Public Law 83–593

That section 2 of the Act of December 3, 1942 (56 Stat. 1038; 33 U. S. C. 855a), is amended to read as follows:

“Commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who, in time of war or national emergency declared by the President, are assigned to duty on projects for the military departments in areas determined by the Secretary of Defense to be of immediate military hazard, shall, while on such duty, be entitled to the rights and benefits provided by law for officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who are actually transferred to the service of the military departments: Provided, That the benefits of this section shall be applicable also to commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey serving in the Philippine Islands on December 7, 1941.”