Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 3.djvu/308

 94 STAT. 2952

10 USC 2112 et lOTiSC 2120 seq.

PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980

(1) had been credited with years of service upon an original appointment as an officer or after such an appointment; or (2) was participating in a program leading to an appointment as an officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps and the crediting of years of service. G))(l) Any officer who on the effective date of this Act is an officer of the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps of his armed force, an officer of the Air Force designated as a medical or dental officer, or an officer of the Public Health Service commissioned as a medical or dental officer is entitled to include in the years of service creditable to him for the computation of basic pay and retired pay the years of service creditable to him for such purposes under clauses (7) and (8) of section 205(a) of title 37, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act. (2) Any person who on the day before the effective date of this Act was enrolled in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences under chapter 104 of this title or the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program under chapter 105 of this title and who on or after the effective date of this Act graduates from such University or completes such program, as the case may be, and is appointed in one of the categories specified in paragraph (1) is entitled to include in the years of service creditable to him for the computation of basic pay and retired pay the years of service that would have been credited to him under clauses (7) and (8) of section 205(a) of title 37, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act, had such clauses not been repealed by this Act. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO YEARS OF SERVICE

10 USC 611 note.

Ante, p. 2850.

SEC. 626. (a) For the purpose of computing the years of service for pay and allowances of an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, including retired pay, severance pay, readjustment pay, separation pay, and basic pay, the total years of service of such officer shall be computed by adding to that service so creditable on the day before the effective date of this Act all subsequent service as computed under title 10, United States Code, as amended by this Act. (b) An officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who was on active duty on the effective date of this Act and who is retired under any provision of chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act, shall be entitled to retired pay in an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of the basic pay upon which his retired pay is based. (c) The service that an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps has in a particular grade is the sum of— (A) the years, months, and days of service in that grade accrued under the laws in effect before the effective date of this Act; and (B) the years, months, and days of service in that grade accrued under the laws in effect on and after the effective date of this Act. TRANSITION TO OFFICER GRADE-STRENGTH TABLES DURING FISCAL YEAR 1981

10 USC 611 note.

SEC. 627. For the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1981, the maximum number of officers authorized to be serving on active duty as of the end of such fiscal year in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel for the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and in each of the grades of lieutenant commander.

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