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O f SEC. 230. (a) When an enlisted member of a reserve component is datefs. i c e r candidesignated as an officer candidate for temporary service in such category, his enlistment or period of service therein is extended by such period as he may remain in such officer candidate status beyond the normal expiration date thereof. (b) No person while designated an officer candidate pursuant to this Act shall participate in any Reserve Officer Training Corps program of the Armed Forces of the United States. SEC. 231. Any Reserve officer whose age exceeds the maximum age Age limitations. prescribed for his grade and classification may be separated, or retained in or transferred to an active, inactive, or, upon his application, a retired status, as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe: Provided, That no officer of the National Guard of the United States or A i r National Guard of the United States shall be so retained or transferred without the consent of the governor or other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia concerned. Limited SEC. 232. Persons who are otherwise qualified but who have physical personnel. service defects, \yhich as determined by the appropriate Secretary will not interfere with the performance of general or special duties to which they may be assigned, may be appointed or enlisted as Reserves in any of the Armed Forces of the United States. CHAPTER 3 — D U T Y AND RELEASE FROM D U T Y

SEC. 233. (a) I n time of \yar or national emergency hereafter Active duty. declared by the Congress, or when otherwise authorized by law, any unit and the members thereof, or any member not assigned to a unit organized for the purpose of serving as such, of any reserve component may, by competent authority, be ordered to active duty for the duration of the war or national emergency and for six months thereafter, but members on an inactive status list or in a retired status shall not be ordered to active duty without their consent unless the appropriate Secretary (with the approval of the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Secretary of a Military Department) determines that adequate numbers of qualified members of the reserve components in an active status or in the inactive National Guard in the required category are not readily available. Involuntary a c(b)(1) I n time of national emergency hereafter proclaimed by the tive duty. President or when otherwise authorized by law, any unit and the members thereof, or any member not assigned to a unit organized for the purpose of serving as such, in the Ready Reserve of any reserve component may, by competent authority, be ordered to and required to perform active duty involuntarily for a period not to exceed twentyfour consecutive months: Provided, That Congress shall determine the number of members of the reserve components necessary for the national security to be ordered to active duty, pursuant to this subsection prior to the exercise of the authority contained in this subsection. (2) I t is the policy of the Congress in tiew of hardship situations developed by the Korean hostilities that in the interest of fair treatment as between members in the Ready Reserve involuntarily recalled for duty, attention shall be given to the duration and nature of previous service, with the objective of assuring such sharing of hazardous exposure as the national security and the military requirement will reasonably permit, to family responsibilities, and to employment found to oe necessary to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest. The Secretary of Defense shall promulgate such policies Report. and establish such procedures as may be required in his opinion to

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