Pub. L. 82-476, pt. IV, sec. 411

Sec. 411. In time of national emergency declared by the President or by the Congress and in time of war, the President is authorized to appoint qualified persons (including persons who hold no Regular or Reserve status) as temporary officers in the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve in any of the several commissioned officer grades, and persons so appointed may be ordered to active duty for such periods of time as the President may prescribe. The appointment of such a temporary officer, if not sooner vacated, shall continue during the national emergency or war in which the appointment was made and for six months thereafter. All such temporary appointments may be vacated at any time by the President. Temporary officers so appointed may, upon application, and, if selected, be commissioned as a Regular or Reserve officer of the Armed Force of the United States in which he served as provided by law.