An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes.
PL 96-513 (S.1918), enacted 12/12/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2835 
Public Law 96-513 
96th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of 
law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of 
regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, 
to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize 
the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned 
officers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Dec. 12, 1980 
[S. 1918] 
Defense Officer 
Personnel 
Management 
Act. 
SECTION 1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Defense Officer 
10 USC lOl note. 
Personnel Management Act", 
(b) The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References to title 10, United States Code. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE—GENERAL MILITARY LAW 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Exclusion of certain personnel from annual end-strengths; annual report 
on estimated officer personnel requirements for next five years. 
Sec. 103. Officer strength and distribution in grade. 
Sec. 104. Original appointments in regular commissioned officer grades. 
Sec. 105. Temporary appointments in officer grades and promotion, separation, and 
involuntary retirement of officers on the active-duty list. 
Sec. 106. Authority to order retired members of regular components to active duty; 
grade in which reserve officers ordered to active duty. 
Sec. 107. Rank of commissioned officers among themselves. 
Sec. 108. Right of retired officers to command. 
Sec. 109. Separation pay upon involuntary discharge or release from active duty. 
Sec. 110. Involuntary separation of regular officers for substandard performance of 
duty or for certain other reasons. 
Sec. 111. Retirement of regular commissioned officers at age 62. 
Sec. 112. Requirement of three years service in grade for voluntary retirement. 
Sec. 113. Computation of retired pay for regular officers retiring for age or years of 
service. 
Sec. 114. Officers attending Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
to be counted against authorized military strengths. 
Sec. 115. Repeal of certain gender-based differences in treatment of dependents. 
Sec. 116. Extension of restrictions on performance of civil functions to all officers 
on active duty. 
Sec. 117 Permanent authority for certain provisions relating to disability retire-
ment. 
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TITLE n—AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLES B AND D OF TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE—THE ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE 
PART A—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO OFFICER APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, 
SEPARATION, AND MANDATORY RETIREMENT 
Sec. 201. Repeal of sections providing for temporary appointments in grades of gen-
eral and lieutenant general. 
Sec. 202. Repeal of sections relating to the authorized strength of the Army and of 
the Air Force. 
Sec. 203. Authorized strength in grade for general officers. 
Sec. 204. Repeal of sections relating to appointments of commissioned officers in 
the Regular Army and in the Regular Air Force. 
Sec. 205. Service credit upon original appointment of reserve commissioned officers. 
Sec. 206. Exclusion of reserve officers on the active-duty list from certain provisions 
relating to appointments of reserve officers. 
Sec. 207. Repeal of sections relating to temporary appointments of commissioned 
officers. 
Sec. 208. Repeal of sections relating to temporary appointments of warrant officers. 
Sec. 209. Grade in which reserve officers are ordered to active duty. 
Sec. 210. Retired regular members ordered to active duty. 
Sec. 211. Repeal of sections relating to rank and command. 
Sec. 212. Command by commissioned officers of the Army Medical Department and 
by commissioned officers of the Air Force in certain categories. 
Sec. 213. Repeal of chapters providing for involunteiry separation of regular officers 
for unsatisfactory performance of duty and for certain other reasons. 
Sec. 214. Repeal of sections authorizing discharge of regular officers during three-
year probationary period. 
Sec. 215. Retention in an active status of certain reserve officers until age 60. 
Sec. 216. Repeal of chapters relating to retirement for age of regular commissioned 
officers. 
Sec. 217. Repeal of sections relating to retirement for length of service. 
Sec. 218. Director of admissions of United States Military Academy; Registrar of 
the United States Air Force Academy. 
PART B—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 231. Authority to establish new staff corps in the Army. 
Sec. 232. Personnel detailed outside the Department of Defense to be counted in 
computing strengths. 
Sec. 233. Officers serving as Cliief of Staff to the President. 
Sec. 234. Grade of the Special Assistant to Comptroller of the Department of De-
fense. 
Sec. 235. Rank, pay, and allowances of Assistant to the Chief of Engineers. 
