Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/151

 PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2523

(1) by striking out "subsection (b)" in subsection (a) and inserting "subsections (b) and (c)"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a person who is originally appointed as a reserve officer of the Air Force and who is a former commissioned officer may be appointed in the reserve grade equivalent to the grade held by that person when discharged or separated and may be credited with time in that grade for promotion purposes equal to the time in grade held by that person when discharged or separated.". (c)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the mili- lo use 3559 tary department concerned, a reserve officer of the Army or Air note. Force originally appointed after September 14, 1981, who at the time of that appointment was a former commissioned officer and who was appointed in a reserve grade lower than the grade held by that person when discharged may be appointed in the reserve grade equivalent to the officer's former grade. (2) An original reserve appointment in the Army or the Air Force of a person who (at the time of the appointment) was a former commissioned officer which (A) was made during the period beginning on September 15, 1981, and ending on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and (B) was made in a grade formerly held by that person shall be considered to have been a valid appointment at the time made, and any officer who received such an appointment is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and benefits of the grade to which appointed as of the original date of that appointment. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF REGULAR OFFICERS IN THE NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS

SEC. 522. Section 522 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "48,000", "69,425", and "13,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "55,000", "80,000", and "17,000", respectively. CLARIFICATION OF SENIOR GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS CONTINUATION IN GRADE DURING A CHANGE IN STATUS

SEC. 523. Section 601(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(b) An officer who is appointed to the grade of general, admiral, lieutenant general, or vice admiral for service in a position of importance and responsibility designated to carry that grade shall continue to hold that grade— "(1) while serving in that position of importance and responsibility; "(2) while under orders transferring him to another position designating to carry one of those grades, beginning on the day his assignment to the first position is terminated and ending on the day before the day on which he assumes the second position; "(3) while hospitalized, beginning on the day of the hospitalization and ending on the day he is discharged from the hospital, but not for more than 180 days; and "(4) while awaiting retirement, beginning on the day he is relieved from the position designated to carry one of those grades and ending on the day before his retirement, but not for more than 90 days.".

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