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 PUBLIC LAW 84-JUNE 29, 1953

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50 USC 454(1).

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65 Stato 76. 50 USC app. 4 53.

Reservists. O r d e r to active duty.

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454(1).

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50 USC 961. Release of certain persons. 50 USC 454(1).

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September 9, 1950, shall upon his release from active duty or within six months after the date of enactment of this subsection, whichever is later, be discharged from such commission, provided he is not otherwise obligated to serve on active military training and service in the Armed Forces or in training in a reserve component by law or contract: Provided, That any person who is not required to register under the provisions of subsection 4(i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, for the sole reason that he was a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces and who is not or was not required to register under section 3 of the same Act, and who is called or ordered to active duty from a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States after September 9, 1950, and thereafter serves on active duty for a period of twelve months or more shall, upon his release from active duty or within six months after the date of enactment of this subsection, whichever is later, be afforded an opportunity to resign his commission from the reserve component of which he is a member provided he is not otherwise obliated to serve on active military training and service in the Armed 'orces or in training in a reserve component by law or contract: Provided further, That except in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress, any person who is discharged or who resigns his commission under the provisions of this subsection shall not thereafter be subject to induction under the provisions of subsection 4(i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended. This subsection shall be effective as of September 9, 1950. "(c) Until July 1, 1955, the President is authorized to order to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, with or without their consent, those members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States who are registered under section 4(i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, and those persons who would be, but for such membership, liable for registration under the provisions of said subsection. Such persons shall so far as practicable be ordered to active duty under this subsection in accordance with the priorities established under subsection 4(i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended. The period of active duty that any such person may be required to perform shall not exceed (A) twenty-four months if he has had less than nine months of active service, as defined in paragraphs 4 (i)(4) and (5) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended; (B) twenty-one months if he has had at least nine but less than twelve months of such service; (C) eighteen months if he has had at least twelve but less than fifteen months of such service; (D) fifteen months if he has had at least fifteen or more months of such service; since September 16, 1940, but prior to the date of his order to active duty under this subsection. " (d) Nothing in subsection (c) of this section shall be construed to affect or limit the authority to order members of the reserve components to active duty contained in section 233 of the Armed Forces Keserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481)." SEC. 4. Any person now serving on active duty who was required to register under the provisions of subsection 4(i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, or who, but for membership in a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, would have been required to register under said subsection, and, who, on the basis of active service, as defined in section 4(i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, rendered prior to the date of his latest entry on active duty, would not, on July 1, 1953, be subject to induction or order to active duty as a member of a

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