An Act to amend and clarify the reemployment provision of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes
PL 90-491 (H.R.1093), enacted 08/17/1968

790 
August 17, 196f 
[H. R. 1093] 
Armed Forces. 
Reserve compo-
nents, reemploy-
ment rights. 
62 Stat. 615. 
Court enforce-
ment. 
Enlistees, bene-
fits. 
75 Stat. 821. 
Active duty 
status, rights. 
Reservists, ex-
tended duty. 
PUBLIC LAW 90-491-^UG. 17, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-491 
AN ACT 
. To amend and clarify the reemployment provisions of the Universal Military 
Training and Service Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 9 of the 
Universal Military Training and Ser\dce Act, as amended (50 IJ.S.C. 
App. 459), is amended as follows: 
(1) Amend section 9(c) by adding the following 
paragraph 
immediately after paragraph (2) : 
"(3) Any person who holds a position described in paragraph (A) 
or (B) of subsection (b) shall not be denied retention in employment 
or any promotion or other incident or advantage of employment 
because of any obligation as a member of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces of the United States." 
(2) Amend subsection 9(d) by inserting ", subsection (c)(3)" 
immediately following the words "subsection (c) (1)". 
(3) Amend section 9(g) (1) to read as follows: "Any person who, 
after entering the employment to which he claims restoration, enlists 
in the Armed Forces of the United States (other than in a reserve 
component) shall be entitled upon release from service under honor-
able conditions to all the reemployment rights and other benefits 
provided for by this section in the case of persons inducted under the 
provisions of this title, if the total of his service performed between 
June 24, 1948, and August 1, 1961, did not exceed four years, and 
the total of any service, additional or otherwise performed by him 
after August 1, 1961, does not exceed five years, provided that the 
service in excess of four years after August 1, 1961, is at the request 
and for the convenience of the Federal Government (plus in each 
case any period of additional service imposed pursuant to law)." 
(4) Amend subsection 9(g) (2) to read as follows: 
"(2) (A) Any person who, after entering the employment to which 
he claims restoration enters upon active duty (other than for the 
purpose of determining his physical fitness and other than for train-
ing), whether or not voluntarily, in the Armed Forces of the United 
States or the Public Health Service in response to an order or call to 
active duty shall, upon his relief from active duty under honorable 
conditions, be entitled to all of the reemployment rights and benefits 
provided by this section in the case of persons inducted under the 
provisions of this title, if the total of such active duty performed 
between June 24, 1948, and August 1, 1961, did not exceed four years, 
and the total of any such active duty, additional or otherwise, per-
formed after August 1,1961, does not exceed four years (plus in each 
case any additional period in which he was unable to obtain orders 
relieving him from active duty). 
"(B) Any member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces 
of the United States who voluntarily or involuntarily enters upon 
active duty (other than for the purpose of determining his physical 
fitness and other than for training) or whose active duty is voluntar-
ily or involuntarily extended during a period when the President is 
authorized to order units of the Ready Reserve or members of a 
Reserve component to active duty shall have the service limitation 
governing eligibility for reemployment rights under paragraph (2) 
(A) of this subsection extended by his period of such active duty, but 
not to exceed that period of active duty to which the President is 
authorized to order units of the Ready Reserve or members of a 
Reserve component: Provided^ That with respect to a member who 
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voluntarily enters upon active duty or whose active duty is volun-
tarily extended the provisions of this paragraph shall apply only 
when such additional active duty is at the request and for the conven-
ience of the Federal Government." 
SEC. 2. Section 3551 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by ^JJ,f„yees.^'^' 
striking out ", to be restored to the position held when ordered to 
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duty." and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: "within the 
time limits specified in section 9(g) of the Military Selective Service 
Act of 1967 (50 U.S.C. App. 459(g)), to be restored to the position 
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held by him when ordered to duty. However, a Reserve or member of 
^n^h^^o^j^-'ons 
the National Guard who leaves a position for which the salary is dis- '^^"'^ ^°^' '°"^' 
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives is entitled on release from active duty to be restored 
only under the provisions of section 459 of title 50, appendix, United 
States Code." 
Approved August 17, 1968. 
Public Law 90-492 
AN A C T 
August 18, 1968 
To clarify and otherwise amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act, to provide 
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for cooperation with appropriate State agencies with respect to State poultry 
products inspection programs, and for other pui-poses. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That this Act may p^'J°/''^pr'^ducts 
be cited as the "Wholesome Poultry Products Act". 
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SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (71 Stat. 
441, as amended; 21 U.S.C. 451) is hereby amended to read: 
"SEC. 2. Poultry and poultry products are an important source of 
the Nation's total supply of food. They are consumed tliroughout the 
Nation and the major portion thereof moves in interstate or foreign 
commerce. It is essential in the public interest that the health and 
welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that poultry products 
distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly 
marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or mis-
branded poultry products impair the effective regulation of poultry 
products in interstate or foreign commerce, are injurious to the public 
welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly 
labeled and packaged poultry products, and result in sundry losses 
to poultry producers and processors of poultry and poultry products, 
as well as injury to consumers. It is hereby found that all articles and 
poultry which are regulated under this Act are either in interstate 
or foreign commerce or substantially affect such commerce, and that 
regulation by the Secretary of Agriculture and cooperation by the 
States and other jurisdictions as contemplated by this Act are appro-
priate to prevent and eliminate burdens upon such commerce, to effec-
tively regulate such commerce, and to protect the health and welfare 
of consumers." 
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