−CITE− 10 USC CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION . −HEAD− CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −MISC1− Sec. 12641. Standards and procedures: Secretary to prescribe. 12642. Standards and qualifications: result of failure to comply with. 12643. Boards for appointment, promotion, and certain other purposes: composition. 12644. Members physically not qualified for active duty: discharge or transfer to retired status. 12645. Commissioned officers: retention until completion of required service. 12646. Commissioned officers: retention of after completing 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service. 12647. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while

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assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers. −SECREF− CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This chapter is referred to in section 1001 of this title. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12641 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12641. Standards and procedures: Secretary to prescribe −STATUTE− (a) The Secretary concerned shall, by regulation, prescribe − (1) standards and qualifications for the retention and promotion of members of the reserve components under his jurisdiction; and (2) equitable procedures for the periodic determination of the compliance of each such Reserve with those standards and qualifications. (b) If a Reserve fails to comply with the standards and qualifications prescribed under subsection (a), he shall − (1) if qualified, be transferred to an inactive reserve status; (2) if qualified, be retired without pay; or

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(3) have his appointment or enlistment terminated. −SOURCE− (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 79, Sec. 1001; renumbered Sec. 12641 and amended Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(h)(2), (4)(A), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996.) −MISC1− Historical and Revision Notes −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1001(a) 1001(b) 10:1036c (1st June 29, 1948, ch. sentence). 34:440k 708, Sec. 304 (less (1st sentence). last sentence), 62 10:1036c (2d Stat. 1088. sentence). 34:440k (2d sentence). −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− In subsection (a), the words ''As soon as may be practicable after the effective date of sections 1036−1036i (440h−440q) of this title'' are omitted as executed. The words ''not inconsistent with said sections or any other Act'' and ''appropriate'' are omitted as surplusage. AMENDMENTS 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337 renumbered section 1001 of this title as this section and substituted ''Standards and procedures: Secretary

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to prescribe'' for ''Secretary to prescribe'' as section catchline. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103−337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103−337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title. −SECREF− SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1001, 12307, 12734 of this title. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12642 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12642. Standards and qualifications: result of failure to comply with −STATUTE− (a) To be retained in an active status, a reserve commissioned officer must, in any applicable yearly period, attain the number of points under section 12732(a)(2) of this title prescribed by the Secretary concerned, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Secretary of a military department, and must conform to such other standards and qualifications as the Secretary

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concerned may prescribe. The Secretary may not prescribe a minimum of more than 50 points under this subsection. (b) Subject to section 12645 of this title, a reserve commissioned officer who fails to attain the number of points, or to conform to the standards and qualifications, prescribed in subsection (a) shall − (1) be transferred to the Retired Reserve if he is qualified and applies therefor; (2) if he is not qualified or does not apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve, be transferred to an inactive status, if he is qualified therefor; or (3) if he is not transferred to the Retired Reserve or an inactive status, be discharged from his reserve appointment. (c) This section does not apply to commissioned warrant officers or to adjutants general or assistant adjutants general of States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. −SOURCE− (Added Pub. L. 85−861, Sec. 1(22)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1443, Sec. 1002; amended Pub. L. 100−456, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059; renumbered Sec. 12642 and amended Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(h)(2), 1675(d)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996, 3018.) −MISC1− Historical and Revision Notes −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at

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Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1002(a) 1002(b) 50:1192(b) (1st Sept. 3, 1954, ch. sentence, less 11th 1257, Sec. 102(1) through 29th (as applicable to words). 50:1181(4). Sec. 202(b)), 50:1192(b) (less 102(4), 202(b), 68 1st sentence). Stat. 1149, 1150. 1002(c) 50:1181(1) (as applicable to 50:1192(b)). 50:1192(b) (11th through 29th words of 1st sentence). −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− In subsection (a), the word ''minimum'' is omitted as surplusage. The last sentence is substituted for the words ''(not to exceed fifty)''. AMENDMENTS 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1662(h)(2), renumbered section 1002 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(1)(A), substituted ''12732(a)(2)'' for ''1332(a)(2)''. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(1)(B), substituted ''12645'' for ''1005''. 1988 − Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100−456 struck out ''the Canal

