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PUBLIC LAW 773-SEPT. 3, 1954

[68 S T A T.

whose name is on a recommended list shall be treated as if she were in a grade above captain, length'o/sCTvice/ ^^^- ^^^^ (^) Eflfective two years after the effective date of this Act, each Reserve officer in an active status in the grade of major general, brigadier general, or colonel, who is not removed from an active status at an earlier date and whose name is not on a recommended list for promotion shall, upon his application, be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if qualified, or if he is not qualified or does not apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve, be discharged, thirty days after the date upon which he completes thirty-five, thirty, or thirty total years of service, respectively, or on the fifth anniversary of the date of his appointment in the grade in which serving, whichever is later. However, a Reserve officer in the grade of major general or brigadier general who would otherwise be removed from an active status under this subsection, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be retained in an active status but not later than the date upon which he becomes sixty-two years of age if in the grade of major general, or sixty years of age if in the grade of brigadier general. Not more than ten officers in each such grade may be retained under this subsection at any one time. (b) Each Reserve officer in an active status in the grade of first lieutenant, captain, major, and each lieutenant colonel whose name is not on a recommended list for promotion to the grade of colonel, and who is not removed from an active status at an earlier date shall, upon his application, be transferred to the Retired Reserve if qualified^ or, if he IS not qualified or does not apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve, be discharged, thirty days after the date upon which he completes twenty-eight total years of service. A Reserve officer in grade of lieutenant colonel whose name is on a recommended list for promotion to the grade of colonel may not be transferred to the Retired Reserve or discharged under this subsection. (c) Each Reserve officer whose name is on a recommended list for promotion to grade of major general, brigadier general, or colonel, shall, unless removed from an active status at an earlier date, upon his application, be transferred to the Retired Reserve if qualified, or if he is not qualified or does not apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve, shall be discharged, under the procedure prescribed in subsection (a) of this section. (d)(1) Each female Reserve officer who is in the grade of lieutenant colonel, who was appointed under section 310 of the Women's Armed ^62stau 374; 66 Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U.S.C. 627i), and who is not Stat. 506. removed from an active status at an earlier date shall, upon her application, be transferred to the Retired Reserve if qualified, or if she is not qualified or does not apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve, shall be discharged, thirty days after the date upon which she completes twenty-eight total years of service. However, such an officer may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be retained in an active status but not later than thirty days after the date upon which she completes thirty total years of service. (2) Each female Reserve officer who is in a grade below lieutenant colonel, who was appointed under section 310 of the Women's Armed' Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U.S.C. 627i), and who is not removed from an active status at an earlier date shall, upon her application, be transferred to the Retired Reserve if qualified, or if she is not qualified or does not apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve, shall be discharged, thirty days after the date upon which she completes twenty-five total years of service. However, such an officer in the grade of major whose name is on a recommended list for promotion may not be transferred to the Retired Reserve or discharged

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