Volume 69 · 493
Public Law 84–229
To further amend section 106 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 so as to provide for certain adjustments in the dates of rank of nurses and women medical specialists of the Regular Army and Regular Air Force in the permanent grade of captain, and for other purposes.
Approved August 4, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To further amend section 106 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 so as to provide for certain adjustments in the dates of rank of nurses and women medical specialists of the Regular Army and Regular Air Force in the permanent grade of captain, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 106 of the Army-Navy Nurses Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 44, ch. 38), as amended, is further amended by inserting the letter “(a)” immediately following the words “Sec. 106.” and by adding the following subsections at the end thereof.
“(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Army shall, before January 1, 1956, adjust the dates of rank of all Commissioned officers of the Army Nurse Corps and Women’s Medical Specialist Corps of the Regular Army in the permanent grade of captain to reflect the total amount of service creditable to each such officer for promotion purposes under existing law. When that adjustment is made, such officer shall be given precedence for promotion purposes in accordance with their adjusted dates 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 original appointment in the regular component of an armed force; and
“(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 data 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 4, 1955.