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 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2965 SEC. 1632. APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY FOR RESERVE GRADES OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND COMMANDER. Section 593(a) is amended— 10 USC 593. (1) in the first sentence, by striking out "Reserves in commissioned grades below lieutenant colonel and commander" and inserting in lieu thereof "reserve officers in commissioned grades of lieutenant colonel and commander or below"; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking out "Reserves in commissioned grades above major and lieutenant commander" and inserting in lieu thereof "reserve officers in commissioned grades above lieutenant colonel and commander". SEC. 1633. APPOINTMENT OF FORMER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN RESERVE COMPONENTS. Chapter 34 is amended by inserting after section 596 the following new section: ''§596a. Commissioned officers: appointment of former commissioned of^cers "Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, Regulations, a person who is a former commissioned officer may, if otherwise qualified, be appointed as a reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. A person so appointed— "(1) may be placed on the reserve active-status list of that armed force in the grade equivalent to the permanent regular or reserve grade, and in the same competitive category, in which the person previously served satisfactorily on active duty or in an active status; and "(2) may be credited for the purpose of determining date of rank under section 741(d) of this title with service in grade equal to that held by that person when discharged or separated.". SEC. 1634. CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT FOR APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS IN RESERVE COMPONENTS WITH QUALIFYING EDU- CATION OR EXPERIENCE. Chapter 34 is further amended by inserting after section 596a (as added by section 1633) the following new section: "§596b. Commissioned officers: service credit upon original appointment "(a)(1) For the purpose of determining the grade and the rank within grade of a person receiving an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer (other than a commissioned warrant officer) in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the person shall be credited at the time of the appointment with any commissioned service (other than service as a commissioned warrant officer) performed before such appointment as a regular officer, or as a reserve officer in an active status, in any armed force, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the Public Health Service. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations, which Regulations, shall apply uniformly among the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned to limit the amount of prior commissioned service with which a person receiving an original appointment may be credited under paragraph (1), or to deny any such credit, in the case of

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