An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to vitalize the Reserve Officers Training Corps programs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and for other purposes
PL 88-647 (H.R.9124), enacted 10/13/1964

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Public Law 88-647 
AN A C T 
October 13, 1964 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to vitalize the Reserve Officers' Training 
[H. R. 9124] 
Corps programs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
be cited as the "Reserve Officers' Training Corps Vitalization Act of virauzation'Act o
f 
1964". 
Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps 
1964. 
TITLE I—JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING 
CORPS PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Subtitle A is amended by adding the following new chapter 
after chapter 101: 
"CHAPTER 
102.—JUNIOR 
RESERVE 
OFFICERS' 
TRAINING 
CORPS 
"Sec. 
"2031. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. 
"§ 2031. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
"(a) The Secretary of each military department shall establish and 
maintain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, organized into 
units, at public and private secondary educational institutions which 
apply for a unit and meet the standards and criteria prescribed pur-
suant to this section. Not more than 200 units may be established by 
all of the military departments each year beginning with the calendar 
year 1966, and the total number of units which may be established 
and maintained by all of the military departments under authority of 
this section, including those units already established on the date of 
enactment of this section, may not exceed 1,200. The President shall 
promulgate regulations prescribing the standards and criteria to be 
followed by the military departments in selecting the institutions at 
w^hich units are to be established and maintained and shall provide 
for the fair and equitable distribution of such units throughout the 
Nation. 
"(b) No unit may be established or maintained at an institution 
unless— 
"(1) the unit contains at least 100 physically fit male students 
who are at least 14 years of age and are citizens of the United 
States; 
"(2) the institution has adequate facilities for classroom in-
struction, storage of arms and other equipment which may be 
furnished in support of the unit, and adequate drill areas at or in 
the immediate vicinity of the institution, as determined by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned; 
"(3) the institution provides a course of military instruction 
of not less than three academic years' duration, as prescribed by 
the Secretary of the military department concerned; and 
"(4) the institution agrees to limit membership in the unit to 
students who maintain acceptable standards of academic achieve-
ment and conduct, as prescribed by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned. 
"(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall, to 
support the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program— 
"(1) detail noncommissioned and commissioned officers of an 
armed force under his jurisdiction to institutions having units of 
the Corps as administrators and instructors; 
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"(2) provide necessary text materials, equipment, and uni-
forms; and 
"(3) establish minimum acceptable standards for performance 
and achievement for qualified units. 
"(d) Instead of, or in addition to, detailing noncommissioned and 
commissioned officers on active duty under subsection (c) (1), the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned may authorize qualified 
institutions to employ, as administrators and instructors in the pro-
f
ram, retired noncommissioned and commissioned officers, and mem-
ers of the Fleet Eeserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, whose 
qualifications are approved by the Secretary and the institution con-
cerned and who request such employment, subject to the following: 
"(1) retired members so employed are entitled to receive their 
retired or retainer pay and an additional amount of not more 
than the difference between their retired pay and the active 
duty pay and allowances which they would receive if ordered to 
active duty, and one-half of that additional amount shall be paid 
to the institution concerned by the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned from funds appropriated for that purpose. 
" (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a retired 
member is not, while so employed, considered to be on active duty 
or inactive duty training for any purpose." 
(2) The chapter analysis of subtitle A, and the chapter analysis 
of }Dart III of subtitle A, are each amended by inserting the fol-
lowing new item: 
"102, .Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
2031." 
SEC. 102. Regulations implementing section 2031(a) of title 10, 
Ignited States Code, shall be issued by the President and by the Secre-
tary of each military department not later than January 1, 1966. 
TITLE II—SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING 
CORPS PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Subtitle A is amended by adding the following new chap-
ter after chapter 102: 
"CHAPTER 
103.—SENIOR 
RESERVE 
OFFICERS' 
TRAINING 
CORPS 
"Sec. 
"2101. Definitions. 
"2102. Establishment. 
"2103. Eligibility for membership. 
"2104. Advanced training; eligibility for. 
"2105. Advanced training; failure to complete or to accept commission. 
"2106. Advanced training; commission on completion. 
"2107. Financial assistance program for specially selected members. 
"2108. Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in starting obligated 
service; release from program. 
"2109. Field training; practice cruises. 
"2110. Logistical support. 
"2111. Personnel: administrators and instructors. 
