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PUBLIC LAW 84-JUNE 29, 1953

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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: " I t shall be the duty of the National Advisory Committee in conjunction 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 determinations 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 volunteer 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 regard 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 physician, 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, reappointed, 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 commission in a reserve component of the Armed Forces and thereafter serves on active duty for a period of twelve months or more after

50 USC app. 454b note.

Aliens. Appointment. 8 USC 1425.

50 USC app. 454j. National Ad. visory eommittee. Deferments.

SO u s e 454a.

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Reservists. Appointments, etc. 66 Stat. 487. 50 USC 941.

Discharge from commission, etc. 50 USC 454(1).

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65 Stat. 76. 50 USC app.453.