Sec. 236. Repeal of sections authorizing termination of appointment cr enlistment 
of regular female members. 
Sec. 237. Repeal of prohibition on women being enlisted as aviation cadets in the 
Regular Air Force. 
TITLE m—AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE C OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE—THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
PART A—PERMANENT GRADE OF COMMODORE ADMIRAL IN THE NAVY 
Sec. 301. Establishment of permanent commodore admiral grade. 
Sec. 302. Number of Navy staff corps officers serving in grades of commodore admi-
ral and rear admiral. 
PART B—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE 
Sec. 311. Repeal of sections relating to the strength of the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 312. Personnel detailed outside the Department of Defense to be counted in 
computing strength. 
Sec. 313. Amendments relating to number and distribution in grade of flag and gen-
eral officers. 
Sec. 314. Repeal, of sections relating to lineal lists. 
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PART C—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS IN THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
Sec. 321. Repeal of certain sections of chapter 539 relating to original appointments 
in the Navy and Marine Corps superseded by new chapter 36. 
Sec. 322. Repeal of section providing for appointment of graduates of the United 
States Naval Academy. 
Sec. 323. Repeal of sections limiting number of ensigns appointed annually in cer-
tain staff corps. 
Sec. 324. Original appointments in the Regular Navy of officers designated for engi-
neering, aeronautical, and special duty. 
Sec. 325. Original appointments of regular officers designated for limited duty. 
Sec. 326. Temporary appointments in warrant officer grades and of officers desig-
nated for limited duty. 
Sec. 327. Repeal of sections authorizing temporary appointments of Navy and 
Marine Corps officers. 
Sec. 328. Service credit upon original appointment of reserve commissioned officers. 
Sec. 329. Repeal of section authorizing direct procurement of ensigns and second 
lieutenants. 
PART D—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PROMOTIONS, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY 
RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
Sec. 331. Repeal of chapter providing for appointments to fleet commands and 
other positions of importance and responsibility. 
Sec. 332. Abolishment for regular officers of Navy running mate system and assign-
ment of running mates to reserve officers. 
Sec. 333. Repeal of chapters relating to selection boards, promotion of officers, and 
examinations for promotions. 
Sec. 334. Temporary appointment of certain Navy lieutenants. 
Sec. 335. Repeal of sections relating to involuntary retirement, separation, and 
furlough. 
Sec. 336. Retirement or discharge of regular limited duty officers. 
Sec. 337. Elimination of reserve officers from active status. 
Sec. 338. Elimination from active status in the Naval Reserve of officers in the 
Nurse Corps. 
PART E—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SPECIFIC POSITIONS 
Sec. 341. Rank and privileges of retirement of the Director of the Office of Budget 
and Reports. 
Sec. 342. Grade of the Chief of Dental Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 
Sec. 343. Rank and grade of Judge Advocate General of the Navy. 
Sec. 344. Abolishment of positions of Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel for 
Women and Director of Women Marines. 
PART F—ABOLISHMENT OF CERTAIN NAVY STAFF CORPS; AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH 
NEW STAFF CORPS IN THE NAVY 
Sec. 351. Authority to establish new staff corps in the Navy. 
Sec. 352. Abolishment of Medical Service Corps and Nurse Corps. 
Sec. 353. Composition of Medical Department of the Navy. 
PART G—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO RETIRED OFFICERS 
Sec. 361. Right of retired officers to command. 
Sec. 362. Recall and retired pay of retired officers of the Regular Navy and Regular 
Marine Corps. 
Sec. 363. Grade of retired members when ordered to active duty. 
PART H—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 371. Definitions. 
Sec. 372. Repeal of limitation on assignment of Regular Navy officers to shore duty. 
Sec. 373. Repeal of certain provisions providing different treatment of women mem-
bers of the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 374. Repeal of authorization for appointment of Reserve naval aviators as regu-
lar officers. 
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TITLE IV-AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE-PAY AND 
ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 
PART A—PAY FOR OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
Sec. 40 L Repeal of assignment of certain ofiicers in the Navy and Marine Corps to 
the pay grade for rear admirals. 