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Zone,'' after ''Puerto Rico,''. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103−337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103−337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title. −SECREF− SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 10214 of this title. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12643 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12643. Boards for appointment, promotion, and certain other purposes: composition −STATUTE− (a) Except as provided in section 612(a)(3) of this title and except for boards that may be convened to select Reserves for appointment in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps, each board convened for the appointment, promotion, demotion, involuntary release from active duty, discharge, or retirement of Reserves shall include at least one member of the Reserves, with the exact number of Reserves

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determined by the Secretary concerned in his discretion. (b) Each member of a board convened for the selection for promotion, or for the demotion or discharge, of Reserves must be senior in rank to the persons under consideration by that board. However, a member serving in a legal advisory capacity may be junior in rank to any person, other than a judge advocate or law specialist, being considered by that board; and a member serving in a medical advisory capacity may be junior in rank to any person, other than a medical officer, being considered by that board. −SOURCE− (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 11, Sec. 266; Pub. L. 96−513, title V, Sec. 501(4), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2907; Pub. L. 97−22, Sec. 2(c), July 10, 1981, 95 Stat. 124; renumbered Sec. 12643, Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(h)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996.) −MISC1− Historical and Revision Notes −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 266(a) 266(b) 50:1005(a). July 9, 1952, ch. 50:1005(b). 608, Sec. 254, 66 Stat. 496. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− In subsection (a), the words ''under * * * prescribed'' are

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substituted for the words ''in accordance * * * established''. In subsection (b), the words ''in rank'' and ''by that board'' are inserted for clarity. AMENDMENTS 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337 renumbered section 266 of this title as this section. 1981 − Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97−22 substituted ''Except as provided in section 612(a)(3) of this title and except for Boards that may be convened to select Reserves for appointment in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps, each board convened for the appointment, promotion, demotion, involuntary release from active duty, discharge, or retirement of Reserves shall include at least one member of the Reserves, with the exact number of Reserves determined by the Secretary concerned in his discretion'' for ''Except as provided in section 612(a)(3) of this title, each board convened for the appointment, promotion, demotion, involuntary release from active duty, discharge, or retirement of Reserves shall include an appropriate number of Reserves, as prescribed by the Secretary concerned under standards and policies prescribed by the Secretary of Defense''. 1980 − Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96−513 substituted ''Except as provided in section 612(a)(3) of this title, each'' for ''Each''. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96−513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96−513, set out as a note under section 101 of this

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title. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12644 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12644. Members physically not qualified for active duty: discharge or transfer to retired status −STATUTE− Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary concerned may provide for the honorable discharge or the transfer to a retired status of members of the reserve components under his jurisdiction who are found to be not physically qualified for active duty. However, no member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States may be transferred under this subsection without the consent of the governor or other appropriate authority of the jurisdiction concerned. −SOURCE− (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 79, Sec. 1004; Pub. L. 86−603, Sec. 1(1), July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 357; Pub. L. 103−160, div. A, title V, Sec. 519, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1651; renumbered Sec. 12644 and amended Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1661(a)(4), 1662(h)(2), (4)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2980, 2996,

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2997.) −MISC1− Historical and Revision Notes −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1004(a) 1004(b) 50:949. 50:950 (last July 9, 1952, ch. 1004(c) sentence). 50:950 608, Sec. 225, 226, (less last 66 Stat. 488. sentence). −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− In subsection (a), the words ''Each * * * who is not on active duty'' are substituted for the words ''when not on active duty all''. The words ''examined as to his physical fitness'' are substituted for the words ''given physical examinations''. The words ''be required to'' are omitted as surplusage. The words ''execute and'' are inserted for clarity. In subsection (c), the words ''under his jurisdiction'' are inserted for clarity. AMENDMENTS 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1662(h)(2), (4)(B), renumbered section 1004 of this title as this section and substituted ''Members physically not qualified for active duty: discharge or transfer to retired status'' for ''Physical examination'' as section catchline.

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Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1661(a)(4), struck out ''(c)'' before ''Except as otherwise provided'' and struck out subsecs. (a) and (b) which read as follows: ''(a) Each member of the Ready Reserve who is not on active duty shall − ''(1) be examined as to his physical fitness every five years, or more often as the Secretary concerned considers necessary; and ''(2) execute and submit annually a certificate of physical condition. Each Reserve in an active status, or on an inactive status list, who is not on active duty shall execute and submit annually a certificate of physical condition. ''(b) The kind of duty to which a Reserve ordered to active duty may be assigned shall be considered in determining physical qualifications for active duty.'' 1993 − Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103−160 substituted ''five years'' for ''four years''. 1960 − Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86−603 limited the requirement for a physical examination every four years, and for the annual execution of a certificate of physical condition, to the Ready Reserve, and also required each Reserve in an active status, or on an inactive status list, who is not on active duty to execute and submit annually a certificate of physical condition. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103−337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103−337, set out as

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an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12645 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12645. Commissioned officers: retention until completion of required service −STATUTE− (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a reserve commissioned officer who has not completed the period of service required of him by section 651 of this title or any other provision of law may not be discharged or transferred from an active status under chapter 573, 1407, 1409, or 1411 of this title or chapter 21 of title 14. Unless, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, he is promoted to a higher reserve grade, he shall be retained in an active status in his reserve grade for the rest of his period of required service and shall be an additional number to the authorized strength of his grade. (b) Subsection (a) does not prevent the discharge or transfer from an active status of − (1) a commissioned warrant officer; (2) an officer on the active−duty list or a reserve

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active−status list who is found not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant, in the case of an officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or lieutenant (junior grade), in the case of an officer of the Navy; (3) an officer on the active−duty list or reserve active−status list who has failed of selection for promotion for the second time to the grade of captain, in the case of an officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or to the grade of lieutenant, in the case of an officer of the Navy; or (4) an officer whose discharge or transfer from an active status is required by law. −SOURCE− (Added Pub. L. 85−861, Sec. 1(22)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1444, Sec. 1005; amended Pub. L. 93−586, Sec. 2, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1920; Pub. L. 98−525, title V, Sec. 528(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2525; renumbered Sec. 12645 and amended Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1627, 1662(h)(2), 1675(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2962, 2996, 3018; Pub. L. 104−106, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1501(a)(4), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 495; Pub. L. 104−201, div. A, title V, Sec. 544(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2523.) −MISC1− Historical and Revision Notes −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

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1005 50:1181(1) (as Sept. 3, 1954, ch. applicable to 50: 1257, Sec. 102(1) 1194). 50:1194. (as applicable to Sec. 204), 204, 68 Stat. 1149, 1151. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− The word ''subsequently'' is omitted as surplusage. AMENDMENTS 1996 − Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104−201 inserted ''or a reserve active−status list'' after ''active−duty list''. Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 104−106 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1627. See 1994 Amendment note below. 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1662(h)(2), renumbered section 1005 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(2), substituted ''573, 1407, 1409, or 1411'' for ''337, 361, 363, 573, 837, 861, or 863''. Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1627, as amended by Pub. L. 104−106, added pars. (3) and (4). 1984 − Pub. L. 98−525 substituted ''(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a reserve commissioned officer'' for ''A reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer,'', struck out the comma before ''may'', and added subsec. (b). 1975 − Pub. L. 93−586 inserted reference to chapter 21 of title 14. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT

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Amendment by Pub. L. 104−106 effective as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title XVI of Pub. L. 103−337, as enacted on Oct. 5, 1994, see section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104−106, set out as a note under section 113 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by sections 1627 and 1675(d)(2) of Pub. L. 103−337 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103−337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title. −SECREF− SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 6389, 12642, 14503, 14901 of this title. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12646 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12646. Commissioned officers: retention of after completing 18 or more, but less than 20, years of service −STATUTE− (a) If on the date prescribed for the discharge or transfer from an active status of a reserve commissioned officer he is entitled

