§ 49. — Defense employment; honorable discharge from land and naval forces as equivalent to birth certificate.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC49]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 49. Defense employment; honorable discharge from land and
naval forces as equivalent to birth certificate
No defense contractor shall deny employment, on account of failure
to produce a birth certificate, to any person who submits, in lieu of a
birth certificate, an honorable discharge certificate or certificate
issued in lieu thereof from the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or
Coast Guard of the United States, unless such honorable discharge
certificate shows on its face that such person may have been an alien at
the time of its issuance.
(June 22, 1942, ch. 432, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 375; July 26, 1947, ch. 343,
title II, Secs. 205(a), 207(a), (f), 61 Stat. 501-503.)
Change of Name
Air Force inserted in text under authority of section 207(a), (f) of
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 502, 503. Department of
War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War
changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of such act July 26,
1947. Sections 205(a) and 207(a), (f) of act July 26, 1947 were repealed
by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1
of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10, Armed Forces'', which in
sections 3010 to 3013 and 8010 to 8013 continued Departments of the Army
and Air Force under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army
and Secretary of the Air Force, respectively.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 50 of this title.
