Us Code § 7142 - Army: percentage of high-school graduates
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§ 7142. Army: percentage of high-school graduates
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.
(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.)
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.
Editorial Notes
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".
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
CHAPTER 715—APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(e)(2)(A), (f)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, redesignated chapter 335 of this title as this chapter and items 3281 to 3283 as 7151 to 7153, respectively.
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, §511(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1751, struck out item 3310 "Warrant officers: original appointment; qualifications".
1980—Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §502(8), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2909, struck out items 3284 "Commissioned officers: appointment, how made", 3285 "Commissioned officers: original appointment; qualifications", 3286 "Commissioned officers: original appointment; age limitations", 3287 "Commissioned officers: original appointment; service credit", 3288 "Commissioned officers: original appointment; determination of grade", 3289 "Commissioned officers; Medical Corps: original appointment; professional examination", 3290 "Commissioned officers; Medical Service Corps: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade", 3291 "Commissioned officers: Army Nurse Corps and Army Medical Specialist Corps: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade", 3292 "Commissioned officers; Judge Advocate General's Corps: original appointment; additional qualifications, grade", 3293 "Commissioned officers; Chaplains: original appointment; examination", 3294 "Commissioned officers; Medical and Dental Corps: original appointment", 3295 "Commissioned officers: original appointment; determination of place on promotion list", 3296 "Promotion lists: promotion-list officer defined; determination of place upon transfer or promotion", 3297 "Selection boards", 3298 "Commissioned officers: promotion to first lieutenant; effect of failure of promotion", 3299 "Commissioned officers: promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel", 3300 "Commissioned officers: promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel; selection board procedure", 3302 "Commissioned officers: Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps: promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel; professional examination", 3303 "Commissioned officers: effect of failure of promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel", 3305 "Commissioned officers: promotion to colonel", 3306 "Commissioned officers: promotion to brigadier general", 3307 "Commissioned officers: promotion to major general", 3308 "Commissioned officers: effect of removal from recommended list by President or failure of confirmation by Senate", 3309 "Commissioned officers: physical examination for promotion", 3312 "Officers: acceptance of promotion", 3313 "Suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement or separation during war or emergency", and 3314 "Commissioned officers: promotion not to be delayed by another appointment".
1978—Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, §820(d)(5), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1627, struck out item 3311 "Officers: female; limitations on appointment".
1967—Pub. L. 90–130, §1(10)(C), (E), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 375, struck out item 3304 "Commissioned officers; Army Nurse Corps and Army Medical Specialist: promotion to lieutenant colonel or colonel", and struck out "other than officers in Army Nurse Corps and Army Medical Specialist Corps" after "Commissioned officers" in item 3305.
1958—Pub. L. 85–861, §1(79)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1468, added item 3314.
1957—Pub. L. 85–155, title I, §101(9), (15), (17), Aug. 21, 1957, 71 Stat. 377, 379, substituted "Army Medical Specialist Corps" for "Women's Medical Specialist Corps" in item 3291, "Army Medical Specialist" for "Women's Medical Specialist Corps" and "promotion to lieutenant colonel or colonel" for "promotion to first lieutenant, captain, major, or lieutenant colonel" in item 3304, and "Commissioned officers other than officers in Army Nurse Corps and Army Medical Specialist Corps" for "Commissioned officers" in item 3305.
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