Sec. 402. Computation of creditable service. 
Sec. 403. Effective date for pay and allowances of commissioned officers receiving 
promotions. 
PART B—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY AND ALLOWANCES 
Sec. 411. Subsistence allowance for enlisted members while performing certain 
travel. 
Sec. 412. Elimination of differences of treatment in provision of initial uniform 
allowance to officers. 
Sec. 413. Reimbursement of expenses in connection with certain mess operations. 
Sec. 414. Repeal of provisions of title 37, United States Code, superseded by section 
805 of the Mental Health Systems Act. 
Sec. 415. Special pay for reserve medical officers. 
TITLE V—TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS 
PART A—AMENDMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT 
Sec. 501. Amendments to subtitle A of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 502. Amendments to subtitle B of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 503. Amendments to subtitle C of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 504. Amendments to subtitle D of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 505. Amendments to title 14, United States Code. 
Sec. 506. Amendments to title 37, United States Code. 
Sec. 507. Amendments to other laws. 
PART B—AMENDMENTS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN TITLES 10, 32, AND 37 
OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OTHER THAN CORRECTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT 
Sec. 511. Amendments to subtitle A of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 512. Amendments to subtitle B of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 513. Amendments to subtitle C of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 514. Amendments to subtitle D of title 10, United States Code. 
Sec. 515. Amendments to title 32, United States Code. 
Sec. 516. Amendments to title 37, United States Code. 
TITLE VI—TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
PART A—TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO THE ARMY AND AIR FORCE 
Sec. 601. Regular officers serving in a higher temporary grade below lieutenant 
general or recommended for promotion to a higher grade. 
Sec. 602. Reserve officers serving in a higher temporary grade below lieutenant 
general or recommended for promotion to a higher grade. 
Sec. 603. Regular officers once failed of selection for promotion. 
Sec. 604. Regular officers twice failed of selection for promotion. 
Sec. 605. Reserve officers once failed of selection for promotion. 
Sec. 606. Reserve officers twice failed of selection for promotion. 
Sec. 607. Entitlement to severance pay or separation pay of officers separated or 
discharged pursuant to this part. 
Sec. 608. Special tenure provisions for officers serving in temporary grades of briga-
dier general and major general. 
Sec. 609. Right of majors and colonels to complete years of service allowed under 
prior law. 
Sec. 610. Regular officers whose retirement has been deferred-
PART B—TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
Sec. 611. Officers serving in a temporary grade below vice admiral or lieutenant 
general or recommended for promotion. 
Sec. 612. Officers failed of selection for promotion. 
Sec. 613. Right of certain officers to retire under prior law. 
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94 STAT. 2839 
Sec. 614. Transition provisions to new commodore admiral grade. 
Sec. 615. Female officers. 
Sec. 616. Limited-duty officers. 
Sec. 617. Certain Navy lieutenants holding temporary appointments in the grade of 
lieutenant commander. 
Sec. 618. Director of Budget and Reports of the Navy. 
PART C—GENERAL TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
Sec. 621. Establishment of initial active-duty lists. 
Sec. 622. Officers serving in the same temporary grade and permanent grade; date 
of rank. 
Sec. 623. Officers serving in grades above major general or rear admiral. 
Sec. 624. Years of service for involuntary retirement or discharge. 
Sec. 625. Savings provision for constructive service previously granted. 
Sec. 626. Miscellaneous provisions relating to years of service. 
Sec. 627. Transition to officer grade-strength tables during fiscal year 1981. 
Sec. 628. Right of commissioned officers with permanent enlisted or warrant ofiicer 
status to retire in highest enlisted or warrant officer grade held. 
Sec. 629. Savings provision for retired grade for officers not subsequently promoted. 
Sec. 630. Exemption of certain officers from selective early retirement provisions. 
Sec. 631. Savings provision for entitlement to readjustment pay or severance pay 
under prior provisions of law. 
Sec. 632. Officers on active duty in grade above general. 
Sec. 633. Definitions. 
