2019 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 45 - The Uniform
Sec. 771a - Disposition on discharge
| 10 U.S.C. § 771a (2019) |
| §771a. Disposition on discharge |
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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession that were issued to him, other than those that he may wear from the place of discharge to his home under section 772(d) of this title, shall be retained for military use. (b) When an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably— (1) the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be retained for military use; (2) under such regulations as the Secretary concerned prescribes, a suit of civilian clothing and an overcoat when necessary, both to cost not more than $30, may be issued to him; and (3) if he would be otherwise without funds to meet his immediate needs, he may be paid an amount, fixed by the Secretary concerned, of not more than $25. (c) When an enlisted member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard who has been called into Federal service is released from that service, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be accounted for as property issued to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, of the State or territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia of whose Army National Guard or Air National Guard he is a member, as prescribed in section 708 of title 32. |
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(Added Pub. L. 90–235, §8(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, §1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out "the Canal Zone," after "Puerto Rico,". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 45 - THE UNIFORM Sec. 771a - Disposition on discharge |
| section 771a |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 81 Stat. 763 102 Stat. 2059 |
| Public Law 90-235, Public Law 100-456 |
