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ment may issue such rules and regulations and require such information as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act. The provisions of section 10 (1) of an Act approved July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 787), as amended, and title XIII of Public Law 507, Seventy-seventh Congress, shall be applicable to the owner, licensor, or licensee of an invention, whether patented or unpatented, manufactured, used, sold, or otherwise disposed of for the United States, and the term "defense contract" as used in said Act shall mean and include an agreement for the payment of royalty, regardless of the date of such agreement, under or by virtue of which royalty is directly or indirectly paid by the Government or included within the contract price for property sold to or manufactured for the Government. Sec. 8, act of Oct. 31, 1942 (56 Stat. 1015); 35 U. S. C. 96.

For section 10(1), act of July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 787), as amended, see 1942, post. For title XIII, Public Law 507, Seventy-seventh Congress, see 2271, post.

1370a-9. Royalty Adjustment Act; renegotiation of contracts.-Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to preclude the applicability of Section 403 of Public Law 528, Seventy-seventh Congress, as the same may be heretofore or hereafter amended so far as the same may be applicable. Sec. 9, act of Oct. 31, 1942 (56 Stat. 1015).

For section 403, Public Law, 528, Seventy-seventh Congress, see 2191b, post.

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1371b. Procurement of patents by War Department.-The appropriations contained in this Act which are available for the procurement or manufacture of munitions of war of special or technical design may also be used for the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, and licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made. Military Appropriation Act of Apr. 26, 1939 (53 Stat. 604).

As repeated in Military Appropriation Act, 1940, and subsequent acts, including section 16, Military Appropriation Act, 1945 (58 Stat. 596), this section, based on section 1, Military Appropriation Act of June 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 653), was modified as indicated above.

CHAPTER 26a

PAY READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1942

Sec. 1. Base and longevity pay; commissioned
officers, Regular Army, below grade of
brigadier general:

Base pay and pay periods, 1371c-1(1).
Pay status of officers temporarily appointed
to higher grades, 1371c-1(2).
Longevity pay, 1371c-1(3).

Service counted for pay purposes, 1371c-
1(4).

Pay of other than commissioned officers, 1371c-1(5).

Sec. 2. Additional pay for sea duty or service
outside continental limits of the United
States; Regular Army, Reserve forces,
National Guard, 1371e-2.

Sec. 3. Base and longevity pay; Reserve and
National Guard officers:

Base and longevity pay and service counted
for pay purposes, 1371c-3(1).

Reserve forces:

Payment for thirty-first of month, 1371c3(2).

Payment in advance, 1371c-3(3).

Sec. 3A. Service counted for pay purposes 1371c-3A.

Sec. 4. "Dependent" defined, 1371c-4.

Sec. 5. Subsistence allowance; officers of the Regular Army below grade of brigadier general, 1371c-5.

Sec. 6. Rental allowance; officers of the Regular Army below grade of brigadier general, 1371c-6.

Sec. 7. Base pay and allowances; general
officers, Regular Army:

Base pay and allowances; major generals
and brigadier generals, 1371c-7(1).
Pay and allowances, and personal money
allowance; lieutenant generals, general,
and Chief of Staff, 1371c-7(2).

Sec. 8. Base and longevity pay, and allowances; warrant officers, and warrant officers of the Army Mine Planter Service, Regular Army:

Base pay and allowances:

Warrant officers (junior grade), 1371c8(1).

First mates and assistant engineers, Army

Longevity pay and service counted; all
warrant officers, 1371c-8(5).
Limitation on total of pay and allowances,
1371c-8(6).

Sec. 9. Base and longevity pay; enlisted men,
Regular Army:

Base pay, 1371c-9(1).

Pay grades, 1371c-9(2).

Longevity pay and service counted, 1371c9(3).

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Mine Planter Service, 1371c-8(2). Chief warrant officers, 1371c-8(3).

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1371c-8(4).

Allowances, 1371c-13(3).

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1371c-1. Base and longevity pay; commissioned officers, Regular Army, below grade of brigadier general.

(1) BASE PAY AND PAY PERIODS

That, for the purpose of computing the annual pay of the commissioned officers of the Regular Army and Marine Corps below the grade of brigadier general; of the Navy, the Coast Guard, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey below the grade of rear admiral; and of the Public Health Service below the grade of assistant to the Surgeon General, pay periods are prescribed, and the base pay for each is fixed as follows:

The first period, $1,800; the second period, $2,000; the third period, $2,400; the fourth period, $3,000; the fifth period, $3,500; and the sixth period, $4,000. The pay of the sixth period shall be paid to colonels of the Army, captains of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade; to lieutenant colonels of the Army, commanders of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade, and lieutenant commanders of the line and Engineer Corps of the Coast Guard, who have completed thirty years' service; and to the Chief of Chaplains of the Army when not holding rank above that of colonel.

The pay of the fifth period shall be paid to lieutenant colonels of the Army, commanders of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who are not entitled to the pay of the sixth period; and to majors of the Army, lieutenant commanders of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade, who have completed twenty-three years' service.

The pay of the fourth period shall be paid to majors of the Army, lieutenant commanders of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who are not entitled to the pay of the fifth period; to captains of the Army, lieutenants of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade, who have completed seventeen years' service.

The pay of the third period shall be paid to captains of the Army, lieutenants of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who are not entitled to the pay of the fourth period; to first lieutenants of the Army, lieutenants

(junior grade) of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade, who have completed ten years' service.