"§2101. Definitions 
"In this chapter— 
"(1) 'program' means the Senior Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps of an armed force; 
" (2) 'member of the program' means a student who is enrolled 
in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Cprps of an armed force; 
and 
"(3) 'advanced training' means the training and instruction 
offered in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to students 
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in the third and fourth years of a four-year Senior Reserve Of-
ficers' Training Corps course, or the equivalent period of training 
in an approved two-year Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
course. 
"§2102. Establishment 
"(a) For the purpose of preparing selected students for commis-
sioned service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the 
Secretary of each military department, under regulations prescribed 
by the President, may establish and maintain a Senior Reserve Offi-
cers' Training Corps program, organized into one or more units, at 
any accredited civilian educational institution authorized to grant 
baccalaureate degrees, and at any school essentially military that does 
not confer baccalaureate degrees, upon the request of the authorities 
at that institution. 
"(b) No unit may be established or maintained at an institution 
unless— 
"(1) the senior commissioned officer of the armed force con-
cerned who is assigned to the program at that institution is given 
the academic rank of professor; 
"(2) the institution fulfills the terms of its agreement with the 
Secretary of the military department concerned; and 
"(3) the institution adopts, as a part of its curriculum, a four-
year course of military instruction or a two-year course of 
advanced training of military instruction, or both, which the 
Secretary of the military department concerned prescribes and 
conducts. 
"(c) At those institutions where a unit of the program is established 
membership of students in the program shall be elective or compulsory 
as provided by State law or the authorities of the institution concerned. 
"§ 2103. Eligibility for membership 
"(a) To be eligible for membership in the program a person must 
be a student at an institution where a unit of the Senior Reserve Of-
ficers' Training Corps is established. 
However, a student at an insti-
tution that does not have a unit of the Corps is eligible, if otherwise 
(lualified, to be a member of a unit at another institution. 
"(b) Persons from foreign countries may be enrolled as members of 
the program when their enrollment is approved by the Secretary of 
the military department concerned under criteria approved by the 
Secretary of State. 
"(c) A medical, dental, pharmacy, veterinary, or sciences allied to 
medicine, student may be admitted to a unit of the program for a course 
of training consisting of 90 hours of instruction a year for four 
academic years. 
"(d) Under such conditions as the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned may prescribe, a medical, dental, pharmacy, 
veterinary, or sciences allied to medicine, student who is a commis-
sioned officer of a reserve component of an armed force may be 
admitted to and trained in a unit of the program. 
"§ 2104. Advanced training; eligibility for 
"(a) Advanced training shall be provided to eligible members of 
the program and, if the institution concerned so requests, to eligible 
applicants for membership in the program, who have two academic 
3'ears remaining at such educational institution. 
"(b) To be eligible for continuation, or initial enrollment, in the 
program for advanced training, a person must— 
" (1) be a citizen of the United States; 
"(2) be selected for advanced training under procedures pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; 
bility. 
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"(3) enlist in a reserve component of an armed force mider 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned for the period prescribed by the Secretary; 
"(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if 
he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period 
required by the program; 
"(5) agree in w^riting that he will accept an appointment, if 
offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps, as the case may be, and that he will serve in the 
armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary; and 
"(6) complete successfully— 
"(A) the first two years of a four-year Senior Reserve Of-
ficers' Training Corps course; or 
"(B) field training or a practice crviise of not less than six 
weeks' duration which is prescribed by the Secretary con-
cerned as a preliminary requirement for admission to the 
advanced course. 
"(c) A member of the program who is ineligible under subsection 
(b) for advanced training shall be released from the program. 
NonappHca- 
"(d) Tliis sectlou does not apply to cadets and midshipmen ap-
pointed under section 2107, or foreign students enrolled under sec-
tion 2103(b), of this title. 
"§ 2105. Advanced training; failure to complete or to accept com-
mission 
"A member of the program who is selected for advanced training 
under section 2104 of this title, and who does not complete the course 
of instruction, or who completes the course but declines to accept a 
commission when offered, may be ordered to active duty by the Secre-
tary of the military department concerned to serve in his enlisted 
g'^ade or rating for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but 
not for more than two years. 
"§2106. Advanced training; commission on completion 
"(a) Upon satisfactorily completing the academic and military 
requirements of the program of advanced training, a member of the 
program who was selected for advanced training under section 2104 
of this title may be appointed as a regular or reserve officer in the 
appropriate armed force in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, 
even though he is under 21 years of age. 
