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[81 STAT. 377]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[81 STAT. 377]

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PUBLIC LAW 90-130-NOV. 8, 1967

(F) repealing section 5453 and striking out the corresponding item in the analysis; (G) striking out "or 5453" in section 5455 and inserting in place thereof "or 5452"'; and (H) amending the item in the analysis relating to section 5452 to read as follows:

377 Repeal. A Stat. 313.

"."452. Navy: women line officers on active duty; Marine Corps: women officers on active duty."

(18) Chapter 543 is amended by— (A) amending clause (1) of section 5702(a) to read as follows: ^^ ^*^*- ^^^• "(1) A board for each corps, other than the Medical Service Corps, to recommend captains in each corps and commanders in the Nurse Corps for continuation on the active list or to recommend captains in each corps, other than the Medical Service Corps and the Nurse Corps, for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, each consisting of not less than three or more than nine officers serving in the grade of rear admiral or above,"; (B) striking out "and the Nurse Corps'- in section 5702(a)(2); 71 Stat. 38i. (C) striking out "captain in section 5702(a)(2) and inserting in place thereof "commander"; (D) striking out "and a board for the Nurse Corps to recommend captains and commanders for continuation on the active list, each" in section 5702(a)(3); (VJ) striking out clauses (5) and (6) in section 5702(a); (F) amending the first sentence of section 5702(b) to read as follows: "Each board convened under this section to consider officers in the Medical Corps, the Supply Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Civil Engineer Corps, the Dental Corps, or the Nurse Corps shall consist of officers in the corps concerned, and each board convened under this section to consider officers in the Medical Service Corps shall consist of officers in the corps indicated in subsection (a). "; (G) adding the following at the end of section 5702(c): "How- 70A Stat. 337. ever, in the case of boards considering officers in the Nurse Corps, the Secretary may complete the minimum required membership by appointing as members of the board officers on the active list of the Navy in the Medical Corps serving in the prescribed grades.; (H) striking out the last sentence in section 5702(e); 7i Stat. 382. (I) amending the first sentence of section 5704(a) to read as "^^^ ^*^'- ^39. follows: "At least once each year and at such time as he directs, the Secretary of the Navy shall convene selection boards to recommend women officers in the line of the Navy for promotion to the grades of captain, commander, lieutenant commander, and lieutenant."; (J) amending the first sentence of section 5704(b) to read as follows: "The Secretary shall convene selection boards, for each staff corps in which there are women officers appointed under section 5590 in this title, to recommend women officers for pro- ^OA Stat. 327. motion to the grades of captain, commander, lieutenant commander, and lieutenant."; (K) amending the first sentence of section 5704(c) to read as follows: "At least once each year and at such times as he directs, the Secretary phall convene selection boards to recommend women officers in the Marine Corps for promotion to the grades of colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, and captain."; (L) inserting "captain (Navy)," before "commander" and "colonel," before "lieutenant colonel" in section 5707(a)(4); and 7/sfat^'382^^^' (M) striking out clause (1) in section 5711(c). 7OA Stat. 345.