator, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, is hereby authorized to make such transfer of funds between appropriations as may be necessary for the continuance of transferred functions.

EMERGENCY FUND

SEC. 604. The sum of $1,500,000 to be available until expended, is authorized to be appropriated for emergency construction or purchase of additional facilities and for the remodeling and extension of existing or newly acquired facilities for use by the Public Health Service when found by the Administrator, with the approval of the President, to be necessary for the discharge of the functions of the Service during the present emergency. No expenditure from the sum herein authorized to be appropriated shall be incurred later than 6 months after the termination of the present war as proclaimed by the President or at such earlier time as the Congress may designate by concurrent resolution.

EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION

SEC. 605. (a) Section 7 of the Act of September 7, 1916, entitled "An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 5, sec. 757), is amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "Provided, That any person who is eligible to receive any benefits authorized by this Act and who, by reason of services performed as an employee as defined in section 40, is also eligible under any other law of the United States to receive from the United States any payments or benefits (other than the proceeds of any insurance policy) for the same injury or death shall elect which benefits he shall receive but nothing in this Act shall prevent any such person at any time from claiming or receiving the greater benefit whether under this Act or any other such law."

(b) The definition of the term "employee" in section 40 of such Act, as amended (U. S. C., 1940 edition, title 5, sec. 790), is amended to read as follows:

"The term 'employee' includes all civil officers and employees of the United States and of the Panama Railroad Company, including commissioned officers of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, officers in the Reserve of the Public Health Service on active duty, and all persons, other than independent contractors and their employees, employed on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, subsequent to September 7, 1916, in operations conducted pursuant to the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the cutting of timber, the manufacture and sale of lumber, and the preservation of the forests on the Menominee Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin,' approved March 28, 1908, as amended, or any other Act relating to tribal timber and logging operations on the Menominee Reservation."

EMERGENCY PER DIEM RATES

SEC. 606. From the date of the approval of this Act until the expiration of the six-month period immediately succeeding the termination of the present emergency as declared by the President, the Federal Security Administrator, in prescribing per diem rates of allowance, not exceeding $8, in lieu of subsistence, for commissioned officers of the Public Health Service traveling on official business and away from their designated posts of duty, pursuant to the second paragraph of section 12 of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942 (56 Stat. 364), is hereby authorized to prescribe such per diem rates of allowance, whether or not orders are given to such officers for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in the same vicinity, and without regard to the length of time away from their designated posts of duty under such orders.

USE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE DURING PRESENT WAR

SEC. 607. If an Executive order is issued in accordance with the provisions of section 216 during the present war, service performed by any commissioned officer of the Service on or after December 7, 1941, and before the date of such order shall be deemed, for purposes of compensation and other veterans' benefits, to have been performed by him as a member of the land or naval forces of the United States.

AMENDMENT TO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940

SEC. 608. (a) Section 101 (1) of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1178), as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(1) The term 'persons in military service' and the term 'persons in military service of the United States,' as used in this Act, shall include the following per

sons and no others: All members of the Army of the United States, the United States Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Women's Army Corps, and commissioned officers of the Public Health Service when declared by Executive order of the President to be in the military service. The term 'military service,' as used in this Act, shall signify Federal service on active duty with any branch of service heretofore referred to or mentioned as well as training or education under the supervision of the United States preliminary to induction into the military service. The terms 'active service' or 'active duty' shall include the period during which a person in military service is absent from duty on account of sickness, wounds, leave, or other lawful cause."

(b) Section 601 (1) of such Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(1) In any proceeding under this Act a certificate signed by The Adjutant General of the Army as to persons in the Army or in any branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the Army of the United States, signed by the Chief of the Bureau of Personnel of the Navy Department as to persons in the United States Navy or in any other branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the United States Navy, signed by the Commandant, United States Marine Corps, as to persons in the Marine Corps, or in any other branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the Marine Corps, and signed by the Surgeon General as to commissioned officers of the Public Health Service on active duty when declared by Executive order of the President to be in the military service, or signed by an officer designated by any of them, respectively, for the purpose, shall when produced by prima facie evidence as to any of the following facts stated in such certificate:

"That a person named has not been, or is, or has been in military service; the time when and the place where such person entered military serivec, his residence at that time, and the rank, branch, and unit of such service that he entered, the dates within which he was in military service, the monthly pay received by such person at the date of issuing the certificate, the time when and the place where such person died in or was discharged from such service."