"(b) The date of rank of officers appointed under this section in 
May or June of any year is the date of graduation pi cadets or mid-
shipmen from the United States Military Academy, the United States 
Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy, as the case 
may be, in that year. The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall establish the date of rank of all other officers appointed 
under this section. 
"(c) In computing length of service for any purpose, an officer ap-
pointed under this section may not be credited with enlisted service 
for the period covered by his advanced training. 
"§ 2107. Financial assistance program for specially selected mem-
bers 
"(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may ap-
point as a cadet or midshipman, as appropriate, in the reserve of an 
armed force under his jurisdiction any eligible member of the program 
who will be under 25 years of age on June 30 of the calendar year in 
which he is eligible under this section for appointment as an ensign 
in the Navy or as a second lieutenant in the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps, as the case may be. However, a member whose enrollment in 
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the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps progriiin conteiuplates 
less than four years of participation in the program may not be ap-
pointed a cadet or midshipman under this section, or receive any 
financial assistance authorized by this section. 
"(b) To be eligible for appointment as a cadet or midshipman un- appo'i^\'^inf/°'^ 
der this section a member must— 
" (1) be a citizen of the ITnited States; 
"(2) be specially selected for the financial assistance program 
under procedures prescribed by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned; 
"(3) enlist in the reserve component of the armed force in 
which he is appointed as a cadet or midshipman for the period 
prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; 
"(4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if 
he is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, or his designated representative, to serve for the period 
required by the program; 
"(5) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if 
offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps, as the case may be, and that, if he is commissioned 
as a regular officer and his regular commission is terminated before 
the sixth anniversary of his date of rank, he wnll accept an 
appointment, if offered, in the reserve component of that armed 
force and not resign before that anniversary; and 
"(6) agree in writing to serve on active duty for four or more 
years. 
"(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
provide for the payment of all expenses in his department of adminis-
tering the financial assistance program under this section, including 
tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. 
"(d) Upon satisfactorily completing the academic and military 
requirements of the four-year program, a cadet or midshipman may 
be appointed as a regular or reserve officer in the appropriate armed 
force in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, even though he is 
under 21 years of age. 
"(e) The date of rank of officers appointed under this section in 
May or June of any year is the date of graduation of cadets or mid-
shipmen from the United States Military Academy, the United States 
Naval Academy, or the I"^nited States Air Force Academy, as the case 
may be in that year. The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall establish the date of rank of all other officers appointed 
under this section. 
"(f) A cadet or midshipman who does not complete the fmir-year 
course of instruction, or who completes the course but declines to accept 
a commission when offered, may be ordered to active duty by the Secre-
tary of the military department concerned to serve in his enlisted 
grade or rating for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes 
but not for more than four years. 
"(^) In computing length of service for any purpose, an officer 
appointed under this section may not be credited with service either 
as a cadet or midshipman or concurrent enlisted service. 
"(h) Not more than the following numbers of cadets and midship-
men appointed under section 2107 of this title may be in the financial 
assistance programs at any one time: 
"Army program: 5,500. 
"Navy program: 5,500. 
"Air Force program: 5,500. 
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"§2108. Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in 
starting obligated service; release from program 
" (a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may give 
to any enlisted member of an armed force mider his jurisdiction, or 
any person who has served on active dutv in any armed force, such 
advanced standing in the program as may oe justified by his education 
and training. 
"(b) In determining a member's eligibility for advanced training, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned may credit him 
with any military training that is substantially equivalent in kind 
to that prescribed for admission to advanced training and was re-
ceived while he was taking a course of instruction in a program under 
the jurisdiction of another armed force or while he was on active duty 
in the armed forces. 
"(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
excuse from a portion of the prescribed course of military instruction, 
including field training and practice cruises, any person found quali-
fied on the basis of his previous education, military experience, or 
both. 
"(d) A person may become, remain, or be readmitted as, a member 
of the advanced training program after receiving a baccalaureate 
degree or completing pre-professional studies if he has not completed 
the course of military instruction or all field training or practice 
cruises prescribed by the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned. If a member of the program has been accepted for resident 
graduate or professional study, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may delay the commencement of that member's ob-
ligated period of active duty until the member has completed that 
study. 
"(e) The Secretary of the military department concerned may, 
when he determines that the interest of the service so requires, release 
any person from the program and discharge him from his armed 
force. 
