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 PUBLIC LAW 94-361—JULY 14, 1976 SEC. 807. Section 2031(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1,200" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "1,600" and by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "except that more than one such unit may be established and maintained at any military institute.". SEC. 808. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Navy shall not take action with respect to closing, disestablishing, or terminating any Naval Keserve Training Center or Facility which was in active use on March 1, 1976, until legislation providing funds for the Selected Reserve of the Naval Reserve for fiscal year 1977 has been enacted into lawSEC. 809. The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine whether greater utilization of civilian faculty may be desirable at the service academies and intermediate and senior war colleges. Such study shall identify those subjects in the curriculums of such academies and colleges which are classified as being in the general academic area. The results of such study shall be submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives not later than February 28, 1977. SEC. 810. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to assign Rear Admiral J. Edward Snyder, Jr. (retired), to a command status as the Oceanographer of the Navy for a period not to exceed three years from the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 811. (a)(1) The Congress hereby finds and declares that— (A) the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology offers unique pathologic support to national and international medicine; (B) the Institute contains the Nation's most comprehensive collection of pathologic specimens for study and a staff of prestigious pathologists engaged in consultation, education, and research; (C) the activities of the Institute are of unique and vital importance in support of the health care of the Armed Forces of the United States; (D) the activities of the Institute are also of unique and vital importance in support of the civilian health care system of the United States; (E) the Institute provides an important focus for the exchange of information between civilian and military medicine, to the benefit of both; and (F) it is important to the health of the American people and of the members of the Armed Forces of the United States that the Institute continue its activities in serving both the military and civilian sectors in education, consultation, and research in the medical, dental, and veterinary sciences. (2) The Congress further finds and declares that beneficial cooperative efforts between private individuals, professional societies, and other entities on the one hand and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on the other can be carried out most effectively through the establishment of a private corporation. (b) Chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "§ 176. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology "(a)(1) There is in the Department of Defense an Institute to be known as the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (hereinafter in

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Naval Reserve Training Centers or Facilities.

Civilian faculty, utilization, study.

Submittal to congressional committees. Oceanographer of the Navy.

10 USC 176 note.

10 USC 176. Establishment.

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