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P U B L I C LAW 7 7 S - S E P T. 3, 1954

Public Law 773

1147 CHAPTER

1257

-^^ ACT

September 3, 1954

To provide for the promotion, precedence, constructive credit, distribution, retention, and elimination of officers of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, and for other purposes.

[H. R. 6573]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

of the

SHORT TITLE

That this Act may be cited as the "Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954". TITLE I — T A B L E OF C O N T E N T S AND DEFINITIONS SEC. 101. This Act is divided into titles and sections according to the following table of contents: T A B L E O F CONTENTS '

TITLE I — T A B L E OF CONTENTS AND DEFINITIONS

Sec 101. Table of contents. Sec. 102. Definitions. TITLE II — THE RESERVE COMPONENTS GENERALLY

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

201. 202. 203. 204. 205.

Sec. 206. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212.

Constructive credit upon initial appointment. Eligibility for promotion. Boards. Retention of officers with obligated periods of service. Retention of officers with more than eighteen year s of satisfactory Federal service. Advancement in g r a d e upon retirement or transfer to the Retired Reserve. , Grade upon entry upon active duty. R e t u r n to an active s t a t u s. Suspension of provisions. Sea or foreign service. S Grades of Reserve officers. Retention of officers assigned to the Selective Service System. TITLE III — THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE A R M Y SUBTITLE A—GENERAL

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307.

Applicability. Definitions. Promotion procedures generally. Maximum grades for female officers. Constructive credit—Appointments. Minimum service in grade. Authorized numbers and distribution in grade. SUBTITLE B—NONUNIT OFFICERS

Sec. 308. Promotion to first lieutenant. Sec. 309. G r a d e s t r u c t u r e vacancies—Promotion to captain, major, and lieutena n t colonel. Sec. 310. Mandatory consideration—Maximum service in grade—Promotion to captain, major, and lieutenant colonel. Sec. 311. Second consideration. See. 312. G r a d e s t r u c t u r e vacancy—Promotion to colonel and female field grades. Sec. 313. G r a d e s t r u c t u r e vacancy—Promotion to brigadier general and major general. Sec. 314. Method of selection and order of promotion. Sec. 315. Total years of service required for first nonunit promotion.

Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954.

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