Pub. L. 84-737, tit. I, sec. 104

Sec. 104. Based on the service credited under this title, the commissioned grade in which a person is appointed under this title is that which is held by the junior officer on the applicable promotion list who is not a deferred officer or an officer considered but not recommended for promotion under section 518, Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (10 U. S. C. 559i), having the same or next longer service, and the name of an officer so appointed shall be placed on that list immediately below such officer.