REPEAL OF EXISTING LAW

SEC. 609. The following statutes and parts of statutes are hereby repealed: Section 3657 in title XL, section 3689 in title XLI, and sections 4801, 4802, 4803, 4804, 4805, and 4806 in title LIX of the Revised Statutes of the United States; The last paragraph under the heading "Miscellaneous" in chapter 130, 18 Statutes at Large 371, which paragraph is the seventh beginning on page 377 ; Chapter 156, 18 Statutes at Large 485; Chapter 202, 20 Statutes at Large 484;

Chapter 61, 21 Statutes at Large 46;

Section 1 and the final clause of section 2 (which reads as follows: "and the said quarantine stations when so established shall be conducted by the Marine Hospital Service under regulations framed in accordance with the Act of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight") of chapter 727, 25 Statutes at Large 355;

Chapter 19, 25 Statutes at Large 639;

Chapter 51, 26 Statutes at Large 31;

The last sentence of the paragraph headed "Office of the Supervising Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service" in chapter 541, 26 Statutes at Large 908, which appears at page 923 and reads as follows: "And hereafter, the Supervising Surgeon General is hereby authorized to cause the detail of two surgeons and two passed assistant surgeons for duty in the Bureau, who shall each receive the pay and allowances of their respective grades in the general service.";

Chapter 114, 27 Statutes at Large 449;

The last sentence of the paragraph headed "Office of Supervising Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service", in chapter 174, 28 Statutes at Large 162, which appears at page 179 and is as follows: "And hereafter the Supervising Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service is hereby authorized to cause the detail of an additional medical officer and one hospital steward for duty in the Bureau, who shall each receive the pay and allowance of his respective grade in the general service.";

Chapter 213, 28 Statutes at Large 229;

Chapter 300, 28 Statutes at Large 372;

The last sentence of the paragraph headed "Office of Supervising Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service", in chapter 177, 28 Statutes at Large 764, which

appears at page 780 and is as follows: "And hereafter the Supervising Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service is hereby authorized to cause the detail of two hospital attendants from the port of New York for duty in the laboratory of the Bureau, and who shall each receive the pay equivalent to the compensation of a first-class hospital attendant.";

The proviso at the end of the paragraph headed “Office of Supervising Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service" in chapter 265, 29 Statutes at Large 538, which appears at page 554 and is as follows: "Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to grant to the medical officers of the Marine Hospital Service commissioned by the President, without deduction of pay, leaves of absence for the same period of time and in the same manner as is now authorized to be granted to officers of the Army by the Secretary of War";

Chapter 349, 30 Statutes at Large 976;

Section 10, chapter 191, 31 Statutes at Large 77;

The first paragraph of section 97 of chapter 339, 31 Statutes at Large 141;
Chapter 836, 31 Statutes at Large 1086;

That portion of the third paragraph of section 84 of chapter 1369, 32 Statutes at Large 691 which appears on page 711 and reads as follows: "and the provisions of law relating to the public health and quarantine shall apply in the case of all vessels entering a port of the United States or its aforesaid possessions from said islands, where the customs officers at the port of departure shall perform the duties required by such law of consular officers in foreign ports"; Chapter 1370, 32 Statutes at Large 712; Chapter 1378, 32 Statutes at Large 728; Chapter 1443, 33 Statutes at Large 1009;

The last sentence of the last paragraph under the head "Public Health and Marine Hospital Service" in chapter 1484, 33 Statutes at Large 1214, which appears at page 1217 and is as follows: "And the Secretary of the Treasury shall, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, and annually thereafter, submit to Congress, in the regular Book of Estimates, detailed estimates of the expenses of maintaining the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service," ; Public Resolution Numbered 20, 33 Statutes at Large 1283; Chapter 3433, 34 Statutes at Large 299;

Section 17 of Chapter 1134, 34 Statutes at Large 898;

That portion of the third paragraph under the head "Back Pay and Bounty" in chapter 200, 35 Statutes at Large 373, as amended by chapter 213, 52 Statutes at Large 352, which is at page 352 of 52 Statutes at Large and reads as follows: "and of deceased commissioned officers of the Public Health Service";

The proviso in the tenth paragraph under the head "Public Health and Marine Hospital Service" in chapter 285, 36 Statutes at Large 1363, which appears in the eighth paragraph on page 1394 and is as follows: "Provided, That there may be admitted into said hospitals, for study, persons with infectious or other diseases affecting the public health, and not to exceed ten cases in any one hospital at one time", and the substantially similar provisions appearing under the heading "Public Health and Marine Hospital Service" or the heading "Public Health Service" in the following statutes: Chapter 355, 37 Statutes at Large 417, at page 435; chapter 3, 38 Statutes at Large 4, at page 24; chapter 209, 39 Statutes at Large 262, at page 278; chapter 28, 40 Statutes at Large 459, at page 468; chapter 113, 40 Statutes at Large 634, at page 644; chapter 24, 41 Statutes at Large 163, at page 175; chapter 288, 37 Statutes at Large 309;

