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

under this clause but shall be transferred to the Retired Reserve or discharged under the procedure prescribed in clause (1) of this subsection. SEC. 525. (a) Whenever the Secretary considers that there is an excessive number of Reserve officers in an active status, in any grade, who have at least thirty total years of service or at least twenty years of satisfactory Federal service under title III of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948, as amended, he may convene a board which shall consider all Reserve officers of that grade in an active status who have that service. The Secretary shall direct the board to select and recommend by name a specified number of such officers for removal from an active status. (b) The Secretary may, in the case of an officer recommended for removal from an active status under subsection (a) of this section— (1) transfer the officer to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified and applies for transfer; (2) transfer the officer to the inactive status list, if qualified; or (3) discharge the officer. SEC. 526. Within thirty days after a Reserve officer who is federally recognized in the Air National Guard of a State or Territory or the District of Columbia solely by reason of his appointment as adjutant general or assistant adjutant general, ceases to occupy that position— (1) his Federal recognition shall be terminated; and (2) he shall— (A) be transferred in grade to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified and applies therefor; (B) be discharged, and if qualified and he applies, appointed a Reserve officer in the grade held by him as a Reserve officer in the Air Force immediately before his appointment as adjutant general or assistant adjutant general, and be credited with the amount of promotion service in the grade in which appointed equal to the amount of promotion service with which he has been credited in that grade and in any higher grade; or (C) be discharged, if not transferred under clause (2) (A) of this section, or appointed tinder clause (2)(B) of this subsection.

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Adjutants g e n e r a l or assistant adjutants general, E 1 i m i n ation or transfer.

TITLE VI — THE COAST G U A R D R E S E R V E SEC. 601. As used in this title— (a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the respective department in which the Coast Guard is operating. (b) "Reserve" means the Coast Guard Reserve. (c) "Reserve officer" means an officer in the Coast Guard Reserve except those officers specifically excluded by subsection 602(b) of this title. SEC. 602. (a) This title is applicable only to the Coast Guard Reserve. (b) This Act is not applicable to those officers of the Reserve whose names appear in the Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets of the United States Coast Guard. Such officers shall be considered for promotion under the regulations governing promotion of officers of the Regular Coast Guard as though such officers were officers of the Regular Coast Guard. (c) This title shall apply equally to women members of the Reserve except where the context indicates otherwise.

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