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 94 STAT. 1132

PUBLIC LAW 96-343—SEPT. 8, 1980

"8962. Higher grade for service in special positions.". Appointment to retired grade. 10 USC 3962 note. Applicability.

(c)(1) The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint any commissioned officer of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who retired after December 31, 1967, to the retired grade in which such officer could have been retired had such officer retired on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The retired pay of any retired officer who is appointed to a higher retired grade under paragraph (1) shall be recalculated as if such officer had retired in the grade to which appointed, but any increase in such retired pay by virtue of such appointment or this subsection shall be effective only with respect to periods beginning on or after the date on which such appointment is made. Approved September 8, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-440 (Comm. on Armed Services) and No. 96-1233 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 96-424 (Comm. on Armed Services). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 125 (1979): Sept. 24, 25, considered and passed House. Vol. 126 (1980): Feb 1, 4, considered and passed Senate, amended. June 17, House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments. Aug. 20, Senate agreed to conference report. Aug. 26, House agreed to conference report. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: Vol. 16, No. 37 (1980): Sept. 8, Presidential statement.

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