Volume 76
Public Law 87–536
To amend section 6(d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 456(d)) to authorize certain persons who complete a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program to be appointed as commissioned officers in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Approved July 18, 1962
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 6(d) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 456(d)) to authorize certain persons who complete a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program to be appointed as commissioned officers in the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 6(d)
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 456(d)) is amended—
by amending the fourth sentence of paragraph (1) by striking out the word “Upon” and inserting the words “Except as provided in paragraph (5), upon” in place thereof; and
by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
“(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), upon the successful completion by any person of the required course of instruction under any Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program listed in clause (A) of the first sentence of paragraph (1) and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the military department having jurisdiction over him, such person may, without being relieved of his obligation under that sentence, be tendered, and accept, a commission in the Coast and Geodetic Survey instead of a commission in the appropriate reserve component of the Armed Forces. If he does not serve on active duty as a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for at least six years, he shall, upon discharge therefrom, be tendered a commission in the appropriate reserve component of the Armed Forces, if he is otherwise qualified for such appointment, and, in fulfillment of his obligation under the first sentence of paragraph (1), remain a member of a reserve component until the sixth anniversary of the receipt of his commission in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. While a member of a reserve component he may, in addition to as otherwise provided by law, be ordered to active duty for such period that, when added to the period he served on active duty as a commissioned officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, equals two years.”
Approved July 18, 1962.