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 380 70 Stat. 9 3 3. 70A Stat. 224.

PUBLIC LAW 85-155-AUG. 21, 1957

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by section 47a of title 5, on the thirtieth day after she completes that service." (20) The analysis of chapter 367 is amended by striking out the following item: "3915. Twenty-five years: regular majors; Women's Army Corps."

and inserting the following item in place thereof: "3915. Twenty-five years: regular majors; Women's Army Corps, Army Nurse Corps and Army Medical Specialist Corps." 70A Stat. 226.

70A Stat. 228.

Retirement. Years of service.

70A Stat. 232.

Promotion position.

Restriction.

Savings c l a u s e s.

61 Stat. 43.

(21) Section 3916(b)(2) is amended by inserting the words "Army Nurse Corps, or Army Medical Specialist Corps," after the words "Women's Army Corps,". (22) Section 3927 is amended— (A) by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause (6) in subsection (a): "(6) For a commissioned officer appointed in the Army Nurse Corps or the Army Medical Specialist Corps, the sum of— " (A) her years of active commissioned service in the Regular Army after that appointment; and " (B) the service credited under sections 101 or 105 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 41), as amended, or the service credited under section 3291(c) of this title, as the case may be."; (B) by striking out the word "or" in subsection (b)(2); and (C) by inserting the words ", or (6) " after the number " (5) " in subsection (b)(2). (23) Section 3991 is amended: (A) by striking out formula " A " of the table therein; and (B) by redesignating formulas " B ", "C", " D ", and " E " as formulas "A", " B ", " C " and "D", respectively. SEC. 102. Where two or more officers of the Army Nurse Corps or the Army Medical Specialist Corps have the same regular grade and the same date of rank, their relative position on the applicable promotion list shall be determined as prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. SEC. 103. An officer of the Army Nurse Corps or Army Medical Specialist Corps who is promoted to a higher regular grade before the date which is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, may not be retired under title 10, United States Code, sections 3915(b), 3916, 3919 or 3921 (a), before the date which is two years after the date she is promoted. SEC. 104. (a) This Act does not affect the appointment of an officer of the Army Nurse Corps, Regular Army, or the Army Medical Specialist Corps, Regular Army, on the active list on the effective date of this Act. (b) This Act does not affect the retired status or retired pay of a person retired under section 108, Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947, as amended, or any other law. (c) An officer of the Army Nurse Corps, Regular Army, or the Army Medical Specialist Corps, Regular Army, on the active list on the effective date of this Act does not lose any years of service creditable to her on that date for promotion, computation of basic pay, or other purposes, by the enactment of this Act. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer of the Army Nurse Corps, Regular Army, or the Army Medical Specialist Corps, Regular Army, who is on a recommended list for promotion to a higher regular grade on the effective date of this Act may, if nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, be promoted to that grade.

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