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61 Stat. 890. 10 USC 506c.

Rate of special pay. 63 Stat. 809.

37 USC 372. Effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 498-APR. 30, 1956

Senate committee counsel.

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Dental Corps", and deleting in those sentences the words "if of other than the Medical Corps, and in the preceding calendar year if of the Medical Corps,". (2) By striking out the following words in the second sentence of section 506(c): "each person appointed and commissioned an officer of the Medical Corps of the Regular Army shall, at time of appointment, be credited with an amount of service equal to four years; each person appointed and commissioned an officer of the Dental Corps,". (3) By striking out in section 506(e) the words "the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, and". SEC. 5. (a) Section 203(b) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 234 (b)), is further amended by striking out the words "$100 per month for each month of active service:" and inserting a dash and the following in lieu thereof: "(1) $100 per month for each month of active service for those medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have not completed two years of active service in a category covered by that subsection; "(2) $100 per month for each month of active service for those veterinary officers covered by subsection (c); "(3) $150 per month for each month of active service for those medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have completed at least two years of active service in a category covered by subsection (a); "(4) $200 per month for each month of active service for those medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have completed at least six years of active service in a category covered by subsection (a); and "(5) $250 per month for each month of active service for those medical and dental officers covered by subsection (a) who have completed at least ten years of active service in a category covered by subsection (a):" (b) Section 203(b) of such Act is further amended by striking out the following words in the third proviso: "of $100 per month as is". SEC. 6. Any person who, on the day before the effective date of this Act, has not completed eighteen years of service creditable in the computation of active duty pay in the uniformed service of which he is a member and who, as a result of the enactment of this Act, is upon the effective date of this Act credited with more than seventeen years of such service shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be allowed twelve months from the effective date of this Act within which to make the election provided for in section 3(a) of the Uniformed Services Contingency Option Act of 1953 (67 Stat. 502). SEC. 7. This Act shall become effective the first day of the month following the date of enactment. Approved April 30, 1956. Public Law 498

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JOINT RESOLUTION To suspend the application of certain laws of the United States with respect to counsel employed by the special committee of the Senate established by Senate Resolution 210, Eighty-fourth Congress.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That service or employment of the person first duly appointed as counsel for the special

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