An Act to provide that active service in the Army and Air Force shall be included in determining the eligibility for retirement of certain commissioned officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
PL 84-231 (H.R.4886), enacted 08/04/1955

69 S T A T . ] 
PUBLIC LAW 231-AUG. 4, 1955 
493 
"(3) in other cases, by the Secretary of the Army. 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall, before January 1, 1956, adjust the dates of rank of all 
commissioned officers of the Regular Air Force in the permanent 
grade of captain who are designated as nurses and women medical 
specialists to reflect the total amount of service creditable to each 
such officer for promotion purposes under existing law. When that 
adjustment is made, the names of the officers concerned shall be 
arranged on the promotion lists concerned in order of date of rank. 
If two or more officers have the same date of rank, rank shall be 
determined— 
"(1) by length of continuous active commissioned service in 
the regular components of the Armed Forces; 
"(2) if the length of continuous active commissioned service 
in the regular components of the Armed Forces is the same, 
by rank established at the time of her earliest appointment in 
the regular component of an armed force; and 
"(3) in other cases, by the Secretary of the Air Force." 
Approved August i , 1955. 
Public Law 230 
CHAPTER 552 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
^ ^ . , , , , „ , 
Authorizing the printing and binding of a revised edition of Cannon's Procedure 
[H.J. Rem, 385] 
in the House of Representatives and providing that the same shall be subject 
to copyright by the author. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assenioled^ That there shall be printed 
and bound for the use of the House one thousand five hundred copies 
of Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives, by Clarence 
Cannon, to be printed under the supervision of the author and to be 
distributed to Members by the Speaker. 
SEC. 2. That, notwithstanding any provision of the copyright laws 
and regulations with respect to publications in the public domain, 
Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives shall be subject 
to copyright by the author thereof. 
Approved August 4, 1955. 
Cannon's Proce-
dure* 
Public Law 231 
CHAPTER 553 
AN ACT 
To provide that active service in the Army and Air Force shall be included in 
determining the eligibility for retirement of certain commissioned officers of 
the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. 
August 4, 195S 
[H.R. 4886] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of 
the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the President to retire certain 
officers and enlisted men of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, 
and for other purposes", approved February 21,1946 (34 U. S. C , sec. 
410b), is hereby amended by inserting immediately after "Navy, 
Marine Corps," the following: "Army, Air Force,". 
SEC. 2. Section 232 of title 14 of the United States Code is hereby 
amended by inserting immediately after "Navy," the following: 
"Army, Air Force,". 
Approved August 4, 1955. 
N a v y , 
M a r i n e 
Corpst and Coast 
Guard* 
Service credtta. 
60 StaU 27. 
63 Stat. 514.