An Act to amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, so as to provide for special registration, classification, and induction of certain medical, dental, and allied specialist categories, and for other purposes
PL 83-84 (H.R.4495), enacted 06/29/1953

PUBLIC LAW 84-JUNE 29, 1953 
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Section 23 of the Bankhead-Jones Act as added by the Act of June 
6, 1945 (59 Stat. 231), and as amended by the Act of October 26, 
1949 (Public Law 406, Eighty-first Congress). 
The Act of August 28,1937 (50 Stat. 881). 
The Act of April 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 589), as amended by section 
707 of the Act of September 21,1944 (58 Stat. 742). 
The Act of October 27, 1949 (Public t a w 417, Eighty-first 
Congress). 
The Act of May 16, 1928 (45 Stat. 571), insofar as it relates to 
extension work. 
The Act of February 23,1929 (45 Stat. 1256), insofar as it relates 
to extension work. 
The Act of March 4, 1931 (46 Stat. 1520), insofar as it relates to 
extension work. 
Approved June 26, 1953. 
June 29. 1953 
[H. R. 4495] 
Public Law 84 
CHAPTER 158 
AN ACT 
To amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, so as to 
provide for special registration, classification, and induction of certain medical, 
dental, and allied specialist categories, and for other purposes. 
Medical, etc., 
specialists. 
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454 (i). 
"Active duty", 
etc. 
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305(g). 
Service credit. 
Exceptions. 
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Be it eriacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That subsection 4 (i) 
of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
"(4) As used in this subsection, the term 'active duty' and 'active 
service' shall include (A) active dutv, as defined in subsection 101 (b) 
of the Armed Forces Eeserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481); (B) active 
service subsequent to September 16, 1940, in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or the United States Public Health 
Service, including the reserve components thereof; (C) service in the 
national health, safety, or interest performed pursuant to subsection 
6 (j) of this Act and work of national importance performed pursuant 
to subsection 5 (g) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940; 
(D) prior to September 2,1945, equivalent service in the armed forces 
of any country allied with the United States in World War II, while 
so allied; and (E) service performed as physicians or dentists by 
United States citizens employed by the Panama Canal Health Depart-
ment between September 16,1940, and September 2, 1945. 
"(5) For the purposes of computation of the periods of active duty 
or active service referred to in this subsection, credit shall be given for 
all periods of one day or more performed under competent orders 
except that no credit shall be allowed for— 
"•(A) periods in which the duty or service consisted solely of 
training under the Army specialized training program, the Army 
Air Corps college training program, or any similar program under 
the jurisdiction of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; 
"(B) periods spent in intern training, residency training, other 
postgraduate training, or in senior student programs prior to 
receipt of the appropriate professional degree; 
"(C) periods of active service performed for the sole purpose 
of undergoing a physical examination; 
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"(D) periods of active duty for training entered into subse-
quent to the enactment of this subparagraph, as defined in sub-
section 101 (c), Armed Forces Eeserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481) ; 
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"(E) periods of active service which terminate subsequent to 
April 30,1953, in other than an Armed Force terminated by orders 
which specify that such termination is without the approval of the 
agency concerned. 
"(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection or 
the Act of September 9, 1950, as amended, except in time of war or 
national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress, no person 
who has served in the active service since September 16, 1940, for a 
period of twenty-one months or more, shall be liable for induction, 
or reinduction, under this subsection or liable for call or order to active 
duty under the Act of September 9,1950, as amended. 
"(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 
314 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 241), no 
person liable for induction under this subsection shall be held to be 
ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer of an armed fore© 
of the United States on the sole ground that he is not a citizen of the 
United States or has not made a declaration of intent to become a 
citizen thereof: Provided^ That any such person who is not a citizen 
of the United States, who is appointed as a commissioned officer, may 
in lieu of the oath prescribed by section 1757 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended (5 U. S. C. 16), take such oath of service and obedience 
as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe." 
SEC 2. Subsection 4 (j) of the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act (64 Stat. 826) is amended by adding the following at 
the end thereof: 
"It shall be the duty of the National Advisory Committee in con-
junction with the State and local volunteer advisory committees to 
make determinations with respect to persons in residency training 
programs who shall be recommended for deferment for the purpose 
of completing such residency programs, and in making such deter-
minations shall give appropriate consideration to the respective needs 
of the Armed Forces and the civilian population. 
The National 
Advisory Committee in conjunction with the State and local volun-
teer advisory committees are further authorized to make appropriate 
recommendations with respect to members of the faculties of medical, 
dental, veterinary, and allied specialists schools, schools of public 
health, and with respect to physicians, dentists and veterinarians 
engaged in essential laboratory and clinical research, having due re-
gard to the respective needs of the Armed Forces and the civilian 
population." 
