10 U.S.C. § 630 — Discharge of commissioned officers with less than six years of active commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade)
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-513 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 103 words · no verdicts yet
This section authorizes and requires certain discharges of military officers under Defense Department regulations.
Under Defense Secretary regulations, the Secretary of the concerned military department (1) may discharge an active-duty-list officer* who has less than six years of active commissioned service, or who is a second lieutenant or ensign found unqualified for promotion to first lieutenant or lieutenant junior grade*; and (2) unless that officer was promoted, must discharge an officer described in (1)(B) when the 18-month period beginning on the first finding of unfitness ends.
The Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense—
may discharge any officer* on the active-duty list* who—
has less than six years of active commissioned service; or
is serving in the grade* of second lieutenant or ensign and has been found not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade); and
shall, unless the officer has been promoted, discharge any officer described in paragraph (1)(B) at the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date on which the officer is first found not qualified for promotion.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2861; amended Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(11), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 505(d)(2), (4)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 505(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 503(a)(1), (2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-513 · 94 Stat. 2861
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-525 · 98 Stat. 2622
- 2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-107 · 115 Stat. 1088
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-136 · 117 Stat. 1457
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 95
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 96-513 on 1980-12-12.
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