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PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

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(B) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: "3314. Commissioned ofBcers: promotion not to be delayed by another appointment."

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(80) Chapter 337 is amended— (A) by amending the last sentence of section 3352(a) to read as follows: •'Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or section 593 of this title, an oliicer who is transferred under this section shall be advanced to the highest regular or reserve grade ever held by him in the Army, unless the Secretary determines that it is not in the best interests of the service."; (B) by inserting the following new section after section 3352: '*§3353. Commissioned officers: appointment; service credit " (a) For the purposes of chapters 337 and 363 of this title, a person who is appointed as a reserve commissioned oliicer of the xVrmy and is not already a commissioned officer of an armed force may be credited, upon his appointment, with service in an active status that reflects his combined years of experience and education and such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army may by regulation prescribe. "(b) A person covered by subsection (a) who is appointed with a view to assignment or designation in one of the following categories shall be credited, upon his appointment, and for the purposes of subsection (a), with at least the following service in an active status: "(1) Medical Corps—four years. "(2) Dental Corps—three years. "(3) Veterinary Corps—three years. "(4) Judge Advocate General's Corps—three years. "(5) Chaplains—three years. "(c) A person covered by subsection (a) who is appointed with a view to assignment as a medical service officer, and who holds a degree of doctor of philosophy, or a comparable degree, in a science that the Secretary determines is allied to medicine may be credited upon his appointment, and for the purposes of subsection (a), with at least three years of service in an active status."; (C) by amending section 3354— (i) by amending the catchline to read as follows: "§3354. Commissioned officers: appointment of warrant officers and enlisted members of Army National Guard of United States; status"; (ii) by inserting the designation " (a) " before the word "Notwithstanding" at the beginning thereof; and (iii) by inserting the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(b) A member of the Army National Guard of the United States who is appointed in a commissioned grade under this section is not in an active status as a commissioned officer unless he is on active duty as a commissioned officer."; (D) by amending section 3357— (i) by amending the catchline to read as follows: "§3357. Commissioned officers; Army Reserve: for service in Army Nurse Corps or Army Medical Specialist Corps"; and (ii) by striking out the words "a woman".

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