33 U.S.C. § 864e
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 , 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, , 74 Stat. 130, provided that:
“This Act [repealing this section] becomes effective on
November 1, 1959.”