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P U B L I C LAW 3 7 9 - M A Y 29, 1954

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service as the Secretary shall prescribe, but not less than the active service performed as a permanent warrant officer after September 30, 1949, in the pay ^rade correspondinor to the permanent warrant officer grade in which distributed or redistributed, including active service jn any higher pay grade as a warrant officer or in any permanent or temporary commissioned officer grade while his status as a permanent warrant officer entitled him to the pay grade corresponding to such permanent warrant officer grade. APPOINTMENTS

SEC. 5, (a) Appointments to any permanent warrant officer grade in the regular service accomplished by a commission shall be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Other appointments to warrant officer grades shall be made by the Secretary. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, warrant officers appointed in the regular service under this section shall be credited with such service for promotion purposes as the Secretary may prescribe, but not more than the period of active service actually performed in the grade, or the pay grade corresponding to the grade, in which appointed or in a higher warrant officer or commissioned grade or pay grade, while holding a temporary or permanent appointment or commission. AUTHORITY FOR THE TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENTS

SEC. 6. The Secretary may, in his discretion, terminate the appointment of a permanent warrant officer in the regular service at any time within three years after the date of acceptance of his initial appointment as a permanent warrant officer of the regular service. A warrant officer whose appointment is terminated under this section shall not be entitled to severance pay, but, upon his application he may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be enlisted in such grade as the Secretary may direct but not lower than the grade held immediately prior to appointment as warrant officer. PROMOTION OF WARRANT OFFICERS

SEC. 7. The promotion of permanent warrant officers of the regular service to a higher permanent warrant officer grade shall be governed by this Act and such regulations concerning physical, moral, and professional qualifications as the Secretary may prescribe. The physical standards for promotion shall be the same as those which may be prescribed for retention on active duty. The permanent promotion of warrant officers other than permanent warrant officers of the regular service and all temporary promotions to warrant officer grades shall be governed by such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. SELECTION BOARDS

SEC. 8. (a) Whenever the Secretary determines that the needs of the service require, but not less than once annually, he shall appoint one or more boards of not less than five regular officers of the service concerned for the selection of permanent warrant officers of the regular service for promotion. No officer shall be eligible for membership on these selection boards if he has a permanent grade below that of lieutenant colonel or commander. When the second of two consecutive selection boards is to consider any of the warrant officers who were considered by the first board, no officer who served on the first board shall be eligible for membership on the second board.

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