SEC. 3. Section 4 of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 826), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding subsection 217 (c) of the Armed 
Forces Reserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481) or any other provision of 
law, any person liable for induction under the Act of September 9, 
1950, as amended, or any member of a reserve component who has been 
or shall be ordered to active duty on or before July 1,1955, as a physi-
cian, dentist, or in an allied specialist category in the Armed Forces 
(including the Public Health Service) of the United States shall, 
under regulations prescribed by the President, be appointed, reap-
pointed, or promoted to such grade or rank as may be commensurate 
with his professional education, experience, or ability. 
"(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who 
registers under the provisions of subsection 4 (i) of the Universal 
Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, but 
who is not at the time of such registration or thereafter registered 
under section 3 of the same Act, and who subsequently accepts a com-
mission in a reserve component of the Armed Forces and thereafter 
serves on active duty for a period of twelve months or more after 
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Aliens. 
Appointment. 
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National Ad. 
visory eommittee. 
Deferments. 
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Reservists. 
Appointments, 
etc. 
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Discharge from 
commission, etc. 
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Effective date. 
Reservists. 
Order to active 
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Release of cer-
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September 9, 1950, shall upon his release from active duty or within 
six months after the date of enactment of this subsection, whichever is 
later, be discharged from such commission, provided he is not other-
wise obligated to serve on active military training and service in the 
Armed Forces or in training in a reserve component by law or contract: 
Provided, That any person who is not required to register under the 
provisions of subsection 4 (i) of the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, for the sole reason that he 
was a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces and who is 
not or was not required to register under section 3 of the same Act, 
and who is called or ordered to active duty from a reserve component 
of the Armed Forces of the United States after September 9, 1950, 
and thereafter serves on active duty for a period of twelve months or 
more shall, upon his release from active duty or within six months 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, whichever is later, be 
afforded an opportunity to resign his commission from the reserve 
component of which he is a member provided he is not otherwise obli-
f
ated to serve on active military training and service in the Armed 
'orces or in training in a reserve component by law or contract: 
Provided further, That except in time of war or national emergency 
hereafter declared by the Congress, any person who is discharged or 
who resigns his commission under the provisions of this subsection 
shall not thereafter be subject to induction under the provisions of sub-
section 4 (i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 
Stat. 826), as amended. 
This subsection shall be effective as of Sep-
tember 9, 1950. 
"(c) Until July 1, 1955, the President is authorized to order to 
active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, with or without 
their consent, those members of the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces of the United States who are registered under section 4 (i) of 
the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as 
amended, and those persons who would be, but for such membership, 
liable for registration under the provisions of said subsection. 
Such 
persons shall so far as practicable be ordered to active duty under this 
subsection in accordance with the priorities established under subsec-
tion 4 (i) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (64 Stat. 
826), as amended. 
The period of active duty that any such person 
may be required to perform shall not exceed (A) twenty-four months 
if he has had less than nine months of active service, as defined in para-
graphs 4 (i) (4) and (5) of the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act, as amended; (B) twenty-one months if he has had at least 
nine but less than twelve months of such service; (C) eighteen months 
if he has had at least twelve but less than fifteen months of such service; 
(D) fifteen months if he has had at least fifteen or more months of such 
service; since September 16, 1940, but prior to the date of his order 
to active duty under this subsection. 
"(d) Nothing in subsection (c) of this section shall be construed to 
affect or limit the authority to order members of the reserve com-
ponents to active duty contained in section 233 of the Armed Forces 
Keserve Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 481)." 
SEC. 4. Any person now serving on active duty who was required to 
register under the provisions of subsection 4 (i) of the Universal 
Military Training and Service Act, as amended, or who, but for 
membership in a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United 
States, would have been required to register under said subsection, and, 
who, on the basis of active service, as defined in section 4 (i) of the 
Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, rendered 
prior to the date of his latest entry on active duty, would not, on July 1, 
1953, be subject to induction or order to active duty as a member of a 
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reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall, if 
he makes application therefor, be released to inactive duty, discharged, 
or afforded an opportunity to-resign his commission, as otherwise pro-
vided in the Act of September 9, 1950, as amended, as soon as prac- n^ft^.^^*^^*'**'*'' 
ticable, but in no event later than ninety days after the effective date 
of this amendatory Act: Provided, That no person required to register 
under section 3 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as 
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amended, shall have his commission terminated under the provisions 
of the Act of September 9,1950, as amended. 
SEC. 5. Persons in medical, dental, and allied specialist categories sf^vV^^cTmLlT^ 
ordered to active duty under the provisions of the Universal Military sions. 
Training and Service Act, as amended, or under this amendatory Act, 
who hold a commission in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, 
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or in the Army of the United States without component or Air Force 
of the United States without component which by operation of law 
would expire before the end of the period of active duty which they 
may be required to serve under the provisions of the Act of Septem-
ber 9,1950, as amended, may be retained on active duty until they have 
completed such period of duty and such commissions shall be deemed 
to be continued in effect until the date of their release from active duty. 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 4 (i) (2) of the Universal Military Training 
and Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, is amended by striking 454/°).^® ^ ^^^' 
out the words "twenty-one months" where it appears therein and in-
serting in lieu thereof "seventeen months". 
