An Act to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, with respect to reserve commissioned officers of the Armed Forces
PL 86-559 (H.R.8186), enacted 06/30/1960

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Public Law 86-559 
June 30, 1960 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 8186] 
rp^ amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, with respect to reserve commis-
sioned officers of the Armed Forces. 
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
RTs^er^°e"ff i- United States of America in Congress assembled^ That title 10, United 
cers. 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
72 Stat. 1437. 
,^^ Section 123 (a) is amended to read as follows: 
" (a) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress, 
the President may suspend the operation of any provision of the fol-
lowing sections of this title with respect to any armed force: 281, 
592, 1002, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1374, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220, 3352(a) (last 
sentence), 3353, 3354, 3359, 3360, 3362, 3363, 3364, 3365, 3366, 3367, 
3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3375, 3378, 3380, 3382, 3383, 3384, 3385, 3386, 
3388, 3389, 3390,3391,3392, 3393, 3494, 3571, 3819, 3820(c), 3843, 3844, 
3845, 3846, 3847, 3848, 3850, 3851, 3852, 3853, 3854, 3855, 5414, 5457, 
5458, 5506, 5600, 5665 5867, 5891, 5892, 5893, 5894, 5895, 5896, 5897, 
5898, 5899, 5900, 5901, 5902, 5903, 5904, 5905, 5906, 5907, 5908, 5909, 
5910, 5911, 6389, 6391, 6397, 6403, 6410, 8217, 8218, 8219, 8353, 8354,' 
8358, 8359, 8360, 8361, 8362, 8363, 8365, 8366, 8367, 8368, 8370, 8371, 
8372, 8373, 8374, 8375, 8376, 8377, 8378, 8379, 8380, 8381, 8392, 8393, 
8494, 8571, 8819, 8843, 8844, 8845, 8846, 8847, 8848, 8850, 8851, 8852, 
8853, and 8855." 
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A Stat. 10. 
(2) Chapter 11 is amended— 
(A) by adding the following new sentences at the end of sec-
Ready Reserve. 
tion 269(d) \ "Howevcr, a menmer of the Ketired Reserve who is 
entitled to retired pay may not be placed in the Ready Reserve 
unless the Secretary concerned makes a special finding that the 
member's services in the Ready Reserve are indispensable. The 
Secretary concerned may not delegate his authority under the 
preceding sentence:" 
(B) by amending section 274 to read as follows: 
"§ 274. Retired Reserve 
"The Retired Reserve consists of Reserves— 
"(1) who are or have been retired under section 3911, 6323, 
63 Stat. 514. 
or 8911 of this title or under section 232 of title 14; or 
"(2) who— 
"(A) have been transferred to it upon their request; 
"(B) retain their status as Reserves; and 
"(C) are otherwise qualified."; 
(C) by adding the following new section after section 280: 
"§281. Adjutants general and assistant adjutants general: reference to other 
officers of National Guard 
"In any case in which, under the laws of a State or Territory, Puerto 
Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia, an officer of the 
National Guard of that jurisdiction, other than the adjutant general 
or an assistant adjutant general, normally performs the duties of that 
office, the reference in section 1002(c), 3218, 3364, 3370(d), 3392, 3845, 
3851, 3852, 8218, 8844, 8845, 8851, or 8852 of this title to the adjutant 
general or the assistant adjutant general shall be applied to that officer 
instead of to the adjutant general or assistant adjutant general."; and 
(D) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis: 
"281. Adjutants general and assistant adjutants general: reference to other 
officers of National Guard." 
70A Stat. 79. 
(3) Chapter 51 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the figures "3849," and "8849," in section 
1006(e); 
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(B) by amending section 1007 to read as follows: 
"§1007. Commissioned oflScers: retention in active status while assigned to 
Selective Service System or serving as United States property and 
fiscal officers 
"Notwithstanding chapters 337, 363, 573, 837, and 863 of this 
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title, a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned war-
rant officer, who is assigned to the Selective Service System or who 
is a property and fiscal officer appointed, designated, or detailed 
under section 708- of title 32, may be retained in an active status in 
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that assignment or position until he becomes 60 years of age."; and 
(C) by striking out the following item from the analysis: 
"1007. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to 
Selective Service System." 
and inserting the following new item in place thereof: 
"1007. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selec-
tive Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal 
officers." 
(4) Section 1374(a) is amended by striking out the words "is 
found to be incapacitated for service because of a physical disability 
and is transferred to the Retired Reserve", and inserting the fol-
lowing in place thereof: "is transferred to the Retired Reserve, except 
under section 1002 of this title, because of physical disability or as 
a result of completing the number of years of service or reaching 
the age at which his retirement, transfer to the Retired Reserve, or 
discharge is required by law,". 
(5) Section 1402(a) is amended by adding the following new 
sentence at the end thereof: 
"However, a reserve officer who is or has been retired under section 
3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title or under section 232 of title 14, may not 
have his retired pay recomputed under this subsection on the basis of 
any period of active duty that was of less than six consecutive months' 
duration or on the basis of any active duty for training." 
(6) Section 3212 is amended— 
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(A) by inserting the words "3383 (except for the grade of 
colonel),^' after the figure "3366,"; 
(B) by inserting uie words "to the extent necessary to allow 
the appointment of reserve officers, in grades not above lieutenant 
colonel, to fill prescribed mobilization or active duty require-
ments" before the period at the end of the first sentence; and 
(C) by inserting the words "or not to fill one of those require-
ments" after the word "sections" in the second sentence. 
The amendments made by this clause are effective only until July 1, 
1964. 
(7) The last sentence of section 3352(a) is amended by striking 
out the word "regular" and inserting the words "temporary, regular," 
in place thereof. 
(8) Section 3353 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the words "and is not already a com-
missioned officer of an armed force" in subsection (a); and 
(B) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) The Secretary shall report to the Committees on Armed Serv- gr?sT.°*^ *° ^°"^ 
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives by March 1 of each 
year on the number, categories, and grades of the reserve officers 
(other than in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps) originally ap-
pointed in the reserve grade of captain or above during the preceding 
calendar year." 
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(9) Section 3360(c) (1) (B) is amended to read as follows: 
"(B) his years of service before June 15, 1933, as a commis-
sioned officer in the federally recognized National Guard or in 
a federally recognized commissioned status in the National Guard, 
and in the National Guard after June 14, 1933, if his service 
therein was continuous from the date of his Federal recognition 
as an officer therein to the date of his appointment in the National 
Guard of the United States, and". 
