An Act to amend section 6(o) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act to provide an exemption from induction for the sole surviving son of a family whose father died as a result of military service
PL 88-360 (H.R.2664), enacted 07/07/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-359-JULY 7, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
Secretary of the 
Army. 
Approval. 
SEC. 4:. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency shall 
issue and obtain such written instruments as may be necessary to carry 
out the foregoing provisions of this Act. However, prior approval of 
the Secretary of the Army shall be obtained as to those instruments 
of direct concern to the Department of the Army, and the Secretary 
of the Army is hereby authorized and directed to accept, on behalf of 
the United States, all instruments of conveyance of such real property 
and real property interests as are conveyed to the United States pur-
suant to the foregoing provisions of this Act, and to accept custody 
and control of such property. 
Approved July 7, 1964. 
July 7, 1964 
[H. R. 3941] 
Public Law 88-359 
AN ACT 
To amend section 902 of title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the offset 
against burial allowances paid by the Veterans' Administration for amounts 
paid by burial associations. 
Veterans. 
Burial allow-
ances. 
72 Stat. 1169. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the first 
sentence of subsection (b) of section 902 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting "or" after "or of a State,", and by strik-
ing out ", or a burial association". 
(b) Such subsection (b) is further amended by revising the second 
sentence to read as follows: "No claim shall be allowed (1) for more 
than the difference between the entire amount of the expenses incurred 
and the amount paid by any or all of the foregoing, or (2) when the 
burial allowance would revert to the funds of a public or private 
organization or would discharge such an organization's obligation 
without payment." 
(c) Such subsection (b) is further amended by striking out the third 
sentence. 
Approved July 7, 1964. 
Public Law 88-360 
July 7, 1964 
[H. R. 2664] 
Armed Forces. 
Induction ex-
emption. 
62 Stat. 613. 
AN ACT 
To amend section 6(o) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act to 
provide an exemption from induction for the sole surviving son of a family 
whose father died as a result of military service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 6(o) of 
the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 
456 (o)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(o) Except during the period of a war or a national emergency 
declared by the Congi-ess after the date of the enactment of the 1964 
amendment to this subsection, where the father or one or more sons 
or daughters of a family were killed in action or died in line of duty 
while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or subse-
quently died as a result of injuries received or disease incurred during 
such service, the sole surviving son of such family shall not be inducted 
for service under the terms of this title unless he volunteers for 
induction." 
Approved July 7, 1964.