An Act to authorize transfer of officers of the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy and Naval Reserve to the Medical Service Corps of the Navy, and for other purposes.
PL 84-606 (H.R.9838), enacted 06/21/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 606-JUNE 21, 1956 
[70 ST A T , 
June 21, 1956 
[H. R. 9838] 
Public Law 606 
CHAPTER 421 
AN ACT 
To authorize transfer of oflScers of the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy aud 
Naval Reserve to the Medical Service Corps of the Navy, and for other 
purp<jses. 
ical Service. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
cotpZ^ ^ " ' ^ * United States of America 
in Congress a^ssemhled., That during a 
Traisfer^o Med- period of iiot iiiore tliaii twelve months after enactment of this Act, 
Muy officer on the active list of the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy 
or any officer of the Nurse Corps of the Naval Reserve in a permanent 
grade not above lieutenant who is qualified in one or more of the 
specialties of dietetics, physical therapy, or occupational therapy, may 
be, upon her application, transferred to and appointed in the Medical 
Service Corps of the Regular Navy subject to regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy. 
An officer so transferred shall 
be appointed in her permanent grade with the precedence held by 
her at the time of transfer and upon transfer she may be reappointed 
to a higher permanent or temporary grade which corresponds to a 
higher temporary grade in w^hich she was serving at the time of 
transfer. 
The reappointment in a higher temporary grade of an 
officer so transferred shall be regarded for all purposes as having 
been effected under the same authority of law pursuant to which she 
was serving in a higher temporary grade at time of such transfer. 
The running mate of an officer transferred in accordance with this 
authority shall be, upon transfer, a w^oman line officer or a male 
officer, as the case may be, of the Regular Navy of appropriate 
])recedence assigned by the Secretary of the Navy. 
Officers so trans-
ferred who at the time of transfer had to their credit leave accrued, 
but not taken, shall not, by reason of such transfer, lose such accrued 
leave. 
SEC. 2. All provisions of law now existing or hereafter enacted 
relating to authorized grades, distribution in grade, selection for 
promotion, promotion and retirement of women staff officers of the 
Regular Navy appointed pursuant to the Act of June 12, 1948 (62 
Stat. 356, ch. 449), as amended, or the Act of June 24, 1952 (66 Stat. 
155, ch. 457) shall be construed to apply in like manner to officers 
transferred and appointed to the Medical Service Corps under the 
authority of this Act; however, officers transferred and reappointed 
pursuant to this Act shall not be subject to existing provisions of law 
relating to age limitations for appointments. 
SEC. 3. All provisions of law relating to paj, leave, money allow-
ances for subsistence and rental of quarters, mileage and other travel 
allowances, or other allowances, benefits, and emoluments of women 
staff officers of the Regular Navy shall apply to officers transferred 
and appointed to the Medical Service Corps under the authority of 
this Act. 
Approved June 21, 1956. 
Grades and pro-
motion. 
62 Stat. 363. 
34 u s e 
105 et 
aeq. 
34 u s e 21e. 
Limitation. 
Pay, leave, etc. 
June 22, 1956 
[S. 2967] 
Public Law 607 
CHAPTER 425 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 568), and for other purposes. 
Sup e r i o r 
N a-
t i o n al 
F o r e s t , 
Minn. 
16 u s e S77c. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That, except as here-
inafter provided, the provisions of the Act approved June 22, 1948 
(62 Stat. 568), are hereby extended and made applicable to the follow-
ing described lands: