Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/155

 PUBLIC LAW 97-22—JULY 10, 1981

95 STAT. 129

(C) by striking out "appointment as a commissioned officer" in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "such assignment"; (D) by striking out the second sentence in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Except as provided in clause (E), in determining the number of years of constructive service to be credited under this clause to officers in any professional field, the Secretary concerned shall credit an officer with, but with not more than, the number of years of postsecondary education in excess of four that are required by a majority of institutions that award degrees in that professional field for completion of the advanced education or award of the advanced degree.". (E) by striking out "appointment as an officer," in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof "assignment as an officer in such health profession,"; (F) by striking out "appointed" in the second sentence of subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof "assigned to such health profession"; and (G) by striking out "appointed in" in subparagraph (F) and inserting in lieu thereof "assigned to". (3) Subsection (b)(3) of such section is amended by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof "or his assignment to an officer category in which advanced education or training or special experience is required or will be directly used.". (4) Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (A) by inserting "as a commissioned officer (other than a warrant officer) on active duty or" after "while serving"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "However, in the case of an officer who completes advanced education or receives an advanced degree while in an active status and in less than the number of years normally required to complete such advanced education or receive such advanced degree, constructive service may, subject to regulations prescribed under subsection (a)(2), be credited to the officer under subsection (b)(1)(A) to the extent that the number of years, normally required to complete such advanced education or\ receive such advanced degree exceeds the actual number of years 1 in which such advanced education or degree is obtained by the officer.". (5) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking out "in the Judge Advocate General's Corps with a view to an immediate call to active duty'' and inserting in lieu thereof "with a view to assignment in the Judge Advocate General's Corps". SEC. 6. (a) Subsection (c) of section 5155 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 351 of the Act (94 Stat. 2902)), is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral. An officer promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical^ Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the ^ pleasure of the Secretary. For the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section

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