2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 713 - Enlistments
Sec. 7142 - Army: percentage of high-school graduates

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7142 (2018)
Section Name §7142. Army: percentage of high-school graduates
Section Text

Notwithstanding section 520(b) of this title, of the males with no prior military service who are enlisted or inducted into the Army during any fiscal year, the number who are not high-school graduates may not exceed, as of the end of the fiscal year, 35 percent of all such persons.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IV, §402(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3859, §3262; amended Pub. L. 100–370, §1(a)(2), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 840; renumbered §7142, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

Editorial Notes HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1988 ACT

Amendment of section is based on Pub. L. 93–307, title IV, §401, June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 234, as amended by Pub. L. 93–365, title VII, §705, Aug. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 406.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3262 of this title as this section.

1988—Pub. L. 100–370 substituted "Notwithstanding section 520(b) of this title, of" for "Of".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 B - Army
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 713 - ENLISTMENTS
Sec. 7142 - Army: percentage of high-school graduates
Contains section 7142
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 88 Stat. 234, 406
100 Stat. 3859
102 Stat. 840
132 Stat. 1838
Public Law References Public Law 93-307, Public Law 93-365, Public Law 99-661, Public Law 100-370, Public Law 115-232
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