Volume 81 · 746
Public Law 90–228
To amend title 10. United States Code, relating to the authorized strengths by grade for medical and dental officers on active duty in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Approved December 28, 1967
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 10. United States Code, relating to the authorized strengths by grade for medical and dental officers on active duty in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That title 10, United
Armed Forces.
Medical and Dental Corps officers.
Army.
States Code, is amended as follows:
The first sentence of section 3202(a) is amended by inserting “, except as provided in subsections (e) and (f).” after “basis, is”.
Section 3202 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end:
“(e) The authorized strengths of the Army in Officers in the Medical Corps and Dental Corps in grades below brigadier general shall be based on the needs of the Army, as determined by the Secretary under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
“(f) In determining the authorized strength of the Army under subsection (a), the strengths authorized for the Medical Corps and Dental Corps shall be excluded.”
Chapter 545 is amended as follows:
Navy.
by adding the following new section at the end:
Ҥ 5793. Authorized strengths in grade and promotions of Medical Corps and Dental Corps officers
“Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title, the authorized strengths of officers of the Medical Corps and Dental Corps in grades below rear admiral, and the selection and promotion of those officers to such grades, shall be based on the needs of the Navy, as determined by the Secretary under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.”; and
by inserting the following item in the analysis:
The first sentence of section 8202(a) is amended by inserting
Air Force.
“, except as provided in subsections (e) and (f),” after “basis, is”.
Section 8202 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end:
“(e) The authorized strengths of the Air Force in officers who are designated as medical or dental officers of the Air Force in grades below brigadier general shall be based on the needs of the Air Force, as determined by the Secretary under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
“(f) In determining the authorized strength of the Air Force under subsection (a), the strengths authorized for those who are designated as medical or dental officers of the Air Force shall be excluded.”
Approved December 28, 1967, 3:37 p.m.