63 STAT.]
81sT CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 402 -AUG. 5, 1949
in lieu thereof the words "During the period that title III of this
Act remains in effect"; and deleting in the second sentence of sub-
section (h) of the said section the words "shall have completed service
in the Navy" and substituting in lieu thereof the words "shall have
been selected therefor prior to August 7, 1949, and shall have com-
pleted active naval service, exclusive of active duty for training in a
reserve component,"
SEC. 2. All commissioned officers of the active list of the United
States Navy on active duty on the effective date of this Act, who on
that date or within one year thereafter are designated for special duty
in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of the Officer Per-
sonnel Act of 1947, as amended, shall be credited for purposes of
adjustment of lineal position, eligibility for selection for promotion,
eligibility for promotion, eligibility for continuation on the active
list and in respect to separation from the active list, pursuant to the
provisions of that Act but not pay or retired pay, with a period of
active service equal to the time spent in attendance at a professional
school, or in graduate study at a college or university, in the attain-
ment of education which is a requirement or an alternative require-
ment of the United States Navy for qualification for designation for
the performance of the special duty for which the officer is designated:
Provided,That the maximum period of active service so credited shall
be three calendar years, and shall not include any time spent in attend-
ance at such professional school or in graduate study at such college
or university while serving on active duty: Provided further, That no
such period of active service shall be credited to those of such officers
who, although required to hold a graduate degree, were originally and
permanently appointed and commissioned in the line of the Regular
Navy in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) as officers designated
for special duty, pursuant to section 408 of the'Officer Personnel Act
of 1947, as amended: Provided further, That no officer who attended
the United States Naval Academy shall be advanced, pursuant to this
Act, to a lineal position senior to any member of his class who was as
such senior to him and has not lost numbers or precedence.
SEC. 3. As used in this Act, the term "time spent in attendance at a
professional school, or in graduate study at a college or university"
shall, for the purpose of establishing the active service credit authorized
by this Act, be computed as follows: (1) Full-time, regular-session
attendance at a college, university, or professional school for one
academic year exclusive of summer or extra sessions, shall be con-
sidered one calendar year; (2) full-time, regular-session attendance
at a college, university, or professional school for a fraction of an
academic year, exclusive of summer or extra sessions, resulting in the
completion of the units of study undertaken during that period, shall
be considered to be an identical fraction of a calendar year; and (3)
part-time attendance at a college, university, or professional school,
or attendance at summer sessions or other extra sessions, shall first be
converted into an equivalent fraction of an academic year of full-time,
regular-session attendance, and shall be considered to be an identical
fraction of a calendar year: Provided, That, subject to the limitation
contained in section 2 hereof, every officer entitled to the benefits of
sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Act who holds a professional or graduate
degree, with the exception of an honorary degree, from a professional
school or a college or university, which degree is acquired through
attendance at a professional school or in graduate study at a college or
university for a period of at least three academic years, and which
degree is a requirement or an alternative requirement of the United
States Navy for qualification for service in the special-duty-only
classification for which the officer is designated, shall be credited
569
61 Stat. 829.
34 U. S.C., Supp. II,
§ 3c note.
Crediting of active
service for special
duty.
61 Stat. 869.
34U. S. C., Supp. II,
§ 211b.
Maximum period of
active service.
Restriction.
61 Stat. 873.
34U.S.C., Supp.II,
§77.
Computation of at-
tendance time at pro-
fessional school, etc.
Credit of maximum
period.
Supra;post, p. 570.
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