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title: "42 U.S.C. § 212b"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 212b - Repealed. Apr. 27, 1956, ch. 211, § 5(d), 70 Stat. 117

## Notes

Section, act July 31, 1953, ch. 296, title II, § 201, 67 Stat. 254, authorized recall of retired officers of the Service. See section 212(c) of this title.