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2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle E - Reserve Components (§§ 10001 - 18506)
Part II - PERSONNEL GENERALLY (§§ 12001 - 12774)
Chapter 1217 - MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS (§§ 12601 - 12605)
Section 12605 - Presentation of United States flag: members transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for retired pay

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle E - Reserve Components
PART II - PERSONNEL GENERALLY
CHAPTER 1217 - MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Sec. 12605 - Presentation of United States flag: members transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for retired pay
Containssection 12605
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositiontransferred
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI, §652(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 664.
Statutes at Large References113 Stat. 664, 665
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 106-65

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Presentation of United States flag: members transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for retired pay - 10 U.S.C. § 12605 (2013)
§12605. Presentation of United States flag: members transferred from an active status or discharged after completion of eligibility for retired pay

(a) Presentation of Flag.—Upon the transfer from an active status or discharge of a Reserve who has completed the years of service required for eligibility for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall present a United States flag to the member.

(b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized.—A member is not eligible for presentation of a flag under subsection (a) if the member has previously been presented a flag under this section or any provision of law providing for the presentation of a United States flag incident to release from active service for retirement.

(c) No Cost to Recipient.—The presentation of a flag under this section shall be at no cost to the recipient.

(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, §652(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 664.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VI, §652(d), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 665, provided that: "Section 12605 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), section 213 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 214] (as added by subsection (b)), and section 25 of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers' Act of 1948 [33 U.S.C. 853v] (as added by subsection (c)) shall apply with respect to releases from service described in those sections on or after October 1, 1999."

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