PUBLIC LAW 85-63-JUNE 27, 1957
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"(1) is liable for induction; or "(2) as a member of a Reserve component is ordered to active duty, as a physician, or dentist, or in an allied specialist category in the Armed Forces of the United States, shall, under regulations prescribed by the President, be appointed, reappointed, or promoted to such grade or rank as may be commensurate with his professional education, experience, or ability: Provided, That any person in a needed medical, dental, or allied specialist category who fails to qualify for, or who does not accept, a commission, or whose commission has been terminated, may be used in his professional capacity in an enlisted grade." 62 Stat. 609. SEC. 6. Section 6(b), Universal Military Training and Service Act, 64 Stat. 1074. as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 456 (b)), is amended by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the following new clause: " (E) peripds of active duty performed by medical, dental, or allied specialists in student programs prior to receipt of the appropriate professional degree or in intern training." menu.***"* ***^* SEC. 7. Section 6(d). Universal Military Training and Service 62 Stat. 611; 65 Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 454), is amended by adding the Stat. 83. following new subsection at the end thereof: " (4) I t is the sense of the Congress that the President shall provide for the annual deferment from training and service under this title of the numbers of optometry students and premedical, preosteopathic, preveterinary, preoptometry, and predental students at least equal to the numbers of male optometry, premedical, preosteopathic, preveterinary, preoptometry, and predental students at colleges and universities in the United States at the present levels as determined by the Director herein." Doctor Draft Act, SEC. 8. Section 7 of the Act of September 9, 1950, chapter 939 (64 termination. Stat. 826), as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. This Act, except for section 3 and section 5, terminates at the close of June 30, 1957." Effective date. SEC. 9. This Act takes effect July 1, 1957, and shall terminate on July 1, 1959. Approved June 27, 1957.
Public Law 85-63 June 27. 1957 [H. R. ^143]
AN ACT To amend the Act of August 3, 1950, as amended, to continue in effect the provisions relating to the authorized personnel strengths of the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by^ the Senate and House of Representatives of the Armed Forces. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1 of np{2."^^ «pp- 20i the Act of August 3, 1950, chapter 537, as amended (68 Stat. 27), is further amended by striding out the words "July 31, 1957" and inserting the words "July 1, 1959" in place thereof. Approved June 27, 1957. Public Law 85-64 une June 28, 195 7 [H. J. R e s. 379]
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making supplemental appropriations for the Post OflSce Department for the fiscal year 1958, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are
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