An Act to amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to extend the application of the special inducement pay provided thereby to physicians and dentists, and for other purposes.
PL 82-410 (S.3019), enacted 06/25/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 409-JUNE 24, 1952 
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their chief support: Provided fm^tfier^ That the cognizant Secretary, 
under the circumstances and in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the President, may terminate the commission of any officer ap-
pointed pursuant hereto. 
Approved June 24, 1952. 
Public Law 409 
CHAPTER 458 
June 24, 1952 
[S. 2748] 
C an a di an ves-
sels. 
Iron ore trans-
portation. 
46 u s e 883. 
AN ACT 
Authorizing vessels of Canadian registry to transport iron ore between United 
States ports on the Great Lalies during 1952. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That, by reason of 
emergency conditions in transportation on the Great Lakes, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 27 of the Act of June 5, 1920 (41 
Stat. 999), as amended by the Act of April 11, 1935 (49 Stat. 154), 
and by Act of July 2, 1935 (49 Stat. 442), or the provisions of any 
other Act, or regulation, vessels of Canadian registry shall be per-
mitted to transport iron ore between United States ports on the Great 
Lakes until December 31, 1952, or until such earlier time as the Con-
gress by concurrent resolution or the President by proclamation may 
designate. 
Approved June 24, 1952. 
Public Law 410 
CHAPTER 459 
June 25. 1952 
[S. 3019] 
Career Compen-
sation Act, amend-
ment. 
63 Stat. 802. 
37 u s e 23 J note, 
234. 
Physicians and 
dentists. 
AN ACT 
To amend the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, to extend the 
application of the special-inducement pay provided thereby to physicians and 
dentists, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Career 
Compensation Act of 1949, as amended, is further amended by— 
(a) Amending subsection 203 (a) to read as follows: 
"(a) The term 'commissioned officers', as used in this section, shall 
be interpreted to mean only (1) those commissioned officers in the 
Medical and Dental Corps of, or designated as medical or dental 
officers in, the Kegular Army, Navy, and Air Force and commis-
sioned medical and dental officers of the Regular Corps of the Public 
Health Service who were on active duty on September 1, 1947; (2) 
those commissioned officers in the Medical and Dental Corps of, or 
designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Army, Navy, 
and Air Force and commissioned medical and dental officers of the 
Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, who were retired prior 
to September 1, 1947, and who thereafter but prior to July 1, 1953, 
have been or may be assigned to active duty; (3) those officers who, 
lieretofore but subsequent to September 1, 1947, have been or who, 
prior to July 1, 1953, may be commissioned in the Medical and Dental 
Corps of, or designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular 
Army, Navy, and Air Force or as medical and dental officers of the 
Regular Corps of the Public Health Service; (4) such officers who 
on September 1, 1947, were or who thereafter have been or may be 
commissioned in the Medical and Dental Corps of, or designated as 
medical or dental officers in, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the United 
States Air Force Reserve, the Naval Reserve, the National Guard, 
the National Guard of the United States, the Air National Guard, 
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the Air National Guard of the United States, the Army of the United 
States, the Air Force of the United States, or as medical and dental 
officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service and who 
heretofore, but subsequent to September 1, 1947, have been called or 
ordered to extended active duty of one year or longer, or who may, 
prior to July 1, 1953, be called or ordered to extended active duty of 
one year or longer; (5) general officers appointed from the Medical 
and Dental Corps of, or previously designated as medical or dental 
officers in, the Regular Army, the Officers' Reserve Corps, the National 
Guard, the National Guard of the United States, the Army of the 
United States, the Regular Air Force, the United States Air Force 
Reserve, the Air National Guard, the Air National Guard of the 
United States, and the Air Force of the United States who were on 
active duty on September 1, 1947; and (6) general officers who, sub-
sequent to k^eptember 1, 1947, have been or who may be appointed 
from those officers of the Medical and Dental Corps of, or from those 
officers designated as medical or dental officers in, the Regular Armj^, 
the Officers' Reserve Corps, the National Guard, the National Guard 
of the United States, the Army of the United States, the Regular 
Air Force, the United States Air Force Reserve, the Air National 
Guard, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the Air 
Force of the United States who are included in parts (1), (2), (3), 
or (4) of this subsection." 
(b) Deleting the second proviso of subsection 203 (b) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: ''''Provided further, That the com-
missioned officers described in subsection (a) (4) of this section who 
are called or ordered to active duty without their consent shall not 
be entitled to receive the pay provided by this subsection for any 
period prior to September 9,1950." 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 828, 
ch. 939), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 3. Section 1 of this Act shall be effective as of October 1,1949. 
Appropriations currently available for pay and allowances of mem-
bers of the uniformed services shall be available for retroactive pay-
ments authorized under this Act. 
Approved June 25, 1952. 
37 u s e 234a. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 411 
CHAPTER 460 
AN ACT 
To amend section 331 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, concerning 
the care and treatment of persons afflicted with leprosy. 
June 25, 1952 
{H.R.1739] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 331 
of the Public Health Service Act (58 Stat. 682, 698), as amended 
(42 U. S. C , 1946 edition, Supp. Ill, sec. 255), is further amended 
by deleting the words "within the continental United States" which 
appear in the last sentence thereof, and by adding the following sen-
tence at the end of the section: "When so provided in appropriations 
available for any fiscal year for the maintenance of hospitals of the 
Service, the Surgeon General is authorized and directed to make pay-
ments to the Board of Health of the Territory of Hawaii for the care 
and treatment in its facilities of persons afflicted with leprosy at a 
per diem rate, determined from time to time by the Surgeon General, 
which shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, be approxi-
mately equal to the per diem operating cost per patient of such f 
acili-
Hawaii. 
Lepers.