PART D—ADJUSTMENTS TO TRANSITION PROVISIONS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 
SPECIAL PAY 
Sec. 641. Preservation of entitlement for reserve medical officers. 
Sec. 642. Preservation of level of pay for senior dental officers. 
TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATES AND GENERAL SAVINGS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Effective dates. 
Sec. 702. Preservation of suspended status of law in suspended status on effective 
date. 
Sec. 703. General savings provision. 
REFERENCES TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 2. Except as otherw^ise expressly provided, whenever in this 
Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 10, 
United States Code. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A OF TITLE 10, 
UNITED STATES CODE—GENERAL MILITARY LAW 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 101. Section 101, relating to definitions, is amended by adding 10 USC 101. 
at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: 
"(37) 'Active-duty list' means a single list for the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps (required to be maintained under 
section 620 of this title) which contains the names of all officers of Post, p. 2855. 
that armed force, other than officers described in section 641 of Post, p. 2866. 
this title, who are serving on active duty. 
"(38) 'Medical officer' means an officer of the Medical Corps of 
the Army, an officer of the Medical Corps of the Navy, or an 
officer in the Air Force designated as a medical officer. 
"(39) 'Dental officer' means an officer of the Dental Corps of 
the Army, an officer of the Dental Corps of the Navy, or an officer 
of the Air Force designated as a dental officer. 
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"(40) 'General officer' means an officer of the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps serving in or having the grade of general, 
lieutenant general, major general, or brigadier general. 
"(41) 'Flag officer' means an officer of the Navy serving in or 
having the grade of admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral, or 
commodore admiral.". 
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL FROM ANNUAL END-STRENGTHS; 
ANNUAL REPORT ON ESTIMATED OFFICER PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS 
FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS 
10 use 138. 
SEC. 102. (a) Paragraph (1) of section 138(c), relating to the authori-
zation of active-duty and civilian personnel, is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(A)" after "(1)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subpara-
graphs: 
"(B) In counting active-duty personnel for the purpose of the end-
strengths authorized pursuant to subparagraph (A), persons in the 
following categories shall be excluded: 
"(i) Members of the Ready Reserve ordered to active duty 
under section 673 of this title. 
"(ii) Members of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve 
ordered to active duty under section 673b of this title. 
"(iii) Members of the National Guard called into Federal 
service under section 3500 or 8500 of this title. 
"(iv) Members of the militia called into Federal service under 
chapter 15 of this title. 
"(v) Members of reserve components on active duty for train-
ing for 180 days or less. 
"(vi) Members of reserve components on active duty for 180 
days or less to perform special work. 
"(C) The authorized strength of the Navy is increased by the 
authorized strength of the Coast Guard during any period when the 
Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy.". 
(b) Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of such section is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(D) The Secretary of Defense shall also include in such report with 
respect to each armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
a military department— 
"(i) the number of positions that require warrant officers or 
commissioned officers serving on active duty in each of the 
officer grades during the current fiscal year and the estimated 
number of such positions for each of the next five fiscal years; 
"(ii) the estimated number of officers that will be serving on 
active duty in each grade on the last day of the current fiscal year 
and the estimated numbers of officers that will be needed on 
active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal years; 
"(iii) an estimate and analysis for the current fiscal year and 
for each of the next five fiscal years of gains to and losses from 
the number of members on active duty in each officer grade, 
including a tabulation of^ 
"(I) retirements displayed by year of active commissioned 
service and active military service; 
"(II) discharges; 
"(III) other separations; 
"(IV) deaths; 
"(V) promotions; and 
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94 STAT. 2841 
"(VI) reserve and regular officers ordered to active duty; 
and 
"(iv) an analysis of the distribution of each of the following 
categories of officers serving on active duty on the last day of the 
preceding fiscal year by grade in which serving and years of 
active commissioned service: 
"(I) Regular officers. 
"(II) Reserve officers on the active-duty list. 
"(Ill) Reserve officers described in clauses (B) and (C) of 
section 523(b)(1) of this title. 
Post, p. 2842. 
"(IV) Officers other than those specified in subclauses (I), 
(II), and (III) serving in a temporary grade.". 
OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE 
SEC. 103. Part II of subtitle A is amended by inserting after chapter 
31 the following new chapter: 
"CHAPTER 32—OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN 
GRADE 
"Sec. 
"521. Authority to prescribe total strengths of officers on active duty and officer 
strengths in various categories. 
"522. Authorized total strengths: regular commissioned officers on active duty. 
"523. Authorized strengths: commissioned officers on active duty in grades of major, 
lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, 
commander, and captain. 
"524. Authorized strengths: reserve officers on active duty for administration of the 
reserves in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades 
of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. 
"525. Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer and flag 
officer grades. 
"526. Authority to suspend sections 523, 524, and 525. 
"§521. Authority to prescribe total strengths of officers on active lO use 521. 
duty and ofHcer strengths in various categories 
"(a) Whenever the needs of the services require, but at least once 
each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the total 
authorized active-duty strength as of the end of the fiscal year for 
officers in grades above warrant officer (W-4) for each of the armed 
forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military 
department. 
"(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of each military department may, for an armed force under 
his jurisdiction, prescribe the strength of any category of officers that 
may serve on active duty. 
"§522. Authorized total strengths: regular commissioned officers 
on active duty 
"The authorized strengths of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Marine Corps in regular officers (other than retired officers) in grades 
above chief warrant officer (W-4) are as follows: 
"Army 
63,000 
"Navy 
48,000 
"Air Force 
69,425 
"Marine Corps 
13,000 
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10 use 523. 
"§523. Authorized strengths: commissioned officers on active duty 
in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and 
Navy grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and 
captain 
"(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), of the total number of 
commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps at the end of any fiscal year (excluding officers in 
categories specified in subsection (jo)), the number of officers who may 
be serving on active duty in each of the grades of major, lieutenant 
colonel, and colonel may not, as of the end of such fiscal year, exceed a 
number determined in accordance with the following table: 
Number of officers who may be 
serving on active duty in the 
"Total number of commissioned officers (excluding officers in categories 
graoe o . 
specified in subsection (b)) on active duty: 
Lieuten-
Major 
ant 
Colonel 
colonel 
Army: 
60,000 
11,580 
7,941 
3,080 
65,000 
12,271 
8,330 
3,264 
70,000 
12,963 
8,718 
3,447 
75,000 
13,654 
9,107 
3,631 
80,000 
14,346 
9,495 
3,814 
85,000 
15,037 
9,884 
3,997 
90,000 
15,729 
10,272 
4.181 
95,000 
16,420 
10,661 
4,364 
100,000 
17,112 
11,049 
4,548 
110,000 
18,495 
11,826 
4,915 
120.000 
19,878 
12,603 
5,281 
130,000 
21,261 
13,380 
5,648 
170.000 
26,793 
16,488 
7,116 
Air 
Force: 
70,000 
13,530 
9,428 
3,642 
75,000 
14,266 
9,801 
3,823 
80,000 
15,002 
10,175 
4,004 
85,000 
15,738 
10,549 
4,185 
90,000 
16,474 
10,923 
4,365 
95,000 
17,210 
11,297 
4,546 
100,000 
17,946 
11,671 
4,727 
105,000 
18,682 
12,045 
4,908 
110,000 
19,418 
12,418 
5,088 
115,000 
20,154 
12,792 
5,269 
120,000 
20,890 
13,165 
5,450 
125.000 
21.626 
13,539 
5,631 
Marine Corps: 
12,500 
2,499 
1,388 
592 
15,000 
2,717 
1,483 
613 
17,500 
„ 
2,936 
1,579 
633 
20.000 
3,154 
1,674 
654 
22,500 
3,373 
1,770 
675 
25,000 
3,591 
1,865 
695 
"(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), of the total number of 
commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Navy at the end of 
any fiscal year (excluding officers in categories specified in subsection 
(b)), the number of officers who may be serving on active duty in each 
of 
the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain may 
not, as of the end of such fiscal year, exceed a number determined in 
accordance with the following table: 
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94 STAT. 2843 
"Total number of commissioned officers (excluding officers in 
categories specified in subsection (bll on active duty: 
Number of officers who may be serving 