The proviso at the end of the last paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 149, 37 Statutes at Large 912, which appears at page 915 and is as follows: "Provided, That hereafter the director of the Hygienic Laboratory shall receive the pay and allowances of a senior surgeon";

That portion of the second paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 3, 38 Statutes at Large 4, which appears at page 23 and reads as follows: "at least six of the assistant surgeons provided for hereunder shall be required to have had a special training in the diagnosis of insanity and mental defect for duty in connection with the examination of arriving aliens with special reference to the detection of mental defection;";

The proviso at the end of the twelfth paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 3, 38 Statutes at Large 4, which appears at page 24 and is as follows: "Provided, That hereafter commissioned officers and pharmacists, and those employees of the Service devoting all their time to field work, shall be entitled to hospital relief when taken sick or injured in line of duty";

The last clause of chapter 124, 38 Statutes at Large 387, which reads as follows: "and the said Secretary is hereby authorized to detail for duty on revenue cutters such surgeons and other persons of the Public Health Service as he may deem necessary";

Section 5 under the head "Nineteenth Lighthouse District" in chapter 414, 39 Statutes at Large 536, at page 538;

Chapter 26, 39 Statutes at Large 872;

That portion of section 16 of chapter 29, 39 Statutes at Large 874, which appears at page 885 and reads as follows: "who shall have had at least two years' experience in the practice of their profession since receiving the degree of doctor of medicine, and";

The sixth paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 3, 40 Statutes at Large 2, at page 6;

The seventh paragraph under the head "Bureau of Mines" in chapter 27, 40 Statutes at Large 105, which is the third full paragraph appearing on page 146; Chapter 37, 40 Statutes at Large 242;

The proviso in the fourth paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 113, 40 Statutes at Large 634, which appears at page 644 and is as follows: "Provided, That the pay of attendants at marine hospitals, quarantine, and immigration stations, whose present compensation is less than the rate of $1,200 per annum, may be increased to a rate not to exceed $1,200 per annum";

The proviso in the eleventh paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 113, 40 Statutes at Large 634, which appears at page 644 and is as follows: "Provided, That the Public Health Service, from and after July first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall pay to Saint Elizabeths Hospital the actual per capita cost of maintenance in the said hospital of patients committed by that Service";

The sixtieth paragraph under the head "Bureau of Fisheries" in chapter 113, 40 Statutes at Large 634, which is the fourth full paragraph appearing on page 694;

Sections 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 of chapter XV of chapter 143, 40 Statutes at Large 845; The thirteenth paragraph under the head "General Expenses, Bureau of Chem. istry" in chapter 178, 40 Statutes at Large 973, which is the second full paragraph appearing on page 992;

Section 2 of chapter 179, 40 Statutes at Large 1008;
Chapter 196, 40 Statutes at Large 1017;

Chapter 98, 40 Statutes at Large 1302;

The last paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 6, 41 Statutes at Large 35, which is the sixth full paragraph appearing on page 45; The proviso at the end of the first paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 94, 41 Statutes at Large 503, which appears at page 507, and is as follows: "Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make regulations governing the disposal of articles produced by patients in the course of their curative treatment, either by allowing the patient to retain same or by selling the articles and depositing the money received to the credit of the appropriation from which the materials for making the articles were purchased"; The second paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 94, 41 Statutes at Large 503, which is the seventh full paragraph appearing on page 507;

The last paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 94, 41 Statutes at Large 503, which is the seventh full paragraph appearing on page 508, and the substantially similar provisions in chapter 161, 41 Statutes at Large 1367, at page 1378;

The fourth paragraph under the head "Quarantine Stations" in chapter 235, 41 Statutes at Large 874, which is the eighth full paragraph appearing on page 875;

The third paragraph under the head “Public Health Service" in chapter 235, 41 Statutes at Large 874, which is the ninth full paragraph appearing on page 883;

Chapter 80, 41 Statutes at Large 1149;

The second paragraph under the head "Public Health Service" in chapter 23, 42 Statutes at Large 29, which is the thirteenth full paragraph appearing on page 38;

The proviso at the end of section 4 of chapter 57, 42 Statutes at Large 147, which appears at page 148 and is as follows: "Provided, That all commissioned personnel detailed or hereafter detailed from the United States Public Health Service to the Veterans' Bureau shall hold the same rank and grade, shall receive the same pay and allowances, and shall be subject to the same rules for relative