(10) Section 3362(e) is amended by adding the following new sen-
tence at the end thereof: "Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a board that is to recommend officers for promotion whom it con-
siders to be the best qualified may recommend only those officers whom 
it also considers to be fully qualified." 
(11) Section 3363(f) is amended by striking out the words "who is 
not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, and" in the last 
sentence thereof. 
(12) Section 3364 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§3364. Commissioned officers: selection for promotion; order of promotion; 
zone of consideration list; declination of promotion"; and 
(B) by adding the following new subsections at the end 
thereof: 
"(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a reserve 
commissioned officer who has been in an inactive status may not be 
considered for promotion until at least one year after the date on 
which he is returned to an active status. 
"(f) An officer of an Army Reserve unit organized to serve as a 
unit may decline a promotion under section 3366 or 3367 of this title 
if the Secretary of the Army, or an officer designated by him, approves 
that action as being in the best interests of the Army. 
"(g) An officer of the Army National Guard of the United States 
may decline a promotion under section 3366 or 3367 of this title if the 
governor or other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, Puerto 
Rico, the Canal Zone, or the commanding general of the District of 
Columbia National Guard, whichever is concerned, approves that 
action. 
"(h) If an officer declines a promotion under subsection (f) or 
(g), his name shall be retained on the appropriate promotion list for 
a period of not more than three years from the date he was selected 
for promotion to the grade concerned unless— 
"(1) in the case of an officer of the Army Reserve, he is ap-
pointed to the grade for which he was selected or his name is 
removed from that list under another provision of law; and 
"(2) in the case of an officer of the Army National Guard of 
the United States, he is appointed to the next higher grade to fill 
a vacancy in the Army National Guard and is federally recog-
nized in that grade or his name is removed from the promotion 
list under another provision of law. 
The Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, extend the period 
for which a declination is in effect in the case of any officer of the 
Army National Guard who is an officer of an Alaska Scout Battalion 
or of a unit engaged in air defense activities on a tactical site that is 
mider the control of the Army or the Air Force. 
" (i) At the end of the period during which his name is carried on the 
appropriate promotion list under subsection (h), or at any earlier 
time if he requests the promotion, an officer of the Army Reserve whose 
name is retained on the promotion list under that subsection shall 
be promoted to the grade concerned and shall be transferred from his 
unit unless, upon his promotion, he fills a vacancy in that unit. 
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"(j) At the end of the period during which his name is carried on 
the appropriate promotion list under subsection (h), or at any earlier 
time if he requests the promotion, an officer of the Army National 
Guard of the United States whose name is retained on the promotion 
list under that subsection shall, effective as of the last day of the 
period his name is so retained, or as of the date of his request, as 
the case may be, have his Federal recognition terminated, be trans-
ferred to the Army Reserve, and be promoted to the grade concerned. 
However, an officer may not be transferred and promoted under this 
subsection before the expiration of that period unless the governor or 
other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, Puerto Rico, the 
Canal Zone, or the commanding general of the District of Columbia 
National Guard, whichever is concerned, approves that action." 
(13) Section 3366 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§3366. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains, and 
majors; mandatory consideration"; 
(B) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
"(a) Without regard to vacancies, each officer of the Army Reserve 
in the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major, who is in an 
active status, who is not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, 
and who, while holding that grade, has not been considered by a 
selection board under this section or section 3367 of this title, and each 
reserve officer in such a grade who is on active duty (other than for 
training), and who has not been so considered, shall be considered 
for promotion to the next higher reserve grade far enough in advance 
of the date on which he will complete the service prescribed in columns 
2 and 3 of the following table that, if recommended, he may be 
promoted effective on the date on which he will complete that service: 
"Column 1 
Current reserve grade 
First lieutenant 
Captain 
Major 
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Column 2 
Years of 
service com-
puted imder 
sec. 3360(b) 
of this title 
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7 
7 
Column 3 
Years of 
service com-
puted under 
sec. 3360(c) 
of this title 
6 
12 
17"; 
(C) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection 
(a): 
"(b) Without regard to vacancies, each officer of an Army Reserve 
unit organized to serve as a unit, and each officer of the Army Na-
tional Guard of the United States, who holds the reserve grade of first 
lieutenant, captain, or major and who has not been considered by a 
selection board under this section or section 3367 of this title, for 
promotion to the next higher reserve grade, shall be so considered far 
enough in advance of the date upon which he will complete the serv-
ice prescribed in columns 2 and 3 of the table in subsection (a) that, 
if recommended, he may be promoted effective on the date on which 
he will complete that service."; 
(D) by redesignating present subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), 
(f), and (g) as "(c)", "(d)", "(e)", "(f)", "(g)", and "(h)", 
respectively; 
(E) by amending subsection (c), as redesignated, to read as 
follows: 
"(c) An officer recommended for promotion under this section may 
be promoted to fill a vacancy within the distribution of officers not 
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assigned to units at any time. If not sooner promoted, he shall be 
promoted, effective as of the date on which he completes the service 
prescribed in columns 2 and 3 of the table in subsection (a), without 
regard to vacancies. 
Each officer of the Army National Guard of the 
United States who is recommended by a selection board for promo-
tion under this section, and who, before the date on which he would 
be promoted under this section, is appointed to the next higher grade 
to fill a vacancy in the Army National Guard and is federally recog-
nized in that grade, shall be promoted to that reserve grade effective 
as of the date on which he is so recognized. If he is not so appointed 
to the next higher grade in the Arrm^ National Guard and federally 
recognized in that grade, he shall, effective as of the date of his pro-
motion under this section, have his Federal recognition terminated 
and be transferred to the Army Reserve. 
Each officer of an Army 
Reserve unit organized to serve as a unit who is promoted under this 
section shall, effective as of the date of that promotion, be transferred 
from his unit unless, upon his promotion, he fills a vacancy in that 
unit."; 
(F) by amending the last sentence of subsection (e), as re-
designated, to read as follows: "If the method prescribed in clause 
(2) is used in considering officers for promotion to the grade of 
captain, major, or lieutenant colonel, the number recommended by 
the selection board must be at least 80 percent of those listed for 
consideration for the first time."; and 
(G) by amending subsection (g), as redesignated, to read as 
follows: 
"(g) This section does not apply to the promotion to a grade above 
major of reserve officers of the Army Nurse Corps, Army Medical 
Specialist Corps, or the Women's Army Corps." 