"§2109. Field training; practice cruises 
"(a) For the further practical instruction of members of the pro-
gram, the Secretary of tne military department concerned may pre-
scribe and conduct field training and practice cruises pother than field 
training and practice cruises prescribed under section 2104(b) (6) 
(B) of this title) which members must complete before they are 
commissioned. 
"(b) The Secretary of the military department concerned may— 
" (1) transport members of the program to and from the places 
desi^ated for field training or practice cruises and furnish them 
subsistence while traveling to and from those places, or, instead 
of furnishing them transportation and subsistence, pay them a 
travel allowance at the rate prescribed for cadets and midship-
men at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Acad-
emies for travel by the shortest usually traveled route from the 
places from which they are authorized to proceed to the place 
designated for the traming or cruise and return, and pay the 
allowance for the return trip in advance; 
"(2) furnish medical attendance and supplies to members of 
the program while attending field training and practice cruises, 
and admit them to military hospitals; 
"(3) furnish subsistence, uniform clothing, and equipment to 
members of the program while attending field training or practice 
cruises or, instead of furnishing uniform clothing, pay them 
allowances at such rates as he may prescribe; 
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"(4) use any member of an armed force, or any employee of 
the department, under his jurisdiction, and such property of the 
United States as he considers necessary, for the training and 
administration of members of the program at the places desig-
nated for training or practice cruises. 
"§ 2110. Logistical support 
"(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
issue to institutions having units of the program, or tp the officers of 
the armed force concerned who are designated as accountable or 
responsible for such property— 
"(1) supplies, means pi transportation including 
aircraft, 
arms and ammunition, and military textbooks and education ma-
terials; and 
" (2) uniform clothing, except that he may pay monetary allow-
ances for uniform clothing at such rate as he may prescribe. 
"(b) The Secretary of the military department concerned may pro-
vide, or contract with civilian flying or aviation schools or educational 
institutions to provide, the personnel, aircraft, supplies, facilities, 
services, and instruction necessary for flight instruction and orienta-
tion for properly designated members of the program. The Secretary ^.^^^"'^ *° 
of each military department shall report to Congress in January of 
°"^'"^^^' 
each year on the progress of the flight instruction program. 
"(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
transport members of, and designated applicants for membership in, 
the program to and from installations when it is necessary for them 
to undergo medical or pther examinations or for the purposes of mak-
ing visits of observation. He may also furnish them subsistence, quar-
ters, and necessary medical care, including hospitalization, while they 
are at, or traveling to or from, such an installation. 
"(d) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
authorize members of, and designated applicants for membership in, 
the program to participate in aerial flights in military aircraft and 
in indoctrination cruises in naval vessels. 
"(e) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
authorize such expenditures as he considers necessary for the efficient 
maintenance of the program. 
"(f) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
require, from each institution to which property is issued under sub-
section (a), a bond or other indemnity in such amount as he considers 
adequate, but not less than $5,000, for the care and safekeeping of all 
property so issued except uniforms, expendable articles, and supplies 
expended in operation, maintenance, and instruction. The Secretary 
may accept a bond without surety if the institution to which the prop-
erty is issued furnishes to him satisfactory evidence of its financial 
responsibility. 
"§ 2111. Personnel: administrators and instructors 
"The Secretary of the military department concerned may detail 
regular or reserve members of an armed force under his jurisdiction 
(including retired members and members of the Fleet Keserve and 
Fleet Marine Corps Eeserve recalled to active duty with their consent) 
for instructional and administrative duties at educational institutions 
where units of the program are maintained." 
(2) The chapter analysis of subtitle A, and the chapter analysis of 
part I I I of subtitle A, are each amended by inserting the following 
new item: 
"103. Senior Reserve Oflacers' Training Corps 
2101." 
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76 Stat. 458. 
SEC. 202. Title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 205 is amended by adding the following new subsection 
at the end thereof: 
"(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a commissioned officer may 
not count in computing his basic pay any period of service after the 
enactment of this subsection that he performed concurrently as a mem-
ber of a uniformed service and as a member of the Senior Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps." 
