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PUBLIC LAW 773-.SEPT. 3, 1954
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sections 201 or 305 (c), no period of service prior to appointment may be counted as total years of service. (h) "Special branch" means the Women's Army Corps and each special branch of the Army enumerated in the Army Organization Act 10 USC lb note, of 1950 (64 Stat. 263) and any other special branch of the Army hereafter established pursuant to law. (i) "Temporary appointment" means a temporary appointment in the Army of the United States without specification of component. (j) "Temporary grade" means the grade in which an officer holds a temporary appointment. PROMOTION PROCEDURES GENERALLY
65 Stat. 655.
SEC. 303. (a) A Reserve officer may not be promoted unless authorized by this title. However, this shall not be deemed to be a limitation on the authority of the Secretary of the Army under section 207, Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 837) as amended (5 U.S.C. 191a). (b) To carry out the provisions of this title a promotion may be made effective before, on or after the date accomplished, and the officer shall be entitled to pay, allowances, and benefits authorized by law for the higher grade from such effective date. (c) Promotions in a special branch will be made from among officers assigned to that branch. Promotions in any other branch will be made from officers not assigned to a special branch. (d) A Reserve officer shall not be considered by a selection board more than two years prior to the anticipated date of his promotion. (e) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this title, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. MAXIMUM GRADES FOR FEMALE OFFICERS
SEC. 304. A Women's Medical Specialist Corps Reserve officer may not be promoted to a grade above major. A Women's Army Corps or Army Nurse Corps Reserve officer may not be promoted to a grade above lieutenant colonel. CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT—^APPOINTMENTS
SEC. 305. (a) Upon initial appointment as a Reserve officer, the grade of a person credited with service under section 201 shall be as follows: Years of service credited
Less than three At least three, but less than seven At least seven, but less than fourteen At least fourteen, but less than twenty-one At least twenty-one At least twenty-three
Grade
Second lieutenant. First lieutenant. Captain. Major. Lieutenant colonel. Colonel or lieutenant colonel, as the Secretary determines.
(b) For a person appointed in a grade below colonel, any period of service credited under section 201 or under (c) which is in excess of the minimum years of service required under (a) for the grade in which appointed shall be credited as promotion service. (c) A person heretofore initially appointed as a Reserve officer in the lowest grade of a special branch, having held no prior appointment as a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces, may for the purposes of this title be credited with the amount of service in an active status prescribed in section 201 as a minimum amount of service for the appropriate branch.
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