(14) Section 3367 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§3367. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains, and 
majors to fill vacancies"; 
(B) by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: 
"(a) Whenever the Secretary of the Army determines that, within 
the distribution of officers not assigned to units, there are existing or 
anticipated vacancies in the reserve ^rade of captain, major, or lieu-
tenant colonel, he may convene a selection board to consider and recom-
mend, for promotion to those grades, officers of the Army Reserve 
who are in an active status and who are not assigned to units organized 
to serve as units, reserve officers who are on active duty (other than for 
training), officers of any Army Reserve unit organized to serve as a 
unit, and officers of the Army National Guard of the United States. 
The Secretary shall prescribe for each zone of consideration list estab-
lished under section 3364 of this title the minimum service, computed 
under section 3360(b) of this title, that an officer of the appropriate 
branch must have to be placed on that list. 
He shall require that 
each officer who has the prescribed service completed under that sec-
tion, who is in an active status, and who is not assigned to a unit 
organized to serve as a unit, be placed on that list. Officers of any 
Army Reserve unit organized to serve as a unit, and officers of the 
Army National Guard of the United States, who have the prescribed 
service computed under that section, shall also be placed on that list. 
The Secretary shall prescribe the number to be recommended for 
promotion from each list. 
"(b) Subject to section 3380 of this title, an officer recommended 
for promotion under this section may be promoted whenever there is 
a vacancy, but it is not mandatory that the authorized number be 
maintained in any grade. 
Each officer of the Army National Guard 
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of the United States who is recommended by a selection board for pro-
motion under this section and who, before the date on which he would 
be promoted under this section, is appointed in the next higher grade 
to fill a vacancy in the Army National Guard and is federally recog-
nized in that grade shall be promoted to that reserve grade effective 
as of the date on which he is so recognized. 
If he is not so appointed 
in the next higher grade in the Army National Guard and federally 
recognized in that grade, he shall, effective as of the date of the pro-
motion under this section, have his Federal recognition terminated and 
be transferred to the Army Keserve. Each officer of an Army Keserve 
unit organized to serve as a unit who is promoted under this section 
shall, effective as of the date of that promotion, be transferred from his 
unit unless, upon his promotion, he fills a vacancy in that unit."; 
(C) by amending the last sentence of subsection (c) to read as 
follows: "If the method prescribed in clause (2) is used, the num-
ber recommended by the selection board must be at least 80 percent 
of the officers listed for consideration for the first time."; and 
(D) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 
"(d) This section does not apply to the promotion to a grade above 
major of reserve officers of the Army Nurse Corps, Army Medical Spe-
cialist Corps, or the Women's Army Corps." 
(15) Section 3370 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§3370, Commissioned oflBcers: promotion to field grade in certain cases"; 
(B) by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows: 
"(a) Whenever the Secretary of the Army determines that, within 
the distribution of officers not assigned to units, there are existing or 
anticipated vacancies in the reserve grade of— 
"(1) lieutenant colonel in the Army Nurse Corps, Army Medi-
cal Specialist Corps, or the Women's Army Corps; 
" (2) colonel in any other branch; or 
"(3) colonel in the Army Nurse Corps or Army Medical Spe-
cialist Corps; 
he may convene a selection board to consider and recommend, to fill 
those vacancies, reserve officers who are in an active status and who 
are not assigned to units organized to serve as units, subject to section 
3390 of this title, reserve officers who are on active duty (other than 
for training), officers of any unit of the Army Reserve organized to 
serve as a unit, and officers of the Army National Guard of the 
United States. 
"(b) The Secretary shall prescribe for each zone of consideration 
list established under section 3364 of this title the amount of service 
computed under section 3360(b) of this title that an officer of the 
branch concerned must have to be placed on it for consideration under 
this section. 
So far as practicable, the amount of service prescribed 
shall correspond to that which an officer of the Regular Army in 
the same branch must have for consideration for promotion to the 
same ^rade. 
The Secretary shall require that each officer who is in 
an active status, who is not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a 
unit, and who has the prescribed service computed under that section, 
be placed on that list. 
Officers of any unit of the Army Reserve 
organized to serve as a unit, and any officer of the Army National 
Guard of the United States, who have the prescribed service com-
puted under that section, shall also be placed on that list. 
He shall 
prescribe the number to be recommended for promotion from each 
list."; and 
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(C) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 
"(d) Subject to section 3380 of this title, an officer recommended 
for promotion under this section may be promoted whenever there is a 
vacancy, but it is not mandatory that the authorized number be 
maintained in any grade. Each officer of the Army National Guard 
of the United States who is recommended for promotion under this 
section and who, before the date on which he would be promoted under 
this section, is appointed in the next higher grade to fill a vacancy in 
the Army National Guard and is federally recognized in that grade 
shall be promoted to that reserve grade effective as of the date on 
which he is so recognized. 
If he is not so appointed in the next higher 
grade in the Army National Guard and federally recognized in that 
grade, he shall, effective as of the date of the promotion under this sec-
tion, have his Federal recognition terminated and be transferred to 
the Army Reserve. An officer of the Army National Guard of the 
United States may decline a promotion under this section if the gov-
ernor or other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, Puerto 
Rico, the Canal Zone, or the commanding general of the District of 
Columbia National Guard, whichever is concerned, approves that 
action. 
If an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States 
so declines a promotion, his name shall be removed from the recom-
mended list. 
Each officer of an Army Reserve unit organized to serve 
as a unit who is promoted under this section shall, effective as of the 
date of that promotion, be transferred from his unit unless upon his 
promotion he fills a vacancy in that unit. 
An officer of a unit of the 
Army Reserve organized to serve as a unit may decline a promotion 
under this section if the Secretary of the Army, or an officer designated 
by him, approves that action as being in the best interest of the Army. 
If an officer of a unit of the Army Reserve so declines a promotion, his 
name shall be removed from the recommended list." 
(16) Section 3383 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the words "sections 3217 and 3219" in 
subsection (a) and inserting the words "section 3220" in place 
thereof; 
(B) by inserting the following new sentence after the first 
sentence of subsection (b) : "Whenever the Secretary determines 
that a vacancy in a reserve grade below colonel is one that may be 
filled by an officer of the Women's Army Corps, officers of that 
branch are eligible for consideration even though the vacancy is 
not allocated to that branch."; and 
(C) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(e) After July 1, 1964, no promotion may be made under this 
section, if that promotion would result in an excess over any grade 
strength authorized by section 3219 of this title." 
(lY) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 3389 are each amended 
by striking out the words "and not above colonel". 