(2) Section 209 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 209. Members of Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
"(a) Except when on active duty, a member of the Senior Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps who is selected for advanced training under 
Ante, p. 1065. 
section 2104 of title 10, United States Code, is entitled to retainer pay 
at the rate of not less than $40 per month or more than $50 per month 
beginning on the day he starts advanced training and ending upon the 
completion of his instruction under that section, but in no event shall 
any member receive such pay for more than twenty months. Retainer 
pay under this section may not be considered financial assistance 
requiring additional service within the meaning of the third sentence 
of section 6(d) (1) of the Universal Military Training and Service 
65 Stat. 83. 
^ct, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 456(d) (1)). 
"(b) Except when on active duty, a cadet or midshipman appointed 
Ante. p. 1066. 
under section 2107 of title 10 is entitled to retainer pay at the rate of 
$50 a month beginning on the day that he starts his first term of col-
lege work under that section and ending upon the completion of his 
instruction under that section, but not for more than four years. 
"(c) A member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is 
entitled, while he is attending field training or practice cruises under 
section 2109 of title 10, to pay at the rate prescribed for cadets and 
midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force 
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Academies under section 201 (c) of this title. An applicant for mem-
bership who is attending field training or practice cruises to satisfy 
the requirement of section 2104(b) (6) (B) of title 10, United States 
Code, for admission to advanced training is entitled, while so attend-
Ante. p. 396. 
-j^^^ ^^ p^y ^^ ^j^g j,^^^ 
prescribed in section 203 of this title for 
enlisted members of the uniformed services in pay grade E-1 (under 
4 months)." 
76 Stat. 477. 
(3) Sectious 415(a) and 416(b) are each amended by striking out 
the words "or an officer of the Army, or the Air Force, without speci-
fication of component," and inserting in place thereof ", an officer of 
the Army or the Air Force without specification of component, or a 
regular officer of an armed force appointed under section 2106 or 2107 
of title 10, United States Code,". 
(4) Section 422 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read: 
"§ 422. Cadets and midshipmen'*; 
(B) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
"(c) A cadet or midshipman appointed under section 2107 of title 
10, United States Code, is entitled to the same allowances as are pro-
vided for cadets and midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, 
and Air Force Academies for— 
"(1) initial travel to the educational institution in which 
matriculated; 
"(2) travel while under orders; and 
"(3) travel on discharge. 
However, no allowance for travel on discharge may be paid to a 
discharged cadet or midshipman who continues his scholastic instruc-
tion at the same educational institution." 
Ante, p. 1065. 
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(C) by striking out subsection (d). 
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(5) The analysis of chapter 3 is amended by striking out the fol-
lowing item: 
"209. Members of naval officer candidate programs." 
and inserting the following item in place thereof: 
"209. Members of Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps." 
(6) The analysis of chapter 7 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"422. Cadets, midshipmen, and naval officer candidates." 
and inserting the following item in place thereof: 
"422. Cadets and midshipmen." 
TITLE III—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS 
SEC. 301. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
lafinrJo'deat'r 
(1) Section 1475(a) (4) is amended by adding at the end thereof benefit^. 
the words "any applicant for membership in a reserve officers' train- 
^2 stat. i4S2. 
ing corps w^ho dies while attending field training or a practice cruise 
under section 2104(b) (6) (B) of this title or while j)erforming author-
ized travel to or from the place where the training or cruise is 
conducted; or". 
(2) Section 1478(a) (4) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "section 4385(c) or 9385(c) of this title" ^^^^^ ^'^'- 2'»7, 
and inserting in place thereof "the first sentence of section 209 (c) 
of title 37, United States Code"; and 
(B) by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "A 
person covered by section 1475(a) (4) of this title who dies while 
attending field training or a practice cruise under section 
2104(b) (6) (B) of this title, or while traveling directly to or from 
the place where the training or cruise is conducted, is considered 
to have been entitled, on the date of his death, to the pay prescribed 
by the second sentence of section 209(c) of title 37, United States 
C o d e . " 
Ante, p. 1070. 
(3) Section 1481(a) (4) is amended by striking out the words "the 
^^^ ^*^*- 1^2. 
Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Naval Reserve Officers' Train-
ing Corps, or Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps" and insert-
ing the words ", or applicant for membership in, a reserve officers' 
training corps" in place thereof. 
(4) Section 3201 is amended— 
(A) by inserting the words "in a reserve officers' training corps 
or" after the word "members" in clause (5) of subsection (a); 
^^ stat. i462. 
and 
(B) by inserting the words "in a reserve officers' training corps 
or" after the word "members" in clause (4) of subsection (b). 
(5) Section 3355 is repealed. 
^o^A^s^tat. 194. 
