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PUBLIC LAW 86-197-AUG. 25, 1969

Public Law 86-197 AN ACT To authorize the crediting of certain service for purjwse of retired pay for nonregular service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 1332(a)(1) is amended— (a) by inserting the following new clause after clau^'e (C): " (D) the National Guard after June 14, 1933, if his service therein was continuous from the date of his enlistment in the National Guard, or his Federal recognition as an officer therein, to the date of his enlistment or appointment, as the case may be, in the National Guard of the United States, the Army National Guard of the United States, or the Air National Guard of the United States;"; (b) by redesignating clauses (D), (E), and (F) as clauses " (E) ", " (F) ", and " (G) ", respectively; and (c) by striking out the word "and" at the end of clauses (E) and (F) and adding the following new clauses: " (H) the Army Nurse Corps, the Navy Nurse Corps, the Nurse Corps Reserve of the Army, or the Nurse Corps Reserve of the Navy, as it existed at any time after February 2, 1901; " (I) the Army under an appointment under the Act of December 22, 1942 (ch. 805,56 Stat. 1072); and " (J) an active full-time status, except as a student or apprentice, with the Medical Department of the Army as a civilian employee— "(i) in the dietetic or physical therapy categories, if the service was performed alter April 6, 1917, and before April 1, 1943; or " (ii) in the occupational therapy category, if the service was performed before appointment in the Army Nurse Corps or the Women's Medical Specialist Corps and before January 1, 1949, or before appointment in the Air Force before January 1, 1949, with a view to designation as an Air Force nurse or medical specialist; and". (2) Section 1332(a) is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: "For the purpose of clauses (A), (B), and (C), service in the National Guard shall be treated as if it were service in a reserve component, if the person concerned was later appointed in the National Guard of the United States, the Army National Guard of the United States, the Air National Guard of the United States, or as a Reserve of the Army or the Air Force, and served continuously in the National Guard from the date of his Federal recognition to the date of that appointment." (3) Section 1332(b) is amended by striking out clause (6) and inserting the following clauses in place thereof: "(6) Service as an inactive Reserve nurse of the Army Nurse Corps established by the Act of February 2, 1901 (ch. 192, 31 Stat. 753), as amended, and service before July 1, 1938, as an inactive Reserve nurse of the Navy Nurse Corps established by the Act of May 13, 1908 (ch. 166, 35 Stat. 146). "(7) Service in any status other than that as commissioned officer, warrant officer, nurse, flight officer, appointed aviation cadet, or enlisted member, and that described in clauses (I) and (J) of subsection (a)(1).".

August 25, 1959 [H. R. 3;165]

Armed Forces. Retired pay. 70A Stat. 102. C o mputation of aervice.

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