(18) Section 3391 is amended to read as follows: 
"§3391. Commissioned officers: officers of Army Nurse Corps, Army Medical 
Specialist Corps, and Women's Army Corps not to be promoted above 
certain grades 
"A reserve officer of the Army Nurse Corps or the Army Medical 
Specialist Corps may not be promoted to a reserve grade above 
colonel. A reserve officer of the Women's Army Corps may not be 
promoted to a reserve grade above lieutenant colonel." 
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(19) The analysis of chapter 337 is amended by striking out the 
following items: 
"3364. Commissioned oflScers: selection for promotion; order of promotion; zone 
of consideration list; oflScers not assigned to units. 
•'3366. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains* and ma-
jors not assigned to units; mandatory consideration. 
"3367. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains, and ma-
jors not assigned to units to fill vacancies. 
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"3370. Commissioned officers: officers not assigned to units; promotion to field 
grade in certain cases." 
and inserting the following items in place thereof: 
"3364. Commissioned officers: selection for promotion; order of promotion; 
zone of consideration list; declination of promotion. 
"3366. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains, and 
majors; mandatory consideration. 
"3367. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieuteniants, captains, and 
majors to fill vacancies. 
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"3370. Commissioned officers: promotion to field grade in certain cases." 
(20) Section 3494 is amended by adding the following new sentence 
at the end thereof: "However, a reserve commissioned officer who is 
selected for participation in a program under which he will be ordered 
to active duty for at least one academic year at a civilian school or 
college may, upon his request, be ordered to that duty in a temporary 
grade that is lower than his reserve grade, without affecting his re-
serve grade." 
(21) Section 3671(a) (3) is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) for a reserve officer, precedes his date of entry on active 
duty by a period computed by adding— 
"(A) the years of service after June 30, 1955, while in his 
current reserve grade or in any higher reserve grade, that are 
credited to him under section 1332(a) (2) of this title; 
"(B) the days and months of any part of the year preceding 
his date of entry on active duty, while in his current reserve 
grade or in any higher reserve grade, that are not credited to 
him under clause (A), if, under regulations to be prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Army, his service during that part 
of a year was satisfactory; 
"(C) the periods of active service while in his current 
reserve grade or in any higher reserve grade, that are not 
credited to him under clause (A) or ( B ) ; 
"(D) the periods of service, while in his current reserve 
grade or in any higher reserve grade, that he has performed 
under section 602, 603, 604, or 506 of title 32, and that are 
not credited to him under clause (A) or ( B ) ; and 
" (E] one day for each point for drill or equivalent instruc-
tion alter June 30, 1955, while in his current reserve grade 
or in any higher reserve grade, that is credited to him under 
section 1332(a) (2) (B) of this title and are not credited to 
him under clause (A) or (B)." 
(22) Sections 3841 and 3842 are repealed. 
(23^ Section 3843(b) is amended by striking out the words "in 
an active status in a reserve grade below brigadier general" and insert-
ing the words "in a reserve grade below brigadier general who is not 
a member of the Retired Reserve" in place thereof. 
(24) Section 3844 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the words "in an active status in the 
reserve grade of major general and each officer in an active status 
in the reserve grade of brigadier general" and inserting the 
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words "in the reserve grade of major general who is not a member 
of the Retired Reserve, and each officer in the reserve grade of 
brigadier general who is not a member of the Retired Reserve 
and" in place thereof; and 
(B) by inserting a comma before the word "shall". 
(25) Section 3847 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 3847. Twenty-five years: officers below lieutenant colonel; Army Nurse Corps, 
Army Medical Specialist Corps, and Women's Army Corps 
"After July 1, 1960, each officer in a reserve grade below lieutenant 
colonel who is assigned to the Army Nurse Corps, the Army Medical 
Specialist Corps or the Women's Army Corps, and who has not been 
recommended for promotion to the reserve grade of lieutenant colonel 
or has not remained in an active status since such a recommendation, 
shall, 30 days after he completes 25 years of service computed under 
section 3853 of this title— 
"(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified 
and applies therefor; or 
"(2) if he is not qualified or does not apply therefor, be dis-
charged from his reserve appointment." 
(26) Section 3848 is amended— 
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
"(a) After July 1, 1960, except as provided in section 3847 of this 
title, each officer in the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, major, 
or lieutenant colonel who is not a member of the Retired Reserve, and 
each officer in the reserve grade of major who is assigned to the Army 
Nurse Corps, Army Medical Specialist Corps, or the Women's Army 
Corps, who has been recommended for promotion to the reserve grade 
of lieutenant colonel who is not a member of the Retired Reserve, and 
who has remained in an active status since that recommendation, shall, 
30 days after he completes 28 vears of service computed under section 
3853 of this title— 
"(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified 
and applies therefor; or 
"(2) if he is not qualified or does not apply therefor, be dis-
charged from his reserve appointment.": and 
(B) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an officer who is assigned 
to the Army Nurse Corps, the Army Medical Specialist Corps, or the 
Women's Army Corps, and who would otherwise be removed from an 
active status under subsection (a), may, in the discretion of the Sec-
retary of the Army, be retained in an active status, but not later than 
30 days after he completes 30 years of service computed under section 
3853 of this title." 
(27) Section 3849 is repealed. 
(28) Section 3851(a) is amended by striking out the words "in an 
active status in the reserve grade of colonel or brigadier general" 
and inserting the words "in the reserve ^rade of colonel or brigadier 
general who is not a member of the Retired Reserve or the adjutant 
general or assistant adjutant general of a State or Territory, Puerto 
Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia" in place thereof. 
(29) Section 3852 is amended by striking out the words "in an 
active status in the reserve grade of major general" and inserting 
the words "in the reserve grade of major general who is not a mem-
ber of the Retired Reserve or the adjutant general or assistant ad-
jutant general of a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, 
or the District of Columbia" in place thereof. 
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(30) Section 3853(1) (B) is amended to read as follows: 
"(B) his years of service before June 15, 1933, as a commis-
sioned officer in the federally recognized National Guard or in 
a federally recognized commissioned status in the National Guard, 
and in the National Guard after June 14, 1933, if his service 
therein was continuous from the date of his Federal recognition 
as an officer therein to the date of his appointment in the National 
Guard of the United States, and". 
(31) Chapter 363 is amended by adding the following new section 
at the end thereof: 
"§3855. Retention in active status of certain oflScers until age 60 
"Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter except section 
3846, the Secretary of the Army may, with the officer's consent, 
retain in an active status any reserve officer in the Medical Corps, 
Dental Corps, the Chaplains, the Army Nurse Corps, or the Army 
Medical Specialist Corps, but not later than the date on which he 
becomes 60 years of age." 