(b) Section 4 (i) (2) of the Universal Military Training and 
Service Act (64 Stat. 826), as amended, is amended by striking out 454/°)"®'^ ®PP* 
the words "subsequent to the completion of or release from the pro-
gram or course of instruction", where it appears in two instances. 
SEC. 7. Any physician or dentist who meets the qualifications for ^0^°*""***' serv-
a reserve commission in the respective military departments shall, 
so long as there is a need for the services of such a physician or dentist, 
be afforded an opportunity to volunteer for a period of active duty 
of not less than twenty-four months. 
Any physician or dentist 
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who so volunteers his service, and meets the qualifications for a reserve 
commission shall be ordered to active duty for not less than twenty-
four months, notwithstanding the grade or rank to which such phy-
sician or dentist is entitled under the provisions of the Act of 
September 9,1950, as amended. 
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SEC. 8. Section 203 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as offSeJ^!^^"^*"'*** 
amended, is amended (1) by deleting in subsection (a) thereof, the 
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date "July 1, 1953", wherever it appears therein, and inserting in lieu ***6*"stat. 809; 66 
thereof the date "July 1, 1955"; (2) by deleting in subsection (b) ^*37^c'234 
thereof, "subsection (a)" where it first appears therein, and inserting 
in lieu thereof "subsections (a) and (c)"; and (3) by adding at the 
end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) Effective July 1, 1953, the term 'commissioned officer', as used 
veterinarians, 
in this section, shall, in addition to those categories defined in sub-
section (a) hereof, include (1) those commissioned officers in the 
Veterinary Corps of, or designated as veterinary officers in, the Regu-
lar Army and Air Force and commissioned veterinary officers of the 
Regular Corps of the Public Health Service who are on active duty 
on the date of enactment of this subsection; (2) those commissioned 
officers of the Veterinary Corps of, or designated as veterinary officers 
in, the Regular Army and Air Force and commissioned veterinary 
officers of the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, who were 
retired prior to the date of enactment of this subsection and who 
thereafter but prior to July 1, 1955, have been or may be assigned to 
active duty; (3) those officers who subsequent to the date of enact-
ment of this subsection but prior to July 1,1955, may be commissioned 
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in the Veterinary Corps of, or designated as veterinary oiRcers in, the 
Regular Army and Air Force or as veterinary officers of the Regular 
Corps of the Public Health Service; (4) such officers who on the date 
of enactment of this subsection are or who hereafter may be com-
missioned in the Veterinary Corps of, or designated as veterinary 
officers in, the Army Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Army of the 
United States, the Air Force of the United States, or as veterinary 
officers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service and who 
are on active duty on the date of enactment of this subsection as a 
result of having been called or ordered to extended active duty of 
one year or longer, or who may, prior to July 1, 1955, be called or 
ordered to extended active duty of one year or longer; (5) general 
officers appointed from the Veterinary Corps of, or previously desig-
nated as veterinary officers in, the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, 
the Army of the United States, the Regular Air Force, the Air Force 
Reserve and the Air Force of the United States who are on active 
duty on the date of enactment of this subsection; and (6) general 
officers who, subsequent to the date of enactment of this subsection, 
may be appointed from those officers of the Veterinary Corps of, or 
from those officers designated as veterinary officers in, the Regular 
Army, the Army Reserve, the Army of the United States, the Regular 
Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, and the Air Force of the United 
States who are included in parts (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this 
subsection." 
SEC. 9. Section T of the Act of September 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 826), 
as amended, is amended by striking out "July 1,1953" and by insert-
ing in lieu thereof "July 1,1955". 
Approved June 29, 1953. 
Public Law 85 
CHAPTER 159 
June 29. 1953 
^N ACT 
[H. R. 53121 
To provide for the more effective prevention, detection, and punishment of crime 
in the District of Columbia. 
District o f C o-
l u m b i a Law En-
forcement A c t of 
1953. 
Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may be 
cited as the "District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953". 
T I T L E I—TABLE OF CONTENTS AND DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. This Act is divided into titles and sections according to 
the following table of contents: 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
TITLE I—^TABI^ OF CONTENTS AND DEFINITIONS 
Sec. 
Sec. 
101. Table of contents. 
102. Definitions. 
TITLE II—CRIMINAL OFFENSES 
Sec. 201. Minimum sentences for certain crimes. 
Sec. 202. Sex offenses. 
Sec. 203. Abortion. 
Sec. 204. Amendments to the Dangerous Weapons Act 
Sec. 205. Assault on police officer. 
Sec. 206. Gambling. 
Sec. 207, Arrests without a warrant. 
Sec. 208. Presence in illegal establishments. 
Sec. 209. Possessing implements of crime. 
Sec. 210. Unlawful assembly—^profane and indecent language.