An Act to amend the provisions of the Revised Statutes relating to physical examinations preliminary to promotion of officers of the naval service.
PL 84-776 (H.R.9892), enacted 07/24/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 776-JULY 24, 1956 
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SEC. 7. Section 11 of the Act of March 4, 1925 (43 Stat. 1274), as 
amended by section 1 (c) of the Act of June 29, 1946 (60 Stat. 343), 
is hereby repealed, and all other laws and parts of laws are hereby 
repealed insofar as they may be inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act. 
Approved July 24, 1956, 
Repeals. 
34 u s e 701. 
Public Law 775 
CHAPTER 687 
AN ACT 
To establish a date of rank for pay purposes for certain Naval Reserve officers 
promoted to the grades of lieutenant and lieutenant commander. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstand-
ing the provisions of the Act of July 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 603), those 
officers of the Naval Keserve— 
(a) who were selected for promotion to lieutenant or lieutenant 
commander by selection boards of officers whose reports were 
approved by the Secretary of the Navy on April 11, 1952, April 
14,1952, April 22,1952, April 25, 1952, May 20, 1952, or May 29, 
1952; and 
(b) who were promoted to the grade for which selected while 
on active duty, 
shall be considered to have been promoted on the date which is stipu-
lated in the appointing orders to be the date of rank in the grade to 
which promoted, and shall be entitled to pay, allowances, and prece-
dence from this date of rank. 
Approved July 24, 1956. 
July 24, 1956 
[H. R. Veil] 
N a v a l 
Reserve 
officers. 
Date of rank. 
14 u s e 240, 310; 
34 u s e 350 et seq. 
Public Law 776 
CHAPTER 688 
AN ACT 
To amend the provisions of the Revised Statutes, relating to physical examina-
tions preliminary to promotion of officers of the naval service. 
July 24, 1956 
IH. R. 9892] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1493 
of the Eevised Statutes is amended to read as follows: 
" S E C 1493. No officer of the Kegular Navy or Eegular Marine Corps 
may be promoted to a grade above that of ensign in the Navy or 
second lieutenant in the Marine Corps until he has qualified therefor 
by such physical examination as the Secretary of the Navy may pre-
scribe. No officer shall be excluded from a promotion to which he 
would otherwise be regularly entitled if in his case the Secretary of 
the Navy or the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery when 
authorized by the Secretary of the Navy determines that his physical 
disqualification was by reason of wounds received in the line of duty 
and that such wounds do not incapacitate him for the performance of 
useful service in the higher grade." 
SEC. 2. The following laws and parts of laws are repealed: 
(1) Section 1494 of the Revised Statutes (34 U. S. C. 272) ; 
(2) The last sentence of the tenth paragraph under the heading 
"Marine Corps" of the Act of August 29, 1916 (ch. 417, 39 Stat. 611; 
34 U. S. C. 666); and 
(3) Section 9 of the Act of May 29, 1934 (ch. 367, 48 Stat. 812; 
34U. S. C. 665). 
Approved July 24, 1956. 
Navy officers. 
Physical exami-
nation for promo-
tion. 
34 u s e 271.