(32) The analysis of chapter 363 is amended by striking out the 
following items: 
"3841. Age 50: Army Nurse Corps or Army Medical Specialist Corps; reserve 
officers below major. 
"3842. Age 55: Army Nurse Corps or Army Medical Specialist Corps; reserve 
officers above captain. 
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and inserting the following item in place thereof: 
"3847. Twenty-five years: officers below lieutenant colonel; Army Nurse Corps, 
Army Medical Specialist Corps, and Women's Army Corps."; 
and adding the following item at the end thereof: 
"3855. Retention in active status of certain officers until age 60." 
(33) Section 5414 is amended by striking out the word "permanent" co?ps.^ °"'^ Marine 
wherever it appears therein. 
(34) Section 5414(b) is amended by striking out the figure "29,500" 
and inserting the figure "24,500" in place thereof. 
(35) Section 5457 is amended by striking out the word "permanent" 
wherever it appears in subseciion (a) or (b). 
(36) Section 5457(b) is amended by inserting the word "authorized" 
before the words "number of such officers". 
(37) Section 5458 is amended by striking out the word "permanent" 
wherever it appears in subsection (a) or (b). 
(38) Section 5458(a) is amended by striking out the figure "5" and 
inserting the figure "10" in place thereof. 
(39) Section 5458(b) is amended by inserting the word "authorized" 
before the words "number of such officers". 
(40) Section 5505 is amended by adding the following new subsec-
tion at the end thereof: 
"(d) Any officer of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve 
who is selected for participation in a personnel procurement program 
under which he will be ordered to active duty for at least one academic 
year at a civilian school or college may, upon his request, be ordered to 
that duty in a temporary grade that is lower than his permanent or 
temporary grade, without affecting his permanent or temporary 
grade." 
(41) Section 5600(a) is amended by striking out the words "who 
is not already an officer in an armed force in a permanent grade above 
chief warrant officer, W-4," and by adding the following new sentence 
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at the end thereof: "The Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives by March 
1 of each year on the number, categories, and grades of reserve officers 
(other than in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps) 
originally 
appointed in the reserve grade of lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, or 
captain in the Marine Corps Reserve, or above, during the preceding 
calendar year. 
(42) Section 5899 is amended— 
(A) by adding the following new sentence at the end of sub-
section (a) : "However, until July 1,1961, an officer in the grade 
of captain is eligible for consideration for promotion when his 
running mate is eligible for consideration for promotion."; and 
(B) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a reserve 
commissioned officer in a permanent grade above chief warrant officer, 
W-4, who has been in an inactive status may not be considered for pro-
motion until at least one year after the date he is returned to an active 
status." 
(43) Section 5902 is amended by adding the following new sub-
section at the end thereof: 
"(e) The promotion of an officer of the Naval Reserve or the Marine 
Corps Reserve who is under investigation or against whom proceed-
ings of a court-martial or a board of officers are pending may be de-
layed by the Secretary of the Navy until the investigation or proceed-
ings are completed. However, the promotion of an officer may not be 
delayed under this subsection for more than one year after the date 
he is selected for promotion unless the Secretary determines that a 
further delay is necessary in the public interest." 
(44) Section 5907 is amended by adding the following new sen-
tence at the end thereof: "However, if an officer has not established 
his professional and moral qualifications, as prescribed by the Secre-
tary of the Navy under section 5867 of this title, within one year after 
the date on which the President approved the report of the selection 
board that recommended him for promotion, he is entitled to the pay 
and allowances of the grade to which promoted only from the date 
he is appointed in that grade." 
(45) The last sentence of section 5911 is amended by striking out 
the word "may" and inserting the word "shall" in place thereof. 
(46) Section 6389 (c) is amended by adding the following at the end 
thereof: 
"Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection, the Secretary 
may defer the retirement or discharge of such number of officers serv-
ing in the grade of lieutenant commander as are necessary to maintain 
the authorized officer strength of the Ready Reserve, but the duration 
of such deferment for any individual officer may not be in excess of 
five years. 
Notwithstanding the first two sentences of this subsec-
tion, the Secretary may defer the retirement or discharge under this 
subsection of an officer serving in the permanent grade of lieutenant 
commander or above in the Naval Reserve or in the permanent grade 
of major or above in the Marine Corps Reserve for a period of time 
which does not exceed the amount of service in an active status which 
was credited to the officer at the time of his original appointment or 
thereafter under any provision of law, if the officer can complete at 
least 20 years of service as computed under section 1332 of this title 
during the period of such deferment. 
Notwithstanding the first two 
sentences or this subsection, the Secretary may defer the retirement 
or discharge under this subsection of such number of officers serving 
in the permanent grade of captain or commander in the Medical Corps, 
Chaplain Corps, or Dental Corps in the Naval Reserve as are necessary 
to provide for mobilization requirements " 
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(47) Section 6391(a) is amended by inserting the words "or on the 
inactive status list" after the words "active status". 
(48) Section 8212 is amended— 
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(A) by striking out the figures "8375, 8376," and inserting the 
words "8370 (a) or (c), 8372(b) (exceptfor the grade of colonel), 
8374 (except for the grade of colonel), 8375, 8376 (except for 
general officer grades),' in place thereof; 
(B) by inserting the words "to the extent necessary to allow 
the appointment of reserve officers, in grades not above lieutenant 
colonel, to fill prescribed mobilization or active duty require-
ments" before the period at the end of the first sentence; and 
(C) by inserting the words "or not to fill one of those require-
ments" after the word "sections" in the last sentence. 
The amendments made by this clause are effective only until July 1, 
1964. 
(49) Section 8353 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the words "and is not already a commis-
sioned officer of an armed force" in subsection (a) ; and 
(B) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) The Secretary shall report to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and House of Representatives by March 1 of each 
year on the number, categories, and grades of the reserve officers 
(other than medical or dental officers) originally appointed in the 
reserve grade of captain or above during the preceding calendar 
year." 
(50) Section 8361 is amended— 
(A) by inserting the word "reserve" before the word "grade" 
wherever it occurs in subsection (a) ; and 
(B) by adding the following new sentence at the end of the 
subsection (e) : "Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, such a reserve commissioned officer may not be considered 
for promotion until at least one year after the date on which he 
is returned to an active status." 
(51) Section 8362(e) is amended by adding the following new 
sentence at the end thereof: 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a board that is to 
recommend officers for promotion whom it considers to be the best 
qualified may recommend only those officers whom it also considers 
to be fully qualified." 
