Section 3. Reorganization of the Bureau of Quarantine. —

The Secretary of Health and Public Welfare is hereby authorized, upon the recommendation of the Director of Quarantine, to reorganize the Bureau of Quarantine and to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of the said Bureau: Provided, however, That in the reorganization, all the officers and employees of the United States Public Health Service engaged in quarantine work in the Philippines, notwithstanding civil service eligibility, shall be automatically transferred since July fourth, nineteen hundred forty-six, and appointed to the positions authorized for them in the budget for the Bureau of Quarantine, and their services under the United States Public Health Service shall be considered as a continuation of service in the Bureau of Quarantine when determining the scope and extent of any privileges, benefits, emoluments, allowances, etc., granted or which may be granted by the Government, and for all purposes when the length of services becomes a base or factor for the maximum computation of a claim. They shall have the same rights and privileges allowed or which hereafter may be allowed to Civil Service employees, such as the right to Government insurance, pension, retirement, gratuity, bonus, allowances, etc., in the capacity of classified Civil Service officers and employees at the time of the enactment of the law or measure granting the benefit.