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PUBLIC LAW 90-130-NOV. 8, 1967

[81 STAT.

higher grade by a selection board coiueiied under this chapter when any woman officer of the Marine Corps Reserve who is junior to her is in or above the promotion zone establislied for lier grade under Ante, p. 378. section 5765 of this title or when her running mate is in or above that zone.'*; and ^ Failure of seiec _ ^ ^ amending the text of section 5903 to read as follows: 72 Stat. 1505. " (a) Au officer of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve is considered as having failed of selection for promotion if— " (1) he is in a promotion zone established under this chapter; "(2) his name is furnished to the appropriate selection board; and "(3) he is not selected for promotion. "(b) An officer of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve whose name is withheld by the Secretary of the Navy, under section 72 Stat. 1504. 5899 (g) of this title, from consideration by two selection boards for promotion to the same higher grade is considered as having twice failed of selection for promotion to that grade." 70A Stat. 371. ^£1) Section 5945 is amended by striking out the second sentence. ^^P^^^* (22) Chapter 555 is amended by repealing section 6030 and striking out the corresponding item in the analysis. (23) Chapter 571 is amended by— 70A Stat. 394. (^^) amending section 6324 to read as follows: "§ 6324. Officers: creditable service "For the purpose of this chapter, service as a nurse in the armed forces before April 16, 1947, is considered as commissioned service."; and (B) amending the item in the analysis relating to section 6324 to read as follows: "6324. Officers: creditable service."

70A Stat. 402.

71 Stat. 384.

70A Stat. 403.

70A Stat. 409. 71 Stat. 384. ^mTzks!^'

70A Stat. 361.

(24) (chapter 573 is amended by— ^/^^ amending section 6376 by inserting " (a) " at the beginning and adding the following new subsection: "(b) This section does not apply to women officers appointed under section 5590 of this title."; ^ j ^ ^ amending the catchline of section 6377 and the corresponding item in the analysis by striking out in each case "or for age"; (C) amending section 6377 by striking out "except the Nurse Corps" in subsection (b), striking out subsection (c), and amending subsection (d) to read as follows: " (d) If not on a promotion list and if not continued on the active jjg^ under section 6378 of this title, each officer serving in the grade of commander on the active list of the Navy in the Nurse Corps shall be retired on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the officer is considered as having twice failed of selection for promotion to the grade of captain and has completed at least twenty-six years of active commissioned servicc as computed under section 6388 of this title."; (D) inserting "women officers appointed under section 5590 of ^j^-g ^^-^j^ ^j.„ -^^ gg^tion 6379(b) after "apply to"; (E) amending section 6396 to read as follows: "§6396. Regular Navy; officers in Nurse Corps in grades below commander: retirement or discharge " (a) An officer on the active list of the Navy serving in the grade of lieutenant commander in the Nurse Corps shall, subject to the provisions of section 5777 of this title, be retired on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the officer " (1) is not on a promotion list; " (2) is considered as having twice failed of selection for promotion to the grade of commander; and

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