(52) Section 8363 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the figure "8372" in subsection (c) and 
inserting the figures "8366, 8372, or 8373" in place thereof; 
(B) by striking out the words "8379, or 8380 of this title or 
subsection (f)" in subsection (e) and inserting the words "or 
8379 of this title or subsection (f) or (g)" in place thereof; and 
(C) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(g) The promotion of a reserve commissioned officer who is under 
investigation or against whom proceedings of a court-martial or a 
board of officers are pending may be delayed until the investigation or 
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proceedings are completed. 
However, a promotion may not be de-
ayed under this subsection for more than one year after the date he 
is selected for promotion unless the Secretary of the Air Force de-
termines that a further delay is necessary in the public interest." 
(53) Section 8366 is amended— 
(A) by amending subsection (e) (2) to read as follows: 
"(2) all service before June 15, 1933, as a commissioned officer 
in the federally recognized National Guard or in a federally 
recognized commissioned status in the National Guard, and in 
the National Guard after June 14,1933, if his service therein was 
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continuous from the date of his Federal recognition as an officer 
therein to the date of his appointment in the National Guard of 
the United States; and"; and 
(B) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows: 
"(f) This section does not apply to the promotion to a grade above 
major of any Air Force nurse or medical specialist or any female 
reserve officer who is not designated under section 8067(a)-(d) or 
(g)-(i) of this title or appointed in the Air Force with a view to 
designation under that section." 
(54) The last sentence of section 8367(c) is amended to read as 
follows: "However, the number recommended by the selection board 
must be at least 80 percent of those listed for consideration for the first 
time." 
(55) Section 8368 is amended— 
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
"(a) In this chapter, 'deferred officer' means any of the following 
officers who has been considered, for the first time under this chapter, 
by a selection board for promotion to the next grade higher than his 
current reserve grade but not recommended for that promotion, who 
has been examined for the first time for Federal recognition in the next 
grade higher than his current reserve grade, but found not qualified 
for that recognition, or who has been recommended or found qualified 
and declined that promotion: 
" (1) An officer in the reserve grade of first lieutenant or captain. 
" (2) An officer in the reserve grade of major, other than an Air 
Force nurse or medical specialist or a female officer who is not 
designated under section 8067 (a)-(d) or (g)-(i) of this title or 
appointed in the Air Force with a view to designation under that 
section."; 
(B) by inserting the words ", or is recommended and declines 
the promotion" after the words "not recommended for promotion" 
in subsection (f) ; and 
(C) by inserting the words ", or is recommended or found 
qualified and declines the promotion" after the words "found 
qualified for Federal recognition" in subsection (g). 
(56) Section 8370 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the word "captain" in subsection (b) and 
inserting the word "major" in place thereof; and 
(B) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
"(c) A reserve officer who is designated as an Air Force nurse or 
medical specialist may be promoted to a reserve grade above major 
only to fill a vacancy in the number authorized by the Secretary for 
that category." 
^57) Section 8372 (b) is amended to read as follows: 
(b) Whenever the Secretary considers that the number of officers 
in the reserve grade of captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel 
in— 
"(1) any unit of the Air Force Reserve that is in the Ready 
Reserve and is not on active duty or is on active duty for train-
ing ; or 
"(2) the Air Force Reserve, in positions to be filled by officers 
with a mobilization assignment in the Ready Reserve; 
is or may become unbalanced, he may direct that a number specified 
by him be selected from officers of the Air Force Reserve who are in 
the Ready Reserve, who are not on active duty or are on active duty for 
training, but who are determined to be specially qualified for, and 
available to fill, those vacancies. 
Selection for promotion under this 
subsection shall be made under the procedures prescribed in the first 
two sentences of section 8367(c) of this title, but no officer may be 
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selected for promotion under this subsection unless he is fully qualified 
for promotion to the grade concerned." 
(58) Section 8373 is amended to read as follows: 
"§8373. Commissioned oflScers: Air Force Reserve; promotion to brigadier 
general and major general 
"(a) Officers of the Air Force Reserve may be promoted to the re-
serve grades of brigadier general and major general to fill vacancies 
in those grades. 
"(b) The Secretary of the Air Force rnay furnish the name of an 
officer of the Air Force Eeserve who is assigned to the duties of a gen-
eral officer of the next higher reserve grade, and who meets standards 
to be prescribed by the Secretary, to a selection board for consideration 
for promotion to that grade. 
In additionj the Secretary may furnish 
to the board for consideration for promotion to that grade tne names 
of such additional officers of the Air Force Reserve in the reserve grade 
of colonel or brigadier general, as the case may be, who are assigned 
to the duties of a general officer of the next higher reserve grade, as he 
determines to be available and who meet standards prescribed by him. 
"(c) Of those officers considered under subsection (b), the selection 
board shall recommend the best qualified of those whom it determines 
to meet the standards prescribed by the Secretary and to be fully 
qualified for promotion. 
" (d) This section is not effective after June 30,1964." 
(69) Section 8375 (aj is amended by striking out the words "to fill 
a vacancy" and inserting the w^ords "under section 8373 or 8376 of 
this title" in place thereof. 
(60) Section 8376 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the words ", and who was promoted to 
that temporary grade under a general selection board procedure," 
in subsection (a) ; 
(B) by amending the first two sentences of subsection (c) to 
read as follows: "A reserve officer who is serving on active duty 
(other than for training) in a temporary grade that is higher 
than his reserve grade retains that temporary grade if he is 
released from active duty before completing the amount of service 
prescribed in section 8363(a) of this title or before applying for 
promotion under subsection (a). When he completes that amount 
of service and applies, or if, having completed that amount of 
service before being released from active duty, he applies, an 
officer covered by this subsection shall be promoted to the next 
higher reserve grade, without regard to vacancies."; 
(C) by adding the following new sentence at the end of sub-
section (c): "This subsection does not apply to promotion to the 
reserve grade of brigadier general or major general."; and 
(D) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) An officer who is released from active duty after being pro-
moted to a reserve general officer grade under this section becomes 
subject to section 8375 of this title." 
(61) Section 8377(b) is amended by striking out the words ", except 
as provided in sections 1005 and 1006 of this title, be transferred to 
the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified and applies therefor, or be 
discharged from his reserve appointment" and inserting the words "be 
treated m the manner provided for deferred officers in section 8846 of 
this title" in place thereof. 