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to be credited with at least 18, but less than 19, years of service computed under section 12732 of this title, he may not be discharged or transferred from an active status under chapter 573, 1407, or 1409 of this title or chapter 21 of title 14, without his consent before the earlier of the following dates − (1) the date on which he is entitled to be credited with 20 years of service computed under section 12732 of this title; or (2) the third anniversary of the date on which he would otherwise be discharged or transferred from an active status. (b) If on the date prescribed for the discharge or transfer from an active status of a reserve commissioned officer he is entitled to be credited with at least 19, but less than 20, years of service computed under section 12732 of this title, he may not be discharged or transferred from an active status under chapter 573, 1407, or 1409 of this title or chapter 21 of title 14, without his consent before the earlier of the following dates − (1) the date on which he is entitled to be credited with 20 years of service computed under section 12732 of this title; or (2) the second anniversary of the date on which he would otherwise be discharged or transferred from an active status. (c) An officer who is retained in an active status under subsection (a) or (b) is an additional number to those otherwise authorized. (d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to − (1) officers who are discharged or transferred from an active status for physical disability, for cause, or because they have

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reached the age at which transfer from an active status or discharge is required by law; or (2) commissioned warrant officers. (e)(1) A reserve commissioned officer on active duty (other than for training) or full−time National Guard duty (other than full−time National Guard duty for training only) who, on the date on which the officer would otherwise be removed from an active status under section 6389, 14513, or 14514 of this title or section 740 of title 14, is within two years of qualifying for retirement under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned and subject to paragraph (2), be retained on that duty for a period of not more than two years. (2) An officer may be retained on active duty or full−time National Guard duty under paragraph (1) only if − (A) at the end of the period for which the officer is retained the officer will be qualified for retirement under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title; and (B) the officer will not, before the end of that period, reach the age at which transfer from an active status or discharge is required by this title or title 14. (3) An officer who is retained on active duty or full−time National Guard duty under this section may not be removed from an active status while on that duty. −SOURCE− (Added Pub. L. 85−861, Sec. 1(22)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1444, Sec. 1006; amended Pub. L. 86−559, Sec. 1(3)(A), June 30, 1960, 74

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Stat. 264; Pub. L. 87−651, title I, Sec. 105, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 508; Pub. L. 90−130, Sec. 1(4), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 374; Pub. L. 93−586, Sec. 3, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1920; Pub. L. 96−322, Sec. 2, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 96−513, title V, Sec. 511(30), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2922; renumbered Sec. 12646 and amended Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(h)(2), 1675(d)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996, 3018.) −MISC1− Historical and Revision Notes 1958 Act −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1006(a) 1006(b) 50:1195(a) (less Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1006(c) 1006(d) last 30 words). 1257, Sec. 102(1) 50:1195(b) (less (as applicable to last 30 words). Sec. 205), 205, 50:1227(c). 307(c), 503(c), 68 50:1333(c). Stat. 1149, 1151, 50:1181(1) (as 1155, 1173; June applicable to 30, 1955, ch. 247, 50:1195). Sec. 1(b), 69 Stat. 218. 50:1195(a) (last 30 words).

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50:1195(b) (last 30 words). 1006(e) 50:1195(c). −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− In subsections (a) and (b), the words ''Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, except as provided in sections 1265 and 1279 of this title'' and ''has been credited with, or'' are omitted as surplusage. The words ''entitled to be'' in clause (1) are inserted for clarity. In subsection (e), the words ''at the end of that period'' are substituted for the word ''then'' for clarity. The words ''before the end of that period'' are substituted for the word ''earlier'' for clarity. 1962 ACT The change reflects the repeal of section 611 of the Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954, ch. 1257 (68 Stat. 1186), formerly section 1391 of title 50, and its restatement in section 787 of title 14 (see sections 5(2) and 36A of the Act of September 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85−861 (72 Stat. 1547 and 1569)). AMENDMENTS 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1662(h)(2), renumbered section 1006 of this title as this section. Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(3)(B), substituted ''573, 1407, or 1409'' for ''337, 361, 363, 573, 837, 861, or 863''. Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(3)(A), substituted ''12732'' for

