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 V - Additional Provisions Relating to Promotion, Separation, and Retirement
Sec. 647 - Force shaping authority
| 10 U.S.C. § 647 (2017) |
| §647. Force shaping authority |
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(a) Authority.—The Secretary concerned may, solely for the purpose of restructuring an armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary— (1) discharge an officer described in subsection (b); or (2) transfer such an officer from the active-duty list of that armed force to the reserve active-status list of a reserve component of that armed force. (b) Covered Officers.—(1) The authority under this section may be exercised in the case of an officer who— (A) has completed not more than six years of service as a commissioned officer in the armed forces; or (B) has completed more than six years of service as a commissioned officer in the armed forces, but has not completed a minimum service obligation applicable to that member. (2) In this subsection, the term "minimum service obligation" means the initial period of required active duty service together with any additional period of required active duty service incurred during the initial period of required active duty service. (c) Appointment of Transferred Officers.—An officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, Regular Navy, or Regular Marine Corps who is transferred to a reserve active-status list under this section shall be discharged from the regular component concerned and appointed as a reserve commissioned officer under section 12203 of this title. (d) Regulations.—The Secretary concerned shall prescribe regulations for the exercise of the Secretary's authority under this section. |
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(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §501(c)(1)(A), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1873; amended Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, §503(b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2008—Subsec. (b)(1)(A), (B). Pub. L. 110–181 substituted "six years" for "5 years". EFFECTIVE DATESection effective on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Oct. 28, 2004, see section 501(g) of Pub. L. 108–375, set out as an Effective Date of 2004 Amendment note under section 531 of this title. |
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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 V - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND RETIREMENT Sec. 647 - Force shaping authority |
| section 647 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 118 Stat. 1873 122 Stat. 95 |
| Public Law 108-375, Public Law 110-181 |