(6) The analysis of chapter 337 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"3355. Commissioned officers; Army Reserve: appointment; R.O.T.C. grad-
uates." 
(7) Section 3540 is repealed. 
Repeal. 
(8) The analysis of chapter 343 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"3540. Educational institutions: detail of members of regular or reserve com-
ponents as professors and instructors in military science and tactics." 
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4387 
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70A Stat. 243. 
^g^ Sectioii 4348 is amended by inserting the designation " ( a ) " 
before the word "Each'' and by adding a new subsection (b) to read 
as follows: 
"(b) A cadet who does not fulfill his agreement under subsection 
(a) may be transferred by the Secretary of the Army to the Army 
Reserve in an appropriate enlisted grade and, notwithstanding section 
7 2°staf'^l*44o'' 
^^^ ^^ *^^^ tit\&, may be ordered to active duty to serve in that grade 
fjOr such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more 
than four years." 
Repeah ^^^ 
(10) Chapter 405 is repealed. 
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(11) The chapter analysis of subtitle B, and the chapter analysis 
of part I I I of subtitle B, are each amended by striking out the follow-
ing item: 
"40o. Reserve OflBeers' Training Corps 
4381." 
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A Stat. 297. 
(^2) Sectlou 5404(b) is amended— 
(A) by inserting "and" at the end of clause (3) ; 
(B) by striking out"; and" at the end of clause (4) and insert-
ing a period in place thereof; and 
(C) by striking out clause (5). 
(13) Section 5504(h) is amended by striking out "5573, 6904, 6906" 
and inserting "2106, 2107, 5573" in place thereof. 
(14) Chapter 541 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the following item in the analysis: 
72 Stat. 1495. 
"5652b. Regular Navy: lieutenants (junior grade) originally appointed as 
ensigns under section 5573, 6904, 6906, or 6909 of this title." 
and inserting the following item in place thereof: 
"5652b. Regular Navy: lieutenants (junior grade) originally apjxointed as en-
signs under section 2106, 2107, 5573, or 6909 of this title."; and 
(B) by striking out from the catchline and the text of section 
5652b "5573, 6904, 6906" and inserting "2106, 2107, 5573" in place 
thereof. 
70A Stat. 376. 
(]^5) Scction 6023(a) is amended by striking out clause (2) and re-
numbering clause (3) as clause "(2)". 
(16) Section 6387(a) is amended by striking out "6904, 6906," and 
inserting "2106, 2107," in place thereof. 
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(17) Chapter 601 is amended by repealing sections 6901, 6902, 
6903, 6904, 6905, 6906, 6908, and 6910. 
(18) The analysis of chapter 601 is amended by striking out the 
following items: 
"6901. Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps: administration. 
"6902. Transfer of graduates of Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps to 
Regular Navy. 
"6903. Officer candidate training program: administration; qualifications for 
enrollment. 
"6904. Officer candidate training program: members enrolled from Naval 
Reserve Officers' Training Corps; appointment as midshipmen; pay; 
allowances; commissioning. 
"6905. Officer candidate training program: members enrolled as naval aviation 
officer candidates ; instruction ; pay; allowances. 
"6906. Officer candidate training program: naval aviation candidates; appoint-
ment as midshipmen ; flight training; appointment as ensigns. 
"6908. Officer candidate training program : naval aviators; retention or transfer 
to reserve. 
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70A Stat. 432. 
(^i^^ Sectlon 6959 is amended by inserting the designation " ( a ) " 
before the word "Each" and by adding a new subsection (b) to read 
as follows: 
"(b) A midshipman who does not fulfill his agreement under sub-
section (a) may oe transferred by the Secretary of the Navy to the 
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Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve in an appropriate en-
listed grade or rating, and, notwithstanding section 651 of this title, 
7OA stat. 27. 
may be ordered to active duty to serve in that grade or rating for 
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sucn period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not for more 
than four years." 
(20) Section 8201 is amended— 
(A) by inserting the words "in a reserve officers' training corps 
or" after the word "members" in clause (6) of subsection (a); 
^2 stat. 1514. 
and 
(B) by inserting the words "in a reserve officers'training corps 
or" after the word "members" in clause (4) of subsection (b). 
(21) Section 8355 is repealed. 
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(22) The analysis of chapter 837 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"8355. Commissioned oflacers; Air Force Reserve: appointment; A.F,R.O.T.C. 
graduates." 
