An Act to amend sections 508 of title 14, United States Code.
PL 82-489 (H.R.7654), enacted 07/10/1952

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PUBLIC LAW 489-JULY 10, 1952 
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SEC. 703. Each member and former member of the uniformed 
services shall be entitled to receive combat pay in the amount of $45 
per month for each month beginning after May 31, 1950, for which 
such member was entitled to receive basic pay and during which he 
was a member of a combat unit in Korea on— 
(a) not less than six days of such month; or 
(b) one or more days of such month included within a period 
of not less than six consecutive days on which he was a member 
of a combat unit in Korea, if such period began in the next pre-
ceding month and he is not entitled to receive combat pay under 
this title for such preceding month. 
SEC. 704. Each member and former member of the uniformed serv-
ices shall be entitled to receive combat pay in the amount of $45 per 
month for each month beginning after May 31,1950, for which he was 
entitled to receive basic pay and in which— 
(a) he was killed in action, injured in action, or wounded in 
action while serving as a member of a combat unit in Korea, and 
for not more than three months thereafter during which he was 
hospitalized for the treatment of an injury or wound received in 
action while so serving; or 
(b) he was captured or entered a missing-in-action status while 
serving as a member of a combat unit in Korea, and for not more 
than three months thereafter during which he occupied such 
status. 
SEC. 705. No person shall be entitled to receive for any month— 
(a) more than one combat pay authorized by this title; or 
(b) combat pay under this title in addition to any incentive or 
special pay. 
SEC. 706. (a) The Secretaries of the services concerned are au-
thorized and directed to promulgate regulations for the administra-
tion of this title, which regulations shall be as uniform as practicable, 
and in the case of the military departments shall be subject to the 
approval of the Secretary of Defense. 
(b) Such regulations may include appropriate provisions for the 
withholding of combat pay under section 703 of this title from any 
member or former member of the uniformed services (or any class of 
such persons) for any period during which such person or class of 
persons was not placed in substantial peril by the action of any hostile 
force, as determined in conformity with such regulations. 
SEC. 707. (a) The Secretary of the Service concerned, or such sub-
ordinate as he may specify, may make such determination of fact as 
may be required for the administration of this Act, and any such 
determination shall be final. 
(b) Appropriations currently available for pay and allowances of 
members of the uniformed services shall be available for the payment 
of combat pay under this title for any month prior to the date of 
enactment of this title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropria-
tion Act, 1953". 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
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Short title. 
Public Law 489 
CHAPTER 631 
AN ACT 
To amend section 508 of title 14, United States Code. 
July 10,1952 
[H.R. 7654] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the analysis of 
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PUBLIC LAW 490-JULY 10, 1952 
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63 Stat. 529. 
chapter 13 of title 14, United States Code, entitled "Coast Guard", as 
amended, immediately preceding section 461 of such title, is amended 
by striking out the item 
"508. Deserters; arrest of by civil autliorities; penalties." 
and in lieu thereof inserting 
"508. Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; 
penalties." 
SEC. 2. Section 508 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§ 508. Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and 
delivery; penalties. 
"(a) The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary, make such expenditures as are deemed necessary for the 
apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners. 
"(b) No person who is convicted by court martial for desertion from 
the Coast Guard in time of war, and as the result of such conviction is 
dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the Coast Guard shall 
afterwards be enlisted, appointed, or commissioned in any military or 
naval service under the United States, unless the disability resulting 
from desertion, as established by this section is removed by a board 
of commissioned officers of the Coast Guard convened for consideration 
of the case, and the action of the Board is approved by the Secretary; 
or unless he is restored to duty in time of war." 
Approved July 10, 1952. 
Public Law 490 
CHAPTER 632 
Jiily 10, 1952 
[H. R. 4109] 
P r i n t ing and 
binding of certain 
publications. 
S t a t u t e s 
Large. 
Supreme Court 
rep ort s. 
62 Stat. 904. 
AN ACT 
To amend section 73 of the Act of January 12, 1895, as amended, relating to the 
printing, binding, and distribution of the Statutes at Large, and sections 411, 
412, and 413 of title 28, United States Code, relating to the printing, binding, 
and distribution of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled., That section 3 of 
the Act approved March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 578; R. S. 387; 5 U. S. C. 
339), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 2. That so much of section 73 of the Printing Act, approved 
January 12, 1895 (28 Stat. 601, 615), as amended, as relates to the 
printing, binding, and distribution of the Statutes at Large (44 U. S. 
C. 196a), is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
"The Public Printer shall, after the final adjournment of each regu-
lar session of Congress, print and bind copies of the Statutes at Large 
to be charged to the congressional allotment for printing and binding. 
The number and distribution of the copies shall be under the control 
of the Joint Committee on Printing." 
SEC. 3. The analysis of chapter 19 of title 28, United States Code, 
is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Sec. 
"411. Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution. 
"412. Sale of Supreme Court reports. 
"413. Publications; distribution to courts. 
"414. Transmittal of books to successors. 
"415. Court of Claims decisions." 
SEC. 4. Section 411 of title 28, United States Code, as amended, is 
hereby further amended to read as follows: