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639 639 S U S P E N S I O N OF CERTAIN S E C T I O N S O F TITLE 10 A N D AMENDMENTS TO OFFICE R P E R S O N N E L ACT O F 1947 SEC. 48. (a) Except as they may apply to women officers of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps appointed under section 5590 of title 10, United States Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, the following sections of title 10 cease to operate whenever the number of male officers serving on active duty in the grade of ensign or above in the line of the Navy does not exceed the number of male officers holding permanent appointments in the grade of ensign or above on the active list in the line of the Regular Navy: Sections 5505, 5508, 5596, 5651-5663, 5701-5703, 5705-5711, 5751, 5753-5759, 5761, 5762, 5764-5770,5785,5786,5791,6371-6384,6386,6407. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a), the following officers may not be considered officers serving on active duty: (1) Retired officers. (2) Officers of the Naval Rejsrve assigned to active duty for training. (3) Officers of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or drilling the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve. (4) Officers of the Naval Reserve ordered to temporary active duty for the purpose of prosecuting special work. (c) Title IV of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 869), as amended, is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "SEC. 437. (a) Except when suspended under section 426(c), this Act is operative only when the number of male officers serving on active duty in the grade of ensign or above in the line of the Navy does not exceed the number of male officers holding permanent appointments in the grade of ensign or above on the active list in the line of the Regular Navy. " (b) For the purposes of subsection (a), the following officers may not be considered officei 3 serving on active duty: " (1) Retired officers. "(2) Officers of the Naval Reserve assigned to active duty for training. "(3) Officers of the Naval Reserve ordered to active duty in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or drilling the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve. "(4) Officers of the Naval Reserve ordered to temporary active duty for the purpose of prosecuting special work. " (c) This Act does not apply to women officers appointed in the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps under section 5590 of title ID, United States Code."

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