2015 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces (Sections 101 - 18506)
Subtitle A - General Military Law (Sections 101 - 2926)
Part II - Personnel (Sections 501 - 1805)
Chapter 36 - Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List (Sections 611 - 647)
Subchapter III - Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service (Sections 627 - 636)
Sec. 634 - Retirement for years of service: regular colonels and Navy captains
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 36 - PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST SUBCHAPTER III - FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE Sec. 634 - Retirement for years of service: regular colonels and Navy captains |
Contains | section 634 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 96-513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2862; amended Pub. L. 97-86, title IV, §405(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 98-525, title XIV, §1405(13), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 99-145, title V, §514(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title V, §504(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2403; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, §561(e), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title V, §504(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, title V, §509(a)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3229. |
Statutes at Large References | 94 Stat. 2862 95 Stat. 1105 98 Stat. 2622 99 Stat. 628 106 Stat. 2403 107 Stat. 1667 112 Stat. 2004 119 Stat. 3229 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 96-513, Public Law 97-86, Public Law 98-525, Public Law 99-145, Public Law 102-484, Public Law 103-160, Public Law 105-261, Public Law 109-163 |
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(a) 30 Years of Active Commissioned Service.—Except as provided in subsection (b) and as provided under section 637(b) of this title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of colonel, and each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of captain, who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half), respectively, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes 30 years of active commissioned service.
(b) Exceptions.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:
(1) An officer of the Navy who is designated for limited duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title applies.
(2) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is a permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2862; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, §405(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, §1405(13), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, §514(b)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title V, §504(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2403; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §561(e), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, §504(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, §509(a)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3229.)
AMENDMENTS2006—Pub. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted "Except as provided in subsection (b) and as provided" for "Except an officer of the Navy who is designated for limited duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title applies and except as provided", and added subsec. (b).
1998—Pub. L. 105–261 inserted "an officer of the Navy who is designated for limited duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title applies and except" after "Except" and struck out at end "During the period beginning on July 1, 1993, and ending on October 1, 1999, the preceding sentence shall not apply to an officer of the Regular Navy designated for limited duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title applies."
1993—Pub. L. 103–160 substituted "October 1, 1999" for "October 1, 1995".
1992—Pub. L. 102–484 inserted at end "During the period beginning on July 1, 1993, and ending on October 1, 1995, the preceding sentence shall not apply to an officer of the Regular Navy designated for limited duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title applies."
1985—Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "rear admiral (lower half)" for "commodore".
1984—Pub. L. 98–525 substituted "30" for "thirty".
1981—Pub. L. 97–86 substituted "commodore" for "commodore admiral".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 97–86 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
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