An Act to make certain revisions in titles I through IV of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 82-67 (H.R.4200), enacted 06/30/1951

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Public Law 66 
CHAPTER 195 
June 30,1951 
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[H. R. 3181] 
To continue until the close of June 30, 1952, the suspension of duties and import 
taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of 
^ %%]^: § 3425 the Act of September 30,1950 (Public Law 869, Eighty-first Congress, 
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ch. 1119, second session), is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 
1951" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1952". 
Approved June 30, 1951. 
Public Law 67 
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CHAPTER 196 
AN ACT 
June 30,1951 
JH- R- ^200] 
To make certain revisions in titles I through IV of the Officer Personnel Act 
of 1947, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
A^^mT^^amend! United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Officer 
ments. ' 
Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, is further amended by— 
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a 
(^) Deleting in sections 116 and 214 the last sentence thereof and 
note, 3b note.' 
Substituting therefor the following sentence: "Except when suspended 
Po(rt, p. 109. 
under the provisions of section 426 (c), the remaining provisions of 
this title shall be effective during any period in which title I I I of this 
Act is not in effect." 
34u!*s.'cf§3cnote. 
(b) Amending section 301 to read as foUows: 
"SEC. 301. The authority granted by this title and all provisions 
thereof shall be effective during any period when the total number of 
line officers serving on active duty exceeds the number of line officers 
holding permanent appointments in the grade of ensign and above 
on the active list of the Regular Navy: Provided, That with respect 
to provisions relating to officers serving in grades of lieutenant (junior 
grade) and lieutenant, the President during any period that he deter-
mines the needs of the service so require may suspend the operation 
of any or all such provisions of this title." 
34U**s'.c!^'§5a(g). 
(^) Deleting in the last sentence of subsection (g) of section 303 
the word "annual" and changing the period at the end of the said 
sentence to a colon and adding the following new proviso: '''•Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection relat-
ing to the authorized number of officers in grade, in order to make 
adjustments for the number of officers in the Naval Reserve who may 
be ordered to active duty in any grade pursuant to this Act or to other 
provisions of law, the authorized number of officers in each grade con-
cerned may be temporarily exceeded by such number of officers ordered 
to active duty in such grade until the next succeeding computation 
authorized by this subsection shall be made." 
(d) Amending subsections (g) and (h) of section 303 by deleting 
where appearing the words "as of January 1 of each year" and 
substituting in lieu thereof the words "at such times that the needs of 
the service require but not less than once annually". 
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(g) Changing the period at the end of subsection (n) of section 304 
(n). ' ' ' 
to a colon and adding the following proviso: ^^Provided, That the 
President, during any period that he determines the needs of the service 
so require, may suspend the operation of this subsection." 
(f) Inserting in the first sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection 
34u*^sc^§306(a) (^) ^^ section 305 after the word "senior" the words "in permanent 
(1). 
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(g) Inserting in the first sentence of subsection (f) of section 314, 
between the words "active" and "list" the words "or retired" and 
deleting in the third proviso of that subsection the words "major 
general on the active list" and substituting therefor the words "major • 
general or above on the active or retired list" 
(h) Amending section 426 by adding a new subsection as follows: 
"(c) The President may, at such time or times as he may deem advis-
able during any war or national emergency declared after the effective 
date of this Act, suspend the operation of any or all of the provisions of 
this Act which relate to the distribution in grades, promotion by selec-
tion, involuntary retirement and discharge of officers of the naval 
service, and such suspension shall not continue beyond June 30 of the 
fiscal year following that in which such war or national emergency 
SEC. 2. (a) The Act of July 24, 1941 (55 Stat. 603), as amended, is 
further amended by changing the period at the end of section 5 to a 
colon and adding the following proviso: ''''Provided^ That officers shall 
be temporarily appointed pursuant to this Act to grades above lieu-
tenant (junior grade) in the Navy and first lieutenant in the Marine 
Corps only upon the recommendation of a board of officers convened 
for that purpose." 
(b) Section 5 of such Act is further amended by— 
(1) Inserting, immediately after "SEC. 5.", the subsection designa-
tion " ( a ) " ; and 
(2) Inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) In addition to recommending those officers whom it considers 
fully qualified for temporary appointment to higher grades, such a 
board shall also report, from among the officers whose names are pre-
sented to it for consideration, the names of any officers of the active 
list of less than twenty years' service whose records in its opinion 
indicate their unsatisfactory performance of duty in their present 
grades and in its opinion indicate that they would not satisfactorily 
perform the duties of a higher grade. 