(62) Section 8380 is amended— 
(A^ by striking out the words "Except as provided in subsec-
tion (c), a" in subsection (b) and inserting the word "A" in place 
thereof; 
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(B) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (b) and 
inserting the following in place thereof: "If he has conapleted the 
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eriod of active duty (other than for training) that he is required 
y law or regulation to perform as a member of a reserve compo-
nent and declines the temporary appointment, he shall be released 
from active duty. If he has not completed that period of active 
duty, he shall be retained on active duty in the grade in which he 
was serving before the promotion and may not be released from 
active duty on his application until he completes the period of 
active duty he is so required by law or regulation to perform."; 
and 
(C) by repealing subsection (c). 
(63) Section 8494 is amended by adding the following new sentence 
at the end thereof: "However, a reserve commissioned officer who is 
selected for participation in a program under which he will be ordered 
to active duty for at least one academic year at a civilian school or 
college may, upon his request, be ordered to that duty in a temporary 
grade that is lower than his reserve grade, without affecting his 
reserve grade." 
(64) Section 8571(a)(3) is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) for a reserve officer, precedes his date of entry on active 
duty by a period computed by adding— 
"(A) the years of service after June 30,1955, while in his 
current reserve grade or in any higher reserve grade, that 
are credited to him under section 1332(a) (2) of this title; 
"(B) the days and months of any part of the year preced-
ing his date of entry on active duty, while in his current 
reserve grade or in any higher reserve grade, that are not 
credited to him under clause (A), if under regulations to be 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, his service dur-
ing that part of a year was satisfactory; 
"(C) the periods of active service, while in his current 
reserve grade or in any higher reserx'^e grade, that are not 
credited to him under clause (A) or ( B ) ; 
"(D) the periods of service, while in his current reserve 
grade or in any higher reserve grade, that he has performed 
under section 502, 503, 504, or 505 of title 32, and that are not 
credited to him under clause (A) or ( B ) ; and 
"(E) one day for each point for drill or equivalent instruc-
tion after June 30, 1955, while in his current reserve grade 
or in any higher reserve grade, that is credited to him under 
section 1332(a) (2) (B) of this title and not credited to him 
under clause (A) or (B)." 
(65) Section 8819(b) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Except as provided by section 1005 of this title, each second 
lieutenant of the Air National Guard of the United States who com-
pletes three years of service, computed under section 8360(e) of this 
title, in that grade shall be discharged from his reserve appointment 
if he is found to be not qualified for promotion, unless before he com-
pletes that service he is appointed in the ^rade of first lieutenant by 
the governor or other appropriate authority of the jurisdiction con-
cerned." 
(66) Sections 8841 and 8842 are repealed. 
(67) Section 8843 is amended— 
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(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§8843. Age 60: reserve officers below major general, except those covered by 
section 8845 of this title"; and 
(B) by inserting the words ", except an officer covered by sec-
tion 8845 of this title" after the words "major general". 
(68) Section 8844 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§8844. Age 62: reserve major generals, except those covered by section 8845 
of this title"; and 
(B) by striking out the words "the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau" and inserting the words "an officer covered by 
section 8845 of this title" in place thereof. 
(69) Section 8845 is amended— 
(A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: 
"§8845. Age 64: Chief of National Guard Bureau; adjutants general"; and 
(B) by inserting the words "or adjutant general of a State or 
Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Colum-
bia" after the words "National Guard Bureau". 
(70) Section 8847 is amended to read as follows: 
"§8847. Twenty-five years: female reserve officers below lieutenant colonel, 
except those designated under section 8067 (a)-(d) or (g)-(i) of this 
title; Air Force nurses and medical specialists 
"(a) After June 30, 1960, each female commissioned officer, and 
each Air Force nurse or medical specialist, who is in an active status 
in a reserve grade below lieutenant colonel, except an officer whose 
name is on a recommended list for promotion to that reserve grade, 
shall, 30 days after he completes 25 years of service computed under 
section 8853 of this title— 
"(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified 
and applies therefor; or 
"(2) if he is not qualified or does not apply therefor, be dis-
charged from his reserve appointment. 
"(b) This section does not apply to female commissioned officers 
who are designated under section 8067 (a)-(d) or (g)-(i) of this 
title." 
(71) Section 8848 is amended to read as follows: 
"§8848. Twenty-eight years: reserve first lieutenants, captains, majors, and 
lieutenant colonels 
"(a) After June 30, 1960, each officer in an active status in the re-
serve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major, except an officer 
covered by section 8847 of this title, and each officer in an active status 
in the reserve grade of lieutenant colonel who is not on a recommended 
list for promotion to the reserve grade of colonel, shall, 30 days after 
he completes 28 years of service computed under section 8853 of this 
title— 
"(1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve if he is qualified 
and applies therefor; or 
"(2) if he is not qualified or does not apply therefor, be dis-
charged from his reserve appointment. 
"(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an Air Force nurse or med-
ical specialist who is in the reserve grade of lieutenant colonel, or a 
female officer who is not designated under section 8067 (a)-(d) or 
(g)-(i) of this title and who is in the reserve grade of lieutenant 
colonel, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Air Force, be 
retained in an active status if he would otherwise be removed from 
an active status under subsection (a). An officer may not be retained 
in an active status under this section later than 30 days after he com-
pletes 30 years of service computed under section 8853 of this title." 
(72) Section 8849 is repealed. 
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(73) Section 8851(a) is amended by inserting the words "except 
for the adjutant general or assistant adjutant general of a State or 
Territory, Puerto Ilico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia" 
after the words "After J u n e 30, I960,". 
(74) Section 8852(a) is amended by inserting the words "except 
for the adjutant general or assistant adjutant general of a State or 
Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia" 
after the words, "After June 30, I960,". 
(75) Section 8853(2) is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) all service before June 15,1933, as a commissioned officer 
in the federally recognized National Guard or in a federally 
recognized commissioned status in the National Guard, and in 
the National Guard after J u n e 14,1933, if his service therein was 
continuous from the date of his Federal recognition as an officer 
therein to the date of his appointment in the National Guard of 
the United States; and". 
(76) Chapter 863 is amended by adding the following new section 
at the end thereof: 
"§ 8855. Retention in active status of certain officers until age 60 
"Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter except section 
8846, the Secretary of the Air Force may, with the officer's consent, 
retain in an active status any reserve officer of the Air Force who is 
designated as a medical officer, dental officer, chaplain. Air Force 
nurse, or Air Force medical specialist, but not later than the date upon 
which he becomes 60 years of age." 
(77) The analysis of chapter 863 is amended by striking out the 
following items: 
"8841. Age 50: female reserve nurses and medical specialists below.major. 
"8842. Age 55: female reserve nurses and medical specialists above captain. 
•'8843. Age 60: reserve officers below major general. 
"•8844. Age 62: reserve major generals, except Chief of National Guard Bureau. 
