2017 US Code
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. 630 - Discharge of commissioned officers with less then six years of active commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade)
| 10 U.S.C. § 630 (2017) |
| §630. Discharge of commissioned officers with less then six years of active commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) |
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The Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense— (1) may discharge any officer on the active-duty list who— (A) has less than six years of active commissioned service; or (B) is serving in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign and has been found not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade); and (2) shall, unless the officer has been promoted, discharge any officer described in paragraph (1)(B) at the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date on which the officer is first found not qualified for promotion. |
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(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2861; amended Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, §1405(11), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, §505(d)(2), (4)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, §505(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, §503(a)(1), (2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2008—Pub. L. 110–181, §503(a)(2), substituted "six years" for "five years" in section catchline. Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 110–181, §503(a)(1), substituted "six years" for "five years". 2003—Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted "paragraph" for "clause". 2001—Pub. L. 107–107, §505(d)(4)(A), struck out "regular" before "commissioned officers" in section catchline. Par. (1). Pub. L. 107–107, §505(d)(2), struck out "regular" before "officer" in introductory provisions and before "grade of first lieutenant" in subpar. (B). 1984—Par. (2). Pub. L. 98–525 substituted "18-month" for "eighteen-month". EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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| 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. 630 - Discharge of commissioned officers with less then six years of active commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade) |
| section 630 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 94 Stat. 2861 98 Stat. 2622 115 Stat. 1088 117 Stat. 1457 122 Stat. 95 |
| Public Law 96-513, Public Law 98-525, Public Law 107-107, Public Law 108-136, Public Law 110-181 |
