An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize reduction in enlisted grade upon approval of certain court-martial sentences
PL 86-633 (H.R.12200), enacted 07/12/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-633-JULY 12, 1960 
[74 ST A T . 
70A Stat. 5 96. 
63 Stat. 826. 
69 Stat. 600. 
Effective date. 
of employment, or within a reasonable time thereafter if delayed re-
turn is due to factors beyond the employee's control, or within one year 
after his rejection or release from active duty for training or inactive 
duty training, whichever is earlier. If an employee covered by this 
paragraph is not qualified to perform the duties of his position by 
reason of disability sustained during active duty for training or in-
active duty training but is qualified to perform the duties of any other 
position in the employ of the employer or his successor in interest, he 
shall be restored by that employer or his successor in interest to such 
other position the duties of which he is qualified to perform as will 
provide him like seniority, status, and pay or the nearest approxima-
tion thereof consistent with the circumstances in his case. 
"(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4), full-time train-
ing or other full-time duty performed by a member of the National 
Guard under^ section 316, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32, United States 
Code, is considered active duty for training; and for the purpose of 
paragraph (4), inactive duty training performed by that member 
under section 502 of title 32, or section 301 of title 37, United States 
Code, is considered inactive duty training." 
SEC. 2. Section 262(f) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as 
amended (50 U.S.C. 1013(f)), is repealed. 
SEO. 3. This Act shall take effect upon the expiration of sixty days 
from the date of its enactment. 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
July 12, 1960 
[H. R. 12200] 
Public Law 86-633 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize reduction in enlisted grade 
upon approval of certain court-martial sentences. 
Armed Forces. 
70A Stat. 5 7. 
10 u s e 858. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subchapter 
V I I I of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) By adding the following new^ section at the end thereof: 
"§858a. Art. 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade upon 
approval 
"(a) Unless otherwise provided in regulations to be prescribed by 
the Secretary concerned, a court-martial sentence of an enlisted mem-
ber in a pay grade above E-1, as approved by the convening authority, 
that includes— 
" (1) a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge; 
"(2) confinement; or 
"(3) hard labor w^ithout confinement; 
reduces that member to pay grade E-1, effective on the date of that 
approval. 
"(b) If the sentence of a member who is reduced in pay grade under 
subsection (a) is set aside or disapproved, or, as finally approved, does 
not include any punishment named in subsection (a) ( l ) , ( 2 ) , o r ( 3 ) , 
the rights and privileges of which he was deprived because of that 
reduction shall be restored to him and he is entitled to the pay and 
allowances to which he w^ould have been entitled, for the period the 
reduction w^as in effect, had he not been so reduced." 
(2) By adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: 
"858a. .58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade upon approval." 
Approved July 12, 1960. 
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