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PUBLIC LAW 90-130-NOV. 8, 1967

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"(c) Whenever the Secretary determines that there is a position of sufficient importance and responsibility to require an incumbent in the grade of rear admiral or brigadier general, and that there is a woman officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps who is best qualified to perform the duties of the position, he may designate that woman officer to hold that position. A woman officer so designated may be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to the grade of rear admiral or brigadier general. Such an appointment is effective on the date the officer reports for the designated duty and terminates on the date she is detached."; (O) striking out "Regular"' in the catchline of section 5771 and "^^^ ^*^*- ^^^• in the corresponding item of the analysis; (P) amending section 5771 by striking out "on the active list" wherever those words appear in subsections (a) and (c) and amending subsection (b) to read as follows: "(b) Women officers in the line of the Xavy and women officers of the Marine Corps who are on a promotion list for any grade above lieutenant (junior grade) in the XaA'y or first lieutenant in the Marine Corps are, in the order in which their names appear, eligible for promotion to the grade concerned as vacancies occur in that grade."'; (Q) striking out ", other than women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title,"" in section 5773(a); ''^^ ^*^*- ^^^• (R) striking out "Except as provided in subsection (c), each"' in section 5773(b) and inserting in place thereof "Each"'; (S) striking out subsection (c) in section 5773; (T) repealing section 5774 and striking out the corresponding Repeal. item in the analysis; (LT) striking out "a male'' wherever those words appear in section 5776(a) and inserting in place thereof "an"; "^^^ ^'^'- ^^^• (V) striking out "subject to subsections (d) and (e), an" in section 5776(c) and inserting in place thereof " A n "; (W) striking out subsections (d) and (e) in section 5776; (X) striking out "appointed under section 5590" in section 5778 and inserting in place thereof "selected by boards convened under section 5704"; (Y) striking out subsection (d) in section 5782; and ^^ Stat. 383, (Z) striking out clause (1) in section 5786(a). 7OA Stat. 366. (20) Chapter 549 is amended by— (A) adding the following new subsection in section 5891: ^^ ^*^'' ^'*^^" " (g) For the purpose of this section, a woman officer who is eligible for consideration for promotion by a selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title shall be considered to be on ^^i^o^ use 5701a lineal list."; (B) striking out "commander or lieutenant commander" and "lieutenant colonel or major" in section 5896(a)(7) and inserting ^^ Stat. 1501. in place thereof "captain, commander, or lieutenant commander" "colonel, lieutenant colonel, or major", respectively; (C) amending subsection (c) and (d) of section 5899 to read as follows: "(c) A woman officer of the Naval Reserve, other than an officer in the Nurse Corps or an officer appointed under section 5581 of this title, is in the promotion zone and is eligible for consideration for ^°^ ^'^'- ^'^^• promotion to the next higher grade by a selection board convened under this chapter when any woman officer of the Naval Reserve who is junior to her is in or above the promotion zone established for her grade under section 5764 of this title or when her running mate is in ^"'^' P- ^^^• or above that zone. " (d) A woman officer of the Marine Corps Reserve is in the promotion zone and is eligible for consideration for promotion to the next

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