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PUBLIC LAW 90-130-NOV. 8, 1967

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"§8915. Twenty-eight years: deferred retirement of nurses and medical specialists in regular grade of major "The Secretary of the Air Force may defer the retirement of any Air Force nurse or medical specialist in the regular grade of major until the thirtieth day after the officer completes twenty-eight years of service computed under section 8927(a) of this title."'; (B) amending section 8916(b) to read as follows: " (b) The Secretary of the Aii' Force may defer the retirement under this section of any promotion list officer in the regular grade of lieutenant colonel who is a medical, dental, veterinary, or medical service officer, a medical specialist, or a chaplain, but not later than the date on which he becomes sixty years of age."; and (C) amending the item in the analysis relating to section 8915 to read as follows: '•K!)l.">. Twenty-eight years: deferred retirement of nurses and medical specialists in regiliar grade of major." SEC. 2. Title 82, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 305 is amended by— ^ _ (A) striking out "Except as provided in subsection (b), only male persons selected from the" and inserting in place thereof "The" in subsection (a); (B) striking out the first sentence of subsection (b); and (C) striking out "However, to " and "woman" in the second sentence of subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof "To" and "person", respectively. (2) Section 313(b) is amended by inserting "and" after the semicolon in clause (^1), striking out "; and" at the end of clause (2') and inserting a period in place thereof, and striking out clause (3). SEC. 3. Title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 202 is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (k) While serving under an appointment under section 5767(c) of title 10, a woman officer of the Navy is entitled to the pay of a rear admiral of the lower half." (2) Section 904 is amended— (A) by striking out "5774" in subsections (a), (b), and (d) and inserting "5773" in place thereof; (B) by amending clauses (5) and (10) of subsection (a) to read as follows: " (5) women line officers of the Navy; UH:

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the Secretary or the Arary may suspend the operation of any provision visions. of law pertaining to the mandatory retirement, discharge, separation, or transfer from an active status of an officer of the Army Nurse Corps, Army Medical Specialist Corps, or Women's Army Corps. (b) The amendments made by this Act to section 6396 of title 10, United States Code, do not become effective with respect to officers of ^"^^' ^' ^^°' the Regular Navy in the Nurse Corps serving in the grade of lieutenant commander until June 30 of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in wdiich this Act is approved. (c) Notwithstanding section 6396 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this Act, an officer of the Regular Navy in the Nurse 85-622 0-68—27

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