Section, acts June 6, 1942, ch. 383, 56 Stat. 328; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 15, 63 Stat. 560; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, § 522(b), 63 Stat. 836, provided that certain commissioned officers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey who have been specially commended for performance of duty in actual combat prior to Dec. 31, 1946, shall, upon retirement, be placed upon the retired list one grade higher than the grade in which they were serving at the time of retirement.

Pub. L. 86–465, § 2, May 13, 1960, 74 Stat. 130, provided that: “This Act [repealing this section] becomes effective on November 1, 1959.”