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PUBLIC LAW 86-559-JUNE 30, 1960

(47) Section 6391(a) is amended by inserting the words "or on the inactive status list" after the words "active status". (48) Section 8212 is amended— (A) by striking out the figures "8375, 8376," and inserting the words "8370 (a) or (c), 8372(b) (exceptfor the grade of colonel), 8374 (except for the grade of colonel), 8375, 8376 (except for general officer g r a d e s), ' in place thereof; (B) by inserting the words "to the extent necessary to allow the appointment of reserve officers, in grades not above lieutenant colonel, to fill prescribed mobilization or active duty requirements" before the period at the end of the first sentence; and (C) by inserting the words "or not to fill one of those requirements" after the word "sections" in the last sentence. The amendments made by this clause are effective only until July 1, 1964. (49) Section 8353 is amended— (A) by striking out the words "and is not already a commissioned officer of an armed force" in subsection (a); and (B) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (d) The Secretary shall report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives by March 1 of each year on the number, categories, and grades of the reserve officers (other than medical or dental officers) originally appointed in the reserve grade of captain or above during the preceding calendar year." (50) Section 8361 is amended— (A) by inserting the word "reserve" before the word "grade" wherever it occurs in subsection (a); and (B) by adding the following new sentence at the end of the subsection (e): "Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, such a reserve commissioned officer may not be considered for promotion until at least one year after the date on which he is returned to an active status." (51) Section 8362(e) is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a board that is to recommend officers for promotion whom it considers to be the best qualified may recommend only those officers whom it also considers to be fully qualified." (52) Section 8363 is amended— (A) by striking out the figure "8372" in subsection (c) and inserting the figures "8366, 8372, or 8373" in place thereof; (B) by striking out the words "8379, or 8380 of this title or subsection (f) " in subsection (e) and inserting the words "or 8379 of this title or subsection (f) or (g) " in place thereof; and (C) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (g) The promotion of a reserve commissioned officer who is under investigation or against whom proceedings of a court-martial or a board of officers are pending may be delayed until the investigation or proceedings are completed. However, a promotion may not be deayed under this subsection for more than one year after the date he is selected for promotion unless the Secretary of the Air Force determines that a further delay is necessary in the public interest." (53) Section 8366 is amended— (A) by amending subsection (e)(2) to read as follows: "(2) all service before June 15, 1933, as a commissioned officer in the federally recognized National Guard or in a federally recognized commissioned status in the National Guard, and in the National Guard after June 14, 1933, if his service therein was

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