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Public Law 87–704

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of honorable service in lieu of certificates of disenrollment to certain persons who served as temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve during World War II.

Approved September 27, 1962

Statutory text

AN ACT

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue certificates of honorable service in lieu of certificates of disenrollment to certain persons who served as temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve during World War II.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That chapter 21 of of title 14, United States Code, be amended by inserting therein after section 762 the following new section:

“§ 763. Certificate of honorable service of temporary members

“In recognition of the service of temporary members of the Reserve during World War II, the Secretary may upon request issue an appropriate certificate of honorable service in lieu of a certificate of disenrollment issued to any person following disenrollment under honorable conditions from service as a temporary member during the period from December 7, 1941, to July 1, 1946, both dates inclusive. Issuance of a certificate of honorable service to any person under this section does not entitle him to any rights, privileges, or benefits under any law of the United States.”

(b)

The analysis of chapter 21 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting following

the following:

Approved September 27, 1962.

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