(23) Section 8540 is repealed. 
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(24) The analysis of chapter 843 is amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"8540. Educational institutions: detail of members of regular or reserve com-
ponents as professors and instructors in air science and tactics." 
70A Stat. 565. 
(25) Section 9348 is amended by inserting the designation "(a)" 
before the word "Each" and by adding a new subsection (b) to read 
as follows: 
"(b) A cadet who does not fulfill his agreement under subsection 
(a) may be transferred by the Secretary or the Air Force to the Air 
Force Reserve in an appropriate enlisted grade and, notwithstanding 
section 651 of this title, may be ordered to active duty to serve in that 
grade for such period of time as the Secretary prescribes but not 
for more than four years." 
(26) Chapter 905 is repealed. 
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(27) The chapter analysis of subtitle D, and the chapter analysis 9387. 
of part III of subtitle D, are each amended by striking out the 
following item: 
"905. Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
9381." 
SEC. 302. Section 4 of the Act of August 1, 1956, chapter 830 (5 
U.S.C. 802), is amended as follows: 
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(1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (ch. 458, 39 Stat. 
742), as amended (5 U.S.C. 751-793), applies in the case of the dis- 
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ability or death of the following members of, and applicants for mem-
bership in, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 01 the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force: 
"(1) Any member or applicant for membership who suffers 
disability or death from an injury incurred in line of duty while 
engaged in a flight or in flight instruction under chapter 103 of 
title 10, United States Code; or 
"(2) Any member or applicant for membership who suffers 
disability or death from an injury incurred in line of duty while 
performing authorized travel to or from, or while attending, field 
training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
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For the purposes of this section, an injury shall be considered to have 
been incurred in line of duty only if it is the proximate result of the 
performance of military training by the member concerned, or of his 
travel to or from that military training, during the periods of time 
indicated in clause (2). Any member or applicant for membership 
who contracts a disease or illness which is the proximate result of the 
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performance of training during the periods of time indicated in clause 
(2) shall be considered for the purposes of this section to have been 
injured in line of duty during that period." 
(2) The last sentence of subsection (d) is amended to read as fol-
lows : "However, reimbursement may not be made for any hospitaliza-
tion or medical or surgical care provided a person while attending 
field training or a practice cruise under chapter 103 of title 10, United 
States Code." 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Validation of 
student payments. 
70A Stat. 569. 
Separability. 
Effective dates. 
Ante, p. 1067. 
SEC. 401. All payments made and supplies issued under sections 
9385-9387 of title 10, United States Code, in connection with the train-
ing iof a person at an Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit 
while such person was a student at a civil educational institution where 
a unit of the corps was not established, are hereby validated. 
SEC. 402. If a part of this Act is invalid, all valid parts that are 
severable from the invalid part remain in effect. 
If a part of this 
Act is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in 
effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid 
applications. 
SEC. 403. Insofar as it relates to the Army j)rf)gram and the Air 
Force program, section 2107(h) of title 10, United States Code, be-
comes effective on September 1, 1968. Until that date, not more than 
four thousand cadets may be in either of those programs at any one 
time. 
So far as it relates to the Navy program, section 2107 (h) of title 
10 becomes effective on September 1,1965. 
Approved October 13, 1964. 
October 13, 1964 
[S. 2654] 
Public Law 88-648 
AN ACT 
To change the name of the canal, known as the Bay Head-Manasquan Canal and 
as the Manasquan Rlver-Barnegat Bay Canal, to Point Pleasant Canal. 
Point Pleasant 
Canal, N.J. 
Designation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled,, That the canal, 
known as the Bay Head-Manasquan Canal and as the Manasquan 
River-Barnegat Bay Canal, which is located in the Borough of Point 
Pleasant, New Jersey, shall hereafter be.known as Point Pleasant 
Canal and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United 
States in which such canal is designated or referred to under the name 
Bay Head-Manasquan Canal or Manasquan River-Barnegat Bay 
('anal shall be held to refer to such canal under and by the name of 
Point Pleasant Canal. 
Approved October 13, 1964. 
October 13, 1964 
[H.J. Res. 1192] 
Public Law 88-649 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Fixing the time of assembly of the Eighty-ninth Congress. 
89th Congress. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Oongress assembled^ That the Eighty-ninth (Con-
gress shall assemble at noon on Monday, January 4,1965. 
Approved October 13, 1964.