Volume 85
Public Law 92–169
To amend titles 37 and 38, United States Code, relating to promotion of members of the uniformed services who are In a missing status.
Approved November 24, 1971
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend titles 37 and 38, United States Code, relating to promotion of members of the uniformed services who are In a missing status.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 552(a) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding the following sentence: “Notwithstanding section 1523 of title 10 or any other provision of law, the promotion of a member while he is in a missing status is fully effective for all purposes, even though the Secretary concerned determines under section 556(b) of this title that the member died before the promotion was made.”
Sec. 2.
Section 402(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by inserting immediately before the period at the end the following: “or as of the date of a promotion after death while in a missing status”.
Sec. 3.
For the purposes of chapter 13 of title 38, United States
Effective dates.
Code, this Act becomes effective upon the date of enactment. For all
other purposes this Act becomes effective as of February 28, 1961.
Approved November 24, 1971.