Us Code § 14702 - Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers in the grade of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general
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§ 14702. Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers in the grade of major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general
(a)
(1) an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States and assigned to a headquarters or headquarters detachment of a State; or
(2) a reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who, as a condition of continued employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician is required by the Secretary concerned to maintain membership in a Selected Reserve unit or organization.
(b)
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2955; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, §521(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1734; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, §514(b), (c)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4441.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2008—Pub. L. 110–417, §514(c)(1), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, catchline read as follows: "Retention on reserve active-status list of certain officers until age 60".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–417, §514(b), in heading, substituted "for Age" for "at Age 60" and, in text, substituted "paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)" for "subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)" and "An officer described in paragraph (1) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 62 years of age. An officer described in paragraph (2) of such subsection may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 60 years of age." for "An officer may not be retained under this section after the last day of the month in which the officer becomes 60 years of age."
1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85, in introductory provisions, substituted "section 14506, 14507, or 14508" for "section 14506 or 14507" and "colonel, or brigadier general" for "or colonel".
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.
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