An Act to provide for more effective participation in the Reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes
PL 87-378 (H.R.5490), enacted 10/04/1961

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PUBLIC LAW 87-378-OCT. 4, 1961 
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Public Law 87-378 
A N A C T 
October 4, 1961 
To provide for more effective participation in the reserve components of the 
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Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
Armed 
F o r c e s 
reserves. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That section 6 of 
the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended (50 
U.S.C. App. 456), is amended— 
^9 stat. 604. 
(1) by amending subsection (c)(2)(E) to read as follows: 
"(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
President^ under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, 
may provide that any person enlisted in the Keady Reserve of any 
reserve component of the Armed Forces pursuant to authority 
conferred by this paragraph or under section 262 of the Armed 
Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended, or any member of the 
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National Guard deferred from training and service by clause 
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(A) of this paragraph, or any person enlisted or appointed in the 
Ready Reserve of any reserve component of the armed forces 
(other than under section 511 (b) of title 10, United States Code), 
72 stat. 1439. 
the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard after the 
effective date of this amended clause, but prior to his attaining 
the age of 26, who fails to serve satisfactorily as a member of such 
Ready Reserve or National Guard or the Ready Reserve of 
another reserve component of which he becomes a member may be 
selected for training and service and inducted into the armed force 
of which such reserve component is a part, prior to the selection 
and induction of other persons liable therefor."; and 
(2) by striking out the words "in such unit" in the seventh and 
eighth sentences of subsection (d) (1) and amending the fifth and 
sixth sentences of that subsection to read as follows: "If, at the 
time of, or subsequent to, such appointment, the armed force in 
which such person is commissioned does not require his service 
on active duty in fulfillment of the obligation undertaken by him 
in compliance with clause (B) of the first sentence of this para-
graph, such person shall be ordered to active duty for training 
with such armed force in the grade in which he was commissioned 
for a period of active duty for training of not less than three 
months or more than six months (not including duty performed 
under section 270(a) of title 10, United States Code), as deter- 
72 stat. 1438. 
mined by the Secretarv of the military department concerned to 
be necessary to quality such person for a mobilization assign-
ment. 
Upon being commissioned and assigned to a reserve com-
ponent, such person shall be required to serve therein, or in a 
reserve component of any other armed force in which he is later 
appointed, until the eighth anniversary of the receipt of such 
commission pursuant to the provisions of this section". 
SEC. 2. Section 270 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(c) Any person who becomes a member of the Army National ti^aTau^rd u^ts 
Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United 
States after the enactment of this subsection and who fails in any 
year to perform satisfactorily the training duty prescribed by or under 
law for members of the Army National Guard or the Air National 
Guard, as the case may be, as determined by the Secretary concerned, 
may, upon the request of the Governor of the State or territory, Puerto 
Rico, or the Canal Zone, or the commanding general of the District of 
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Columbia National Guard, whichever is concerned, be ordered, with-
out his consent, to perform additional active duty for training for not 
more than forty-five days. A member ordered to active duty under 
this subsection shall be ordered to duty as a Reserve of the Army or 
as a Reserve of the Air Force, as the case may be." 
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A Stat. 179. 
SEC. 3. Section 3261 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out the designation " (b)" in subsection (a) and 
inserting the designation "(c)^' in place thereof; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection " ( c ) " and 
inserting the following new subsection (b) : 
"(b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Army, a person who enlists or reenlists in the Army National Guard, 
or whose term of enlistment or reenlistment in the Army National 
Guard is extended, shall be concurrently enlisted or reenlisted, or his 
term of enlistment or reenlistmient shall be concurrently extended, as 
the case may be, as a Reserve of the Army for service in the Army 
National Guard of the United States." 
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A Stat. 505. 
8,5^ 4. Scctiou 8261 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out the designation " ( b ) " in subsection (a) 
and inserting the designation " ( c ) " in place thereof; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection " ( c ) " and 
inserting the following new subsection (b) : 
"(b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Air Force, a person who enlists or reenlists in the Air National Guard, 
or whose term of enlistment or reenlistment in the Air National Guard 
is extended, shall be concurrently enlisted or reenlisted, or his term of 
enlistment or reenlistment shall be concurrently extended, as the case 
may be, as a Reserve of the Air Force for service in the Air National 
Guard of the United States." 
SEC. 5. Title 32, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
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A Stat. 601. 
(1) Sectiou 302 is amended to read as follows: 
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§ 302. Enlistments, reenlistments, and extensions 
" (a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, 
original enlistments in the National Guard may be accepted for— 
"(1) any specified term, not less than three years, for persons 
who have not served in an armed force; or 
" (2) any specified term, not less than one year, for persons who 
have served in any armed force. 
"(b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, 
reenlistment in the National Guard may be accepted for any specified 
period, or, if the person last served in one of the highest five enlisted 
grades, for an unspecified period. 
"(c) Enlistments or reenlistments in the National Guard may be 
extended— 
"(1) under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary con-
cerned, at the request of the member, for any period not less 
than six months; or 
" (2) by proclamation of the President, if Congress declares an 
emergency, until six months after termination of that emergency." 
70A Stat. 600. 
(2) The analysis of chapter 3 is amended by striking out the follow-
ing item: 
"302. Enlistments." 
and inserting the following item in place thereof: 
"302. Enlistments, reenlistments, and extensions." 
SEC. 6. The amendments made by sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Act 
shall not affect any enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment entered 
into or made before the effective date of this Act. 
32 use 301-333., 
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SEC. 7. (a) Section 29 (a) of the Act of August 10,1956, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. 30r), is amended by striking out the words "fiscal year" sta°M?'^^^''"' 
wherever they appear therein and substituting the words "calendar 
year" in lieu thereof. 
(b) Except with respect to substitute postal employees, the amend-
ments made by subsection (a) of this section shall become effective as 
of January 1, 1961, and with respect to substitute postal employees 
such amendments shall become effective as of January 1, 1962. 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
Public Law 87-379 
A N A C T 
October 4, 1961 
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35721 
To place in trust status certain lands on the Grow Creek Indian Reservation in 
South Dakota, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That all the right, 
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title, and interest in and to the following described tracts of land on R e s e Tv a t' to n, 
the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota, purchased by the ^'ifj^'g. 
United States for Crow Creek Indian school purposes, shall hereafter 
be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota: 
Township 107 north, range 72 west, fifth principal meridian: Sec-
tion 2, lots 3,4, southwest quarter, south half northwest quarter, 318.65 
acres; section 3, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, south half north half, 317.60 acres; 
section 4, southeast quarter, 160.00 acres. 
Township 108 north, range 72 west, fifth principal meridian: Sec-
tion 33, south half, 320.00 acres; section 35, southwest quarter, 160.00 
acres; a total of 1,276.25 acres. 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title conveyed 
by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim against 
the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
Public Law 87-380 
A N A C T 
October 4, 1961 
To increase monthly disabdlity and death compensation payable pursuant to 
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the War Hazards Oomi)ensation Act. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled^ That,- notwith- pentation?"'***"""" 
standing any other provision of law the monthly disability and 
increase. 
death compensation payable pursuant to section 101(a) of the War 
Hazards Compensation Act shall, with respect to injuries or deaths 
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resulting from injury sustained prior to July 1, 1946, be increased 
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by 15 per centum. 
SEC. 2. The increase authorized by this Act shall be effective only 
with respect to disability and death compensation payable for 
periods commencing on and after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Approved October 4, 1961. 
Effective date. 
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