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46 U.S.C. § 51906 — Special certificates for civilian service to armed forces
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**(a) General Authority.—** The Maritime Administrator may issue a special certificate to an individual, or the personal representative of an individual, in recognition of service of that individual in the merchant marine of the United States, if the service has been determined to be active duty under section 401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–202; [38 U.S.C. 106](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section106&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
**(b) Relationship to Other Laws.—** Issuance of a certificate under subsection (a) does not entitle an individual to any rights, privileges, or benefits under a law of the United States.
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**(a) General Authority.—** The Maritime Administrator may issue a special certificate to an individual, or the personal representative of an individual, in recognition of service of that individual in the merchant marine of the United States, if the service has been determined to be active duty under section 401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–202; [38 U.S.C. 106](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section106&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
**(b) Relationship to Other Laws.—** Issuance of a certificate under subsection (a) does not entitle an individual to any rights, privileges, or benefits under a law of the United States.
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**(a)**
(1) Service as a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps for ninety days or more by any woman who before October 1, 1943, was honorably discharged for disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty which rendered her physically unfit to perform further service in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps or the Women’s Army Corps shall be considered active duty for the purposes of all laws administered by the Secretary.
(2) Any person entitled to compensation or pension by reason of this subsection and to employees’ compensation based upon the same service under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 must elect which benefit she will receive.
**(b)** Any person—
(1) who has applied for enlistment or enrollment in the active military, naval, air, or space service and has been provisionally accepted and directed or ordered to report to a place for final acceptance into such service; or
(2) who has been selected or drafted for service in the Armed Forces and has reported pursuant to the call of the person’s local draft board and before rejection; or
(3) who has been called into the Federal service as a member of the National Guard, but has not been enrolled for the Federal service; and
who has suffered an injury or contracted a disease in line of duty while en route to or from, or at, a place for final acceptance or entry upon active duty, will, for the purposes of chapters 11, 13, 19, 21, 31, and 39 of this title, and for purposes of determining service-connection of a disability under chapter 17 of this title, be considered to have been on active duty and to have incurred such disability in the active military, naval, air, or space service.
**(c)** For the purposes of this title, an individual discharged or released from a period of active duty shall be deemed
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 105
1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–576 substituted ‘‘report
to the Administrator’’ for ‘‘report to him’’.
1969—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–24 substituted ‘‘the age of
twenty-three years’’ for ‘‘the age of twenty-one years’’.
§ 105. Line of duty and misconduct
(a) An injury or disease incurred during active
military, naval, air, or space service will be
deemed to have been incurred in line of duty and
not the result of the veteran’s own misconduct
when the person on whose account benefits are
claimed was, at the time the injury was suffered
or disease contracted, in active military, naval,
air, or space service, whether on active duty or
on authorized leave, unless such injury or dis-
ease was a result of the person’s own willful mis-
conduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs. Venereal
disease shall not be presumed to be due to will-
ful misconduct if the person in service complies
with the regulations of the appropriate service
department requiring the person to report and
receive treatment for such disease.
(b) The requirement for line of duty will not
be met if it appears that at the time the injury
was suffered or disease contracted the person on
whose account benefits are claimed (1) was
avoiding duty by deserting the service or by ab-
senting himself or herself without leave materi-
ally interfering with the performance of mili-
tary duties; (2) was confined under sentence of
court-martial involving an unremitted dishonor-
able discharge; or (3) was confined under sen-
tence of a civil court for a felony (as determined
under the laws of the jurisdiction where the per-
son was convicted by such court).
(c) For the purposes of any provision relating
to the extension of a delimiting period under
any education-benef
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 51902
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
51901(a) ......
46 App.:2001.
Pub. L. 100–324, §§ 2, 3, 5(d),
May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 576,
577.
46 App.:2004(d).
51901(b) ......
46 App.:2002.
§ 51902. Gallant Ship Award
(a) AWARDS
TO VESSELS.—The Secretary of
Transportation may award a Gallant Ship
Award and a citation to a vessel (including a
foreign vessel) participating in outstanding or
gallant action in a marine disaster or other
emergency to save life or property at sea. The
Secretary may award a plaque to the vessel, and
a replica of the plaque may be preserved as a
permanent historical record.
(b) AWARDS
TO
CREWS.—The Secretary of
Transportation may award an appropriate cita-
tion ribbon bar to the master and each indi-
vidual serving, at the time of the action, on a
vessel issued an award under subsection (a).
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall consult with the Secretary of State
before awarding an award or citation to a for-
eign vessel or its crew under this section.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1584.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
51902 ..........
46 App.:2003.
Pub. L. 100–324, § 4, May 30,
1988, 102 Stat. 576.
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘a vessel (including a for-
eign vessel)’’ are substituted for ‘‘a United States ves-
sel or to a foreign-flag vessel’’ to eliminate unneces-
sary words.
§ 51903. Multiple awards
An individual may not be awarded more than
one of any type of decoration or medal under
this chapter. For each succeeding act or service
justifying the same decoration or medal, a suit-
able device may be awarded to be worn with
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