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''1332'' wherever appearing. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(3)(C), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: ''A reserve commissioned officer on active duty (other than for training) who, on the date on which he would otherwise be removed from an active status under section 3846, 3848, 3851, 3852, 6389, 6397, 6403, 6410, 8846, 8848, 8851, or 8852 of this title or section 740 of title 14, and who is within two years of qualifying for retirement under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title, may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be retained on active duty for a period of not more than two years, if at the end of that period he will be qualified for retirement under one of those sections and will not, before the end of that period, reach the age at which transfer from an active status or discharge is required by this title or title 14. An officer who is retained on active duty under this section may not be removed from an active status while he is on that duty. For officers covered by section 3846, 3848, 3851, or 3852 of this title, the ages at which transfer from an active status or discharge is required are those set forth in section 3843, 3844, or 3845 of this title, or section 21(e) of Public Law 85−861, as the case may be.'' 1980 − Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96−513 substituted ''Public Law 85−861'' for ''the Act enacting this section''. Pub. L. 96−322 substituted ''section 740 of title 14'' for ''section 787 of title 14''. 1975 − Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 93−586, Sec. 3(1), inserted

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reference to chapter 21 of title 14. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93−586, Sec. 3(2), substituted ''An officer who is retained'' for ''An officer of the Army or the Air Force who is retained''. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93−586, Sec. 3(3), substituted ''discharge is required by this title or title 14'' for ''discharge is required by this title''. 1967 − Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 90−130 struck out references to sections 3847 and 8847 of this title. 1962 − Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 87 − 651 substituted ''section 787 of title 14'' for ''section 1391 of title 50''. 1960 − Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 86−559 struck out references to sections 3849 and 8849 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by sections 1662(h)(2) and 1675(d)(3)(A) of Pub. L. 103−337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, and amendment by section 1675(d)(3)(B), (C) of of Pub. L. 103−337 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103−337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96−513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96−513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. −SECREF− SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 14504, 14505, 14506,

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14507 of this title; title 14 sections 740, 741. −CITE− 10 USC Sec. 12647 01/06/03 −EXPCITE− TITLE 10 − ARMED FORCES Subtitle E − Reserve Components PART II − PERSONNEL GENERALLY CHAPTER 1219 − STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION −HEAD− Sec. 12647. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers −STATUTE− Notwithstanding chapters 573, 1407, and 1409 of this title, a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, who is assigned to the Selective Service System or who is a property and fiscal officer appointed, designated, or detailed under section 708 of title 32, may be retained in an active status in that assignment or position until he becomes 60 years of age. −SOURCE− (Added Pub. L. 85−861, Sec. 1(22)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1445, Sec. 1007; amended Pub. L. 86−559, Sec. 1(3)(B), June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 265; renumbered Sec. 12647 and amended Pub. L. 103−337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(h)(2), 1675(d)(4), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996, 3018.) −MISC1−

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Historical and Revision Notes −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1007 50:1181(1) (as Sept. 3, 1954, ch. applicable to 1257, Sec. 102(1) 50:1202). 50:1202. (as applicable to Sec. 212), 212, 68 Stat. 1149, 1153. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− The words ''this title'' are substituted for the words ''this chapter'', since the provisions of this title requiring transfer from an active status are based on the source statute for this section (the Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954). AMENDMENTS 1994 − Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1675(d)(4), substituted ''573, 1407, and 1409'' for ''337, 363, 573, 837, and 863''. Pub. L. 103−337, Sec. 1662(h)(2), renumbered section 1007 of this title as this section. 1960 − Pub. L. 86−559 inserted ''or serving as United States property and fiscal officers'' in section catchline, and inserted provisions in text authorizing retention of reserve commissioned officers who are property and fiscal officers, appointed, designated, or detailed under section 708 of title 32. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT

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