An Act to amend section 552(a) of title 37, United States Code, to provide continuance of incentive pay to members of the uniformed services for the period required for hospitalization and rehabilitation after termination of missing status
PL 92-482 (H.R.14909), enacted 10/12/1972

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PUBLIC L
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W 92-482-OCT. 12, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
October 12, 197 2 
[H. R. 14909] 
Public Law 92-482 
AN ACT 
To amend section 552(a) of title 37, United States Code, to provide continu-
ance of incentive pay to members of tlie uniformed services for the period 
required for iiospitalization and rehabilitation after termination of missing 
status. 
Uniformed serv-
ices. 
Missing status 
termination, pay 
continuance. 
80 Stat. 625; 
85 Stat. 489. 
Ante, 
p. 740. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assemiled^ That section 552(a) 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) A member of a uniformed service who is on active duty or 
performing inactive-duty training, and who is in a missing status, is— 
"(1) for the period he is in that status, entitled to receive or 
have credited to his account the same pay and allowances, as 
defined in this chapter, to which he was entitled at the beginning 
of that period or may thereafter become entitled; and 
" (2) lor the period, not to exceed one year, required for his hos-
pitalization and rehabilitation after termination of that status, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, with 
respect to incentive pay, considered to have satisfied the require-
ments of section 301 of this title so as to entitle him to a continu-
ance of that pay. 
However, a member who is performing full-time training duty or 
other full-time duty without pay, or inactive-duty training with or 
without pay, is entitled to the pay and allowances to which he would 
have been entitled if he had been on active duty with pay." 
Approved October 12, 1972. 
Public Law 92-483 
October 12, 1972 
[S.1475] 
Gunboat 
"Cairo". 
Restoration and 
reconstruction. 
16 u s e 461, 
Administration. 
Appropriation. 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the restoration, 
reconstruction, and exhibition of the gunboat "Cairo", and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That in order to 
preserve an object having national significance as part of the history of 
the Civil War, for the oenefit and inspiration of the people of the 
United States, the Secretary of the Interior shall, in such manner as 
he deems advisable, utilize the authorities contained in the Act of 
August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666') to provide for the restoration and 
reconstruction on the gunboat "Cairo", formerly of the Union Navy, 
sunk in action in the Yazoo Eiver, Mississippi, and for its exhibition 
at the Vicksburg National Military Park. 
SEC. 2. At such time as the restoration and reconstruction of the 
•'Cairo" shall have been completed, and it has been located within the 
boundaries of the Vicksburg National Military Park, the "Cairo" shall 
be administered in accordance with all laws, rules, and regulations 
applicable to such park. 
SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not more than 
$3,200,000 for the restoration of the "Cairo" and for the development 
of protective and interpretive facilities associated therewith. 
Approved October 12, 1972.