••8845. Age 64: Chief of National Guard Bureau. 
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designated under section 8067 of this title." 
and inserting the following items in place thereof: 
"8843. Age 60: reserve officers below major general except those covered by sec-
tion 8845 of this title. 
"8844. Age 62: reserve major generals, except those covered by section 8845 of 
this title. 
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those designated under section 8067(a)-(d) or (g)-(i) of this title; 
Air Force nurses and medical specialists."; 
and adding the following new item at the end thereof: 
"8855. Retention in active status of certain officers until age 60." 
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SEC. 2. Title 14, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 772 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 772. Authorized number of officers 
" ( a ) The authorized number of officers in the Coast Guard Reserve 
in active status is 5,000. 
The actual number of Reserve officers in 
active status at any time shall not exceed these authorized numbers 
unless the Secretary shall determine that a greater number is necessary 
for planned mobilization requirements, or unless such excess shall 
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result directly from the operation of mandatory provisions of this 
or other laws, 
"(b) The authorized number of officers of the Coast Guard Keserve 
in active status in each of the grades below the grade of rear admiral 
shall be a percentage of the total authorized number of such officers in 
active status below the grade of rear admiral, and shall be 1.5 percent 
in the grade of captain, 7.0 percent in the grade of commander, 22.0 
percent in the grade of lieutenant commander, 37.0 percent in the 
grade of lieutenant, and 32.5 percent in the combined grades of lieu-
tenant (junior grade) and ensign, except that when the actual number 
of Coast Guard Keserve officers in an active status in any grade is less 
than the number which is so authorized, the difference may be applied 
to increase the authorized number in any lower grade or grades. 
No 
Reserve officer shall be reduced in rank or grade solely because of a 
reduction in an authorized number provided in this subsection. 
The 
authorized number of Coast Guard Reserve officers in an active status 
in the grade of rear admiral shall be two. 
"(c) The Secretary may determine the number of Reserve officers 
in each grade who may be promoted annually under the provisions 
of this subchapter. 
The number which shall be so determined for each 
grade shall be the number deemed to be necessary to provide equitable 
opportunity for promotion among succeeding groups of Reserve offi-
cers and an adequate continuing strength of Reserve officers in an 
active status, and shall not cause the number of Reserve officers in 
active status in any grade to exceed the number authorized in this 
section for that grade." 
(2) Section 773 is amended by striking out the words "who holds no 
appointment as a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces". 
(3) Chapter 21 is amended by inserting the following new section 
after section 787: 
"§787a. Excessive number; elimination from active status to provide a flow of 
promotion 
"(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, w^henever 
the Secretary shall determine it to be necessary to provide a steady 
flow of promotions or that there is an excessive number of Reserve 
officers in an active status in any grade, he may convene a board which 
shall consider all such Reserve officers of that grade in an active 
status not on active duty. 
The Secretary shall direct the board to 
select and recommend by name a specified number of such officers 
for retention in an active status. 
"(b) The Secretary may in the case of an officer not recommended 
for retention in an active status under subsection (a) of this section— 
"(1) Transfer the officer to the Retired Reserve if he is quali-
fied and applies for transfer; 
" (2) Transfer the officer to the Inactive Status List, if qualified ; 
or 
"(3) Discharge the officer." 
(4) The analysis of chapter 21 is amended by inserting the follow-
ing new item between items 787 and 788: 
"787a. Excessive number; elimination from active status to provide a flow of 
promotion." 
SEC. 3. Section 20 of the Act of September 2, 1958, Public Law 
85-861 (72 Stat. 1559), is repealed. 
lo u s e 3366 
SEC. 4. Section 22 of the Act of September 2, 1958, Public Law "°*''-
85-861 (72 Stat. 1560), is amended by striking out the words "and not°. " s c 3353 
who was not a commissioned officer of an armed force" and inserting 
the words ", or who was transferred to a special branch of that corps 
in the lowest grade of that branch or corps" in place thereof. 
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D i s c h a r g e 
or 
transfer to Retired 
Reserve. 
Air Force nurse, 
etc. 
70A Stat. 632. 
63 Stat. 826. 
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law except section 
1001 of title 10, United States Code, the discharge or transfer to the 
Retired Reserve (because of his length of service) of any reserve 
officer of the Army who— 
(1) was originally appointed as a reserve officer before Sep-
tember 3,1954; 
(2) upon completing the number of years of service, computed 
under section 3853(2) of title 10, at which his discharge or 
transfer to the Retired Reserve would otherwise be required, has 
not, because of hardship or circumstances beyond his control, 
completed 20 years of service computed under section 1332 of title 
10, but who could complete that amount of service before becom-
ing 60 years of age; and 
(3) has remained in an active status since September 3, 1954; 
may be deferred until he completes that amount of service if he can 
complete it before he becomes 60 years of age. 
SEC. 6. A reserve officer who is designated as an Air Force nurse or 
medical specialist, or a female reserve officer of the Air Force (other 
than an officer designated under section 8067 of title 10, United States 
Code), who, after June 30,1955, and before the enactment of this Act, 
received a temporary appointment under section 8442 of that title, in 
a grade higher than his reserve grade may, if he applies within one 
year after the enactment of this Act, be promoted to a reserve grade 
equal to that temporary grade if he is otherwise eligible for promotion 
to that grade under section 8363(a) of that title. 
SEC. 7. Section 29(a) of the Act of August 10,1956, chapter 1041, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. 30r), is amended by striking out the words 
"calendar year" wherever they appear therein and inserting the words 
"fiscal year" in place thereof. 
SEC. 8. Effective August 10, 1956, section 501 of the Career Com-
pensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 301), is amended by 
inserting the words "Air Force Reserve," after the words "Naval 
Reserve," wherever they appear therein. 
SEC. 9. Until July 1, 1964, the number of line officers in an active 
status in the Naval Reserve in the grade of commander may exceed 
the number authorized for that grade by section 5457 (b) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
Approved June 30, 1960. 
June 30, 1960 
[H. R. 12052] 
Public Law 86-560 
AN ACT 
To extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, for an additional 
two years. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bevresentatives 
of the 
m'A?f *o?'°9so" United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sen-
tence of subsection (a) of section 717 of the Defense Production Act 
of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2166), is amended by striking 
out "June 30, 1960" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1962'\ 
SEC. 2. The second proviso to the first sentence of subsection (b) of 
section 304 is amended by striking out the word "quarter" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the words "six months". 
Approved June 30, 1960. 
tlon 
amendment. 
72 Stat. 241. 
64 Stat. 802.