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(c) The analysis of chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking out the following items: "435. Temporary appointments in time of war or national emergency. "436. Temporary promotions in time of war or national emergency. "437. OflScers having less than 20 years of service; discharge during war or emergency for unsatisfactory performance of duty, "439. Oath of office. "440. Temporary promotions of warrant officers." SAVING CLAUSES

SEC. 5. (a) Officers in each grade who have been recommended as qualified for temporary promotion under laws and regulations in effect the day before the effective date of this Act but not promoted to the grade for which they were recommended shall be placed on a list of selectees in order of their precedence, and they shall be promoted as if they had been selected for promotion in the approved report of a selection board convened under this Act. (b) Officers who have been recommended for promotion to the grade of rear admiral under laws and regulations in effect the day before the effective date of this Act but have not been promoted to that grade shall be promoted as if they had been so recommended in the approved report of a selection board convened under this Act. (c) The enactment of this Act does not terminate the appointment of any officer. (d) An officer of the Regular Coast Guard who on the day before the effective date of this Act had been promoted to and was serving on active duty in a temporary grade higher than his permanent grade shall be considered to have been promoted to that grade under section 271 of title 14, United States Code. (e) A n officer of the Regular Coast Guard who was appointed as a temporary commissioned officer under any provision of law in effect prior to the effective date of this Act and who is serving on active duty shall be considered to have been appointed under section 214 of title 14, United States Code, and subject to the provisions thereof. (f) Each officer who would have been required to retire on June 30, 1962, under the provisions of section 288 of title 14, United States Code, had that section been in effect on that date, shall be retired on the last day of the sixth month following the month in which this Act becomes effective. If, under section 288 of title 14, United States Code, the retirement of any other officer would be required after June 30, 1962, but less than six months following the effective date of this Act, his retirement shall be deferred until the last day of the twelfth month following the month in which this Act becomes effective, or June 30, 1964, whichever is earlier. (g) The enactment of this Act does not increase or decrease the retired pay of any person retired on or prior to the effective date of this Act. (h) Notwithstanding section 1431 of title 10, United States Code, an original election, change, or revocation of an election, made under that section by an officer who is retired under the provisions of section 282, 283, 284, 285, or 288 of title 14, United States Code, is effective if made prior to the first day of the third month following the month in which this Act is enacted. EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 6. Section 289 of title 14, United States Code, as enacted by section 1(10)(C) of this Act, becomes effective three years after the effective date of this Act, or on July 1, 1966, whichever is later. Approved September 24, 1963. 93-025,0-64-15

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