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10 USC 594, 943a,971b, 1001et aeq.

10 USC 594, 943a, 971b, 1001e< seg., 1036 et aeq.

PUBLIC LAW 7 7 3 - S E P T. 3, 1954

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status under section 326 may in the discretion of the Secretary be retained on active duty but not beyond the sixtieth anniversary of his birth and shall not be removed from an active status so long as he remains on active duty. (c) A Reserve officer serving on active duty on the effective date of this Act who on the date he otherwise would be removed from an active status under section 325 has completed at least eighteen but less than twenty years of active Federal service under title II, Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1084) may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be retained on active duty until he completes twenty years of active Federal service provided he will then be entitled for the benefits under that title and will not earlier attain age sixty. H e shall not be removed from an active status so long as he remains on active duty. (d) A Reserve officer serving on active duty on the effective date of this Act who on the date he otherwise would be removed from an active status under section 326— (1) does not qualify for the benefits under title II, Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1084), (2) but could become entitled on or before attaining age sixty for the benefits under title II or title III of that Act, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be retained on active duty until he becomes entitled to receive the benefits under title II or under title III of that Act, whichever occurs earlier. H e shall not be removed from an active status so long as he remains on active duty. SUBTITLE Gr—^MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ASSIMILATION OF CORRESPONDING REGULATIONS

50 USC 936.

SEC. 340. Actions taken, selection boards convened, and promotions effected under appropriate Army Regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection 216(a). Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 486), shall be considered as actions taken, selection boards convened, and promotions effected under the comparable provisions of this title.

TITLE IV—THE NAVAL RESERVE AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE SEC. 401. (a) This title is applicable only to the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve, (b) When used in this title— (1) "Corresponding Regular component" means the Regular component of the Navy with respect to officers of the Naval Reserve, or the Regular component of the Marine Corps with respect to officers of the Marine Corps Reserve. (2) "Secretary" means Secretary of the Navy. Authorized numSEC. 402. (a) The authorized number of officers in the Naval Reserve ber of officers. in an active status shall be one hundred and fifty thousand and the authorized number of officers in an active status in the Marine Corps Reserve shall be twenty-nine thousand five hundred. The actual number of Reserve officers in an active status at any time shall not exceed these authorized numbers unless the Secretary shall determine that a greater number is necessary for planned mobilization requirements, or unless such excess shall result directly from the operation of mandatory provisions of this or other laws. (b) The authorized number of officers of the line of the Naval Reserve in active status in each of the grades below the grade of rear

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