Pub. L. 82-476, pt. IV, sec. 414

Sec. 414. Except as otherwise specifically provided, all laws now or hereafter applicable to male officers and former officers of the Naval Reserve. Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve; to enlisted men and former enlisted men of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve; and to their dependents and beneficiaries shall in like cases be applicable respectively to female Reserve officers and female former Reserve officers of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve, as appropriate, to Reserve enlisted women and former Reserve enlisted women of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve, as appropriate, and to their dependents and beneficiaries except as may be necessary to adapt said provisions to the female persons. The husbands of women members of the Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve shall not be considered dependents unless they are in fact dependent on their wives for over half of their support, and the children of such members shall not be considered dependents unless they are in fact dependent on their mother for over half of their support.