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Remployment r i g h t s and benefits.

62 Stat. 614. 50 U S C a p p. 459.

58 Stat. 387. 5 USC 851 note. Release from active duty.

Annual total.

Enlistments.

PUBLIC LAW 305-AUG. 9, 1955

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Reserve while performing such active duty for training, including regulations concerning the dispensing of alcoholic beverages on training establishments, in conformity with the laws of the several States. "(f) Any person who completes satisfactorily the period of active duty for training required of him by clause (1) of subsection (c) of this section during any enlistment pursuant to this section shall be entitled, upon application for reemployment within sixty days after (A) his release from such required period of active duty for training after satisfactory completion thereof, or (B) his discharge from hospitalization incident to such duty continuing after such release for a period of not more than six months, to all reemployment rights and benefits provided by section 9 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act for individuals inducted under the provisions of such Act, except that (1) any person so restored to a position in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be discharged from such position without cause within six months after such restoration, and (2) no reemployment rights granted by this subsection shall entitle any person to retention, preference, or displacement rights over a veteran with a superior claim under the Veterans Preference Act of 1944, as amended. "SEC. 263. (a) Until July 1, 1957, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force with the approval of the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) may provide by regulations, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable, for the release from active duty in the Armed Forces prior to serving the periods for which inducted or enlisted, but in no case before serving a minimum of twelve months, of individuals who were on active duty in the Armed Forces on the date of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 and who volunteer for transfer to units of the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve. Each such individual shall be required to participate in the Ready Reserve under the provisions of section 208(f) of this Act for a period which, when added to the period of his active duty, totals four years. The total number of individuals released from active duty under this subsection shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand annually. " (b) Until July 1, 1957, the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) may accept enlistments in units of the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve for a period of one year from individuals released from active duty after the date of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955. Persons so enlisting shall be required during such enlistments to participate in the Ready Reserve under the provisions of section 208(f) of this Act." UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT AMENDMENTS

Eight-year obligation. 50 USC app. 454.

SEC. 3. (a) Section 4(d)(3) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Each person who, subsequent to the date of enactment of this paragraph and on or before the date of enactment of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, is inducted, enlisted, or appointed, under any provision of law, in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components thereof, or in the National Security Training Corps prior to attaining the twenty-sixth anniversary of his birth, shall be required to serve on active training and service in the Armed Forces or in training in the National Security

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