An Act to extend the existing application of the Temporary Promotion Act of 1941, as amended, to the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
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grade above colonel on the last day of each fiscal year may not be more 
than the number of general officers authorized in title I I I of the 
Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 69; 10 U. S. C. 1843 
et seq.) for the total number of commissioned officers of the Air Force 
on active duty as of that date, as determined by the Secretary of the 
Air Force. When the application of the percentage above specified 
results in a fraction, a fraction of one-half or more is counted as one, 
and a fraction of less than one-half is disregarded. General officers on 
the active list of the Regular Air Force Avho are specially authorized 
by law to hold any civil office under the United States, or any instru-
mentality thereof, are not counted in determining authorized strength 
under this Act." 
SEC. 303. The names of officers appointed under the provisions of 
section 103 (a) (4) and section 201 (d), together with the grades to 
which appointed and the justification therefor, shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House and Senate not later 
than July 15, 1958, and each year thereafter. 
SEC. 304. The following are repealed: 
(1) Section 5 of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 Stat. 607). 
(2) Section 506 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (10 U. S. C. 
506c). 
Approved July 20, 1956. 
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Public Law 738 
CHAPTER 647 
AN ACT 
To extend the existing application of the Temporary Promotion Act of 1941, as 
amended, to the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. 
Coast Guard. 
Temporary p r o -
motions. 
62 Stat. 302. 
63 Stat. 497. 
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officers. 
Number, etc. 
23 Stat. 22. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 16 of 
the Act of July 23,1947 (ch. 301,61 Stat. 413), as amended, is amended 
by deleting the words 'Slanuary 1,1957'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
the words "January 1,1962". 
SEC. 2. Section 42 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the words "two thousand two hundred and fifty'" in the 
first sentence of the section and inserting in lieu thereof the words 
"three thousand", and by amending the fifth sentence of the section 
to read as follows: "The Secretary shall, at least once each year, make 
such a computation, and the resulting numbers in the various grades 
as so computed shall be held and considered for all purposes as the 
authorized number in such various grades, except that the authorized 
number for a grade is temporarily increased during the period between 
one computation and the next by the number of officers originally 
appointed in that grade during that period and the number of officers 
of that grade for whom vacancies exist in the next higher grade but 
whose promotion has been delayed for any reason." 
SEC. 3. (a) Title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
the following new section: 
"§ 439. Oath of Office. 
"A commissioned or warrant officer of the Coast Guard or Coast 
Guard Reserve who has served continuously since he subscribed to tlie 
oath of office prescribed in section 16 of title 5, is not required to take 
a new oath upon his promotion to a higher grade." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 11, title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting the following item: 
'•439. Oath of Office". 
Approved July 20, 1966.