Officers holding permanent 
appointments on the active list of the Regular Navy or Marine Corps 
in the grades of warrant officer and above whose names are so reported 
shall, except as hereinafter provided, be honorably discharged from 
the naval service on the first day of the fourth month following that 
in which their names are thus reported with a lump-sum payment com-
puted on the basis of two months' active-duty pay at time of discharge 
for each year of commissioned service computed in accordance with 
subsection 102 (d) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as amended, 
for line officers and subsection 202 (d) of that Act for staff officers, 
but not to exceed a total of one year's active-duty pay. 
No such officer 
who is under consideration for or undergoing disciplinary action of 
any kind shall be separated from the naval service prior to the final 
disposition of his case and he shall thereafter without delay be sepa-
rated from the naval service pursuant to this subsection or other 
provisions of law, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy. 
An 
officer holding permanent appointment as a commissioned warrant 
or warrant officer and serving temporarily in a higher grade, or an 
officer designated for limited duty who when appointed for the per-
formance of limited duty only held a permanent appointment as a 
commissioned warrant or warrant officer, whose name is so reported 
shall, in lieu of such honorable discharge from the naval service, have 
the option of reverting to the grade and status he would have held 
had he not been so appointed. 
An officer designated for limited duty 
who when appointed for the performance of limited duty only held 
a permanent rating below warrant officer, whose name is so reported 
shall, in lieu of such honorable discharge from the naval service, 
have the option of reverting to the grade and status he would have 
61 Stat. 863. 
34 U. S. C. J 626-1 
(f). 
61 Stat. 880. 
60 U. S. C. app. 
5806 note; 34U.S.C. 
§ 3c note. 
S u s p e n s i o n by 
President. 
34 U. S. C. § 350d. 
Certain temporary 
promotions. 
Separations. 
64 Stat. 798, 816. 
34 U. S. C. §§ 3a 
(d),3b(d). 
Option of reverting. 
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held had he not been so appointed and instead had been appointed 
a Warrant officer. 
In any computation to determine the grade and 
status to which such officers may revert, all of their active service as 
an officer designated for limited duty or as a temporary or reserve 
officer shall be included." 
Approved June 30, 1951. 
June 30,1951 
[H. R. 4395] 
64 Stat. 64. 
42U. S.C. §1584. 
Public Law 68 
CHAPTER 197 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in con-
nection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved October 
14, 1940, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 604 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing in con-
nection with national defense, and for other purposes", approved 
October 14, 1940, as amended, is hereby amended by striking out 
"July 1, 1951" and inserting in lieu thereof "August 15, 1951". 
Approved June 30, 1951. 
Public Law 69 
CHAPTER 198 
June 30,1951 
[H. J. Res. 278] 
Defense Production 
Act, 1950, amend-
ments. 
64 Stat. 822. 
50 U. S. C. app. 
§2166. 
64 Stat. 798. 
60 U. S. C. app. 
§2061. 
64 Stat. 804. 
50 U. 8. C. app. 
§ 2102. 
Housing and Rent 
Act, 1947, amend-
ments. 
64 Stat. 255. 
60 U. 8. C. app. 
§1884. 
64 Stat. 255. 
60 U. 8. C. app 
§1894. 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To continue for a temporary period the Defense Production Act of 1950; the 
Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended; and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That section 716 (a) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 is hereby amended (1) by striking out 
"June 30, 1951" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 31, 1951", and (2) 
by striking out "July 1, 1951" and inserting in lieu thereof "August 1, 
1951". 
Section 716 (b) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 is 
hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1951" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "July 31,1951". 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
resolution or any other provision of law, the authority conferred 
under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, shall not be 
exercised during the period June 30, 1951, to July 31, 1951, inclusive, 
to place into effect, or permit to become effective, a price ceiling for 
any material or service lower than the ceiling in effect for such material 
or service on the date of the enactment of this resolution or to put into 
effect a ceiling for any material or service for which a ceiling is not in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this resolution, except that in 
the case of those agricultural commodities below parity which reach a 
parity price during the effective period of this resolution, ceilings may 
be put into effect in conformity with the provisions of section 
402 (d) (3) of the Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 4 (e) of the Housing and Kent Act of 1947, 
as amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1951" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "July 31,1951". 
(b) Section 204 (a) of the Housing and Kent Act of 1947, as 
amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 1951" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "July 31,1951". 
(c) Section 204 (f) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as 
amended, is hereby amended by striking out "June 30,1951" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "July 31,1951".