HR 14694 · 93th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to provide career incentives for certain professionally trained officers of the armed forces, to establish separate optometry services in the armed forces, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.(1974-05-08)
Plain Language Summary
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Establishes in the Army an Optometry Corps. Provides for the membership of such Corps to qualified optometrists who are citizens of the United States and who have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe. Establishes an Optometry Corps in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Establishes procedures for appointments to the active list of the Navy in the Optometry Corps and the Regular Air Force. Provides for the crediting of service for commissioned officers equal to one year for each academic year required for an appointment conditioned upon training beyond the four-year college level.…
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