### **CHAPTER 40—LEAVE**

Sec.
701.
Entitlement and accumulation.
702.
Cadets and midshipmen.
703.
Reenlistment leave.
704.
Use of leave; regulations.
704a.
Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law.
705.
Rest and recuperation absence: qualified members extending duty at designated locations overseas.
705a.
Rest and recuperation absence: certain members undergoing extended deployment to a combat zone.
706.
Administration of leave required to be taken.
707.
Payment upon disapproval of certain court-martial sentences for excess leave required to be taken.
707a.
Payment upon disapproval of certain board of inquiry recommendations for excess leave required to be taken.
708.
Educational leave of absence.
709.
Emergency leave of absence.
709a.
Expenses incurred in connection with leave canceled due to contingency operations: reimbursement.
710.
Career flexibility to enhance retention of members.
711. 1
Parental leave for members of the reserve component of the armed forces.

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Amendments

**2023**—Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VI, §601(a)(2), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 288, added item 711.

**2018**—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, §551(b)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1768, added item 710.

**2016**—Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, §§521(b)(2), 522(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2115, 2116, added items 704a and 709a.

**2011**—Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, §532(b), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4216, added item 705a.

**2003**—Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VI, §621(b)(2), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1505, struck out "enlisted" before "members" in item 705.

**2002**—Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, §§506(d), 572(b), 574(b)(2)(B), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2536, 2558, substituted "Rest and recuperation absence: qualified enlisted members extending duty at designated locations overseas" for "Rest and recuperative absence for qualified enlisted members extending duty at designated locations overseas" in item 705, added items 706, 707a, and 709, and struck out former item 706 "Administration of leave required to be taken pending review of certain court-martial convictions".

**1984**—Pub. L. 98–525, title VII, §707(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2572, added item 708.

**1981**—Pub. L. 97–81, §2(b)(2), Nov. 20, 1981, 95 Stat. 1087, added items 706 and 707.

**1980**—Pub. L. 96–579, §5(b)(2), Dec. 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 3367, added item 705.

#### **Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries**

#### Pilot Programs on Career Flexibility To Enhance Retention of Members of the Armed Forces

Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, §533, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4449, as amended by Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, §531, title VI, §631(f)(4)(B), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1403, 1465; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, §522, title X, §1076(a)(9), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1722, 1948; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, §522, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3360; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title V, §523, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 812, which related to pilot programs under which active members of the Armed Forces could be inactivated from active duty in order to meet personal or professional needs and returned to active duty at the end of such period of inactivation, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, §551(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1769. See section 710 of this title.

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