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PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

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in the armed forces, nor is he entitled to pay, allowances, subsistence, transportation, or medical care or treatment, from funds of the United States. "(e) A person may not become a member of a defense force established under subsection (c) if he is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces." (3) Chapter 1 is amended by adding the following new section 32 USC 101-110. at the end thereof: "§ 111. Suspension of certain provisions of this title "In time of war, or of emergency declared by Congress, the President may suspend the operation of any provision of sections 307(e), 309, 310i and 323 (d) and (e) of this title with respect to the Army ^^32 JJS^C307.309. National Guard or the Air National Guard." (4) The analysis of chapter 1 is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof: "111. Suspension of certain provisions of this title."

(5) Section 306 is amended as follows: (A) By striking out the word "Only" at the beginning and inserting the following in place thereof: " (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), only male". (B) By adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (b) Women are eligible for Federal recognition as commissioned officers of the National Guard, with a view to serving as nurses or medical specialists. However, to be eligible for Federal recognition under this section with a view to serving as a nurse, a woman must be a graduate of a hospital or university training school and a registered nurse." (6) Section 307 is amended— (A) by striking out the words "subsection (d) ", in subsection (a)(3), and inserting the words "subsections (d) and (e) of this section and sections 8365 and 8366 of title 10" in place thereof; and (B) by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: "(e) Subject to subsection (a)(1) and (2), Federal recognition shall be extended to each officer of the Air Force Reserve who is appointed in a commissioned grade in the Air National Guard to fill a vacancy, if on the date on which he is appointed his reserve grade is the same as the grade in which he is appointed or his name is on a recommended list for promotion to that reserve grade. "(f) Federal recognition extended under suosection (d) or (e) is effective from the date of appointment in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be." (7) Chapter 3 is amended by inserting the following sections after section 308: "§309. Federal recognition of officers: Army National Guard; officers promoted to fill vacancies "Each officer of the Army National Guard who is promoted to fill a vacancy in a federally recognized unit thereof, and who is eligible for promotion under section 3363(b) of title 10, shall be examined for Federal recognition in the grade to which he is promoted. However, a second lieutenant or first lieutenant of the Army National Guard who has served creditabl;)^ for at least one year in a position prescribed to be filled by a captain, and who has not previously been federally recognized under this section, may be examined for Federal recognition in the next higher grade without regard to section 3363 (b) of title 10.

32 USC 305.

32 USC 307.

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