The pay of the second period shall be paid to first lieutenants of the Army, lieutenants (junior grade) of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade who are not entitled to the pay of the third period; and to second lieutenants of the Army, ensigns of the Navy, and officers of corresponding grade, who have completed five years' service; and to contract surgeons serving full time. The pay of the first period shall be paid to all other officers whose pay is provided for in this section.

(2) PAY STATUS OF OFFICERS TEMPORARILY APPOINTED TO HIGHER GRADES Officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act temporarily appointed to higher grades or ranks shall, for the purpose of this Act, be considered officers of such grades or ranks while holding such temporary appointments.

(3) LONGEVITY PAY

Every officer paid under the provisions of this section shall receive an increase of 5 per centum of the base pay of his period for each three years of service up to thirty years.

(4) SERVICE COUNTED FOR PAY PURPOSES

In computing the service for all pay purposes of officers paid under the provisions of this section, such officers shall be credited with full time for all periods during which they have held commissions as officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, or in the Organized Militia prior to July 1, 1916, or in the National Guard, or in the National Guard Reserve, or in the National Guard of the United States, or in the Officers' Reserve Corps, or in the Medical Reserve Corps, or in the Naval Militia, or in the National Naval Volunteers, or in the Naval Reserve force, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve force, Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, or in the Philippine Scouts, or in the Philippine Constabulary, and service of Coast and Geodetic Survey officers authorized in section 2 (b) of the Act of January 19, 1942 (Public Law 402, Seventy-seventh Congress): Provided, That for officers in service on June 30, 1922, there shall be included in the computation, in addition to the service set forth above, all service which was then counted in computing longevity pay, and service as a contract surgeon serving full time. Longevity pay for officers in any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act shall be based on the total of all service in any or all of said services which is authorized to be counted for longevity pay purposes under the provisions of this Act or as may otherwise be provided by law.

For section 2(b) of the act of January 19, 1942, to which reference is made in the text, supra, see 56 Stat. 6.

(5) PAY OF OTHER THAN COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

The provisions of this Act shall apply equally to those persons serving, not as commissioned officers in the Army or in the other services mentioned in the title of this Act, but whose pay under existing law is an amount equivalent to that of a commissioned officer of one of the above grades, those receiving the pay of colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant, being classified as in the sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first periods, respectively.

Sec. 1, Pay Readjustment Act of June 16, 1942 (56 Stat. 359); sec. 1, act of

Dec. 2, 1942 (56 Stat. 1037); sec. 4, act of Sept. 7, 1944 (58 Stat. 730); 37 U.S. C. 101.

The amendment to subsection (4), supra, by section 4, act of September 7, 1944, supra, was made retroactive to June 1, 1942, by section 11 of the mentioned act.

1371c-2. Additional pay for sea duty or service outside continental limits of the United States; Regular Army, Reserve forces, National Guard.—The base pay of any enlisted man, warrant officer, or nurse (female) in the military or naval forces of the United States shall be increased by 20 per centum and the base pay of any commissioned officer of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act shall be increased by 10 per centum for any period of service while on sea duty as such duty may be defined by the head of the Department concerned, or duty in any place beyond the continental limits of the United States or in Alaska, which increases in pay shall be in addition to pay and allowances otherwise authorized: Provided, That the per centum increases herein authorized shall be included in computing increases in pay for aviation and submarine duty: Provided further, That this section shall be effective from December 7, 1941, and shall cease to be in effect twelve months after the termination of the present war is proclaimed by the President. Sec. 2, Pay Readjustment Act of June 16, 1942 (56 Stat. 360); 37 U. S. C. 102.

For additional pay for diving duty, see 1418, post.

1371c-3. Base and longevity pay; Reserve and National Guard officers in general.

(1) BASE AND LONGEVITY PAY AND SERVICE COUNTED FOR PAY PURPOSES When officers of the National Guard or of the Reserve forces of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, including Reserve officers, are authorized by law to receive Federal pay, those serving in grades corresponding to those of colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, first lieutenant, and second lieutenant of the Army shall receive the pay of the sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second, and first periods, respectively, unless entitled to the pay of a higher period under the provisions of section 14 of this Act. Such officers whenever entitled to Federal pay, except armory drill and administrative function pay, shall receive as longevity pay, in addition to base pay, an increase thereof at the per centum and time rates up to thirty years provided in section 1 of this Act. In computing the increase of pay for each period of three years' service, such officers shall be credited with full time for all periods during which they have held commissions as officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, or in the Organized Militia prior to July 1, 1916, or in the National Guard, National Guard of the United States, or in the Officers Reserve Corps, or in the Medical Reserve Corps, or in the Naval Militia, or in the National Naval Volunteers, or in the Naval Reserve force, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve force, Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, and the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, when confirmed in grade and qualified for all general service.

When officers of the National Guard or of the Reserve forces of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, including Reserve officers, are authorized by law to receive Federal pay, except armory drill and administrative function pay, they shall receive pay as provided in section 1 of this Act, and in computing their service for pay they shall be credited with full time for all periods during which they have held commissions as officers of any of the services mentioned in the title of this Act, or in the Organized Militia prior to July 1, 1916, or in the National Guard, or in the National Guard Reserve, or in the National Guard of the United States, or in the Officers

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