on active duty in grade of: 
Lieutenant 
Command-
commander 
er 
Captain 
Navy: 
45,000 
9,124 
48,000 
9,565 
51,000 
10,006 
54,000 
10,447 
57,000 
10,888 
60,000 
11,329 
63,000 
11,770 
66,000 
12.211 
70,000 
12,799 
90,000 
15,739 
5,776 
5,984 
6,190 
6,398 
6,606 
6,813 
7,020 
7,227 
7,504 
8,886 
2,501 
2,602 
2,702 
2,803 
2,904 
3,005 
3,106 
3,206 
3,341 
4,013 
"(3) If the total number of commissioned officers serving on active 
duty in an armed force (excluding officers in categories specified in 
subsection (b)) is between any two consecutive figures listed in the 
first column of the appropriate table in paragraph (1) or (2), the 
corresponding authorized strengths for each of the grades shown in 
that table for that armed force are determined by mathematical 
interpolation between the respective numbers of the two strengths. If 
the total number of commissioned officers serving on active duty in 
an armed force (excluding officers in categories specified in subsec-
tion (b)) is greater or less than the figures listed in the first column of 
the appropriate table in paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary con-
cerned shall fix the corresponding strengths for the grades shown in 
that table in the same proportion as reflected in the nearest limit 
shown in the table. 
"(b) Officers in the following categories shall be excluded in Exclusions. 
computing and determining authorized strengths under this section: 
"(1) Reserve officers— 
"(A) on active duty for training; 
"(B) on active duty under section 265, 3033, 3496, 5251, 
5252,8033, or 8496 of 
this title or under section 708 of 
title 32; 
"(C) on active duty under section 672(d) of this title or 
section 502 or 503 of title 32 in connection with organizing, 
administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the 
reserve components; 
"(D) on active duty to pursue special work; or 
"(E) ordered to active duty under section 673b of this title, lo use 673b. 
"(2) General and fiag officers. 
"(3) Medical officers. 
"(4) Dental officers. 
"(5) Warrant officers. 
"(6) Retired officers on active duty under a call or order to 
active duty for 180 days or less. 
"(7) Reserve or retired officers on active duty under section 
10(b)(2) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
460(b)(2)) for the administration of the Selective Service System. 
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"(c) Whenever the number of officers serving in any grade is less 
than the number authorized for that grade under this section, the 
difference between the two numbers may be applied to increase the 
number authorized under this section for any lower grade. 
"(d) An officer may not be reduced in grade, or have his pay or 
allowances reduced, because of a reduction in the number of commis-
sioned officers authorized for his grade under this section. 
10 use 524. 
"§ 524. Authorized strengths: reserve officers on active duty for 
administration of the reserves in grades of major, lieuten-
ant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant 
commander, commander, and captain 
"(a) The number of reserve officers of the Army, Air Force, and 
Marine Corps who may be on active duty in each of the grades of 
major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, and of the Navy who may be 
on active duty in each of the grades of lieutenant commander, 
commander, and captain, as of the end of any fiscal year for duty 
described in subclauses (B) and (C) of section 523(b)(1) of this title may 
not exceed the number for that grade and armed force in the 
following table: 
Army 
Navy 
Marine 
Corps 
Major or lieutenant commander 
821 
823 
170 
51 
Lieutenant colonel or commander 
503 
425 
183 
35 
Colonel or Navy captain 
163 
177 
146 
19 
"(b) Whenever the number of officers serving in any grade is less 
than the number authorized for that grade under this section, the 
difference between the two numbers may be applied to increase the 
number authorized under this section for any lower grade. 
"§525. Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in 
general officer and flag officer grades 
"(a) No appointment may be made in a grade above brigadier 
general in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps if that appointment 
would result in more than 50 percent of the general officers of that 
armed force on active duty being in grades above brigadier general. 
No appointment may be made in a grade above commodore admiral 
in the Navy if that appointment would result in more than 50 percent 
of the flag officers of the Navy on active duty being in grades above 
commodore admiral. 
"(b)(1) No appointment may be made in a grade above major 
general in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps if that appointment 
would result in more than 15 percent of the general officers of that 
armed force on active duty being in grades above major general. In 
the case of the Army and Air Force, of the 15 percent of general 
officers on active duty who may be serving in grades above major 
general, not more than 25 percent may be serving in the grade of 
general. 
"(2) No appointment may be made in a grade above rear admiral in 
the Navy if that appointment would result in more than 15 percent of 
the flag officers of the Navy on active duty being in grades above rear 
admiral. Of the 15 percent of flag officers on active duty who may be 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2845 
serving in grades above rear admiral, not more than 25 percent may 
be serving in the grade of admiral. 
"(3) An officer while serving as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff or as Chief of Staff to the President, if serving in the grade of 
general or admiral, is in addition to the number authorized his armed 
force for that grade under paragraph (1) or (2). 
"§ 526. Authority to suspend sections 523, 524, and 525 
"In time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress or 
the President after November 30, 1980, the President may suspend 
the operation of any provision of section 523, 524, or 525 of this title. 
So long as such war or national emergency continues, any such 
suspension may be extended by the President. Any such suspension 
shall, if not sooner ended, end on the last day of the two-year period 
beginning on the date on which the suspension (or the last extension 
thereof) takes effect or on the last day of the one-year period 
beginning on the date of the termination of the war or national 
emergency, whichever occurs first. With respect to the end of any 
such suspension, the preceding sentence supersedes the provisions of 
title II of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621-1622) which 
provide that powers or authorities exercised by reason of a national 
emergency shall cease to be exercised after the date of the termina-
tion of the emergency.". 
Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, exception. 
War or national 
emergency. 
10 u s e 526. 
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS IN REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICER GRADES 
SEC. 104. (a) Chapter 33 is amended by striking out the table of 
sections at the beginning thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"Subchapter 
Sec. 
"I. Original Appointments of Regular Officers in Grades above Warrant 
Officer Grades 
531 
"II. Appointments of Regular Warrant Officers 
555 
"SUBCHAPTER I—ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF REGULAR 
OFFICERS IN GRADES ABOVE WARRANT OFFICER GRADES 
"Sec. 
"531. Original appointments of commissioned officers. 
"532. Qualifications for original appointment as a commissioned officer. 
"533. Service credit upon original appointment as a commissioned officer. 
"541. Graduates of the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies. 
"§531. Original appointments of commissioned ofHcers 
"Original appointments in the grades of second lieutenant through 
colonel in the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, and Regular Marine 
Corps and in the grades of ensign through captain in the Regular 
Navy shall be made by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. 
"§532. Qualifications for original appointment as commissioned 
officer 
"(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, an 
original appointment as a commissioned officer (other than as a 
commissioned warrant officer) in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, 
Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps may be given only to a 
person who— 
"(1) is a citizen of the United States; 
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Medical or 
dental officers. 
Doctors of 
osteopathy. 
Limited duty. 
Post, pp. 2893, 
2894. 
10 u s e 533. 
Regulations. 
"(2) is able to complete 20 years of active commissioned service 
before his fifty-fifth birthday; 
"(3) is of good moral character; 
"(4) is physically qualified for active service; and 
"(5) has such other special qualifications as the Secretary of 
the military department concerned may prescribe by regulation. 
"G3)(l) Original appointments in the Regular Army in the Medical 
Corps or Dental Corps, and original appointments in the Regular Air 
Force with a view to designation of an officer as a medical or dental 
officer, may be made in the grades of first lieutenant through colonel. 
Original appointments in the Regular Navy in the Medical Corps or 
Dental Corps may be made in the grades of lieutenant (junior grade) 
through captain. Such appointments may be made only from persons 
who are qualified doctors of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. 
"(2) To be eligible for an original appointment as a medical officer, 
a doctor of osteopathy must— 
"(A) be a graduate of a college of osteopathy whose graduates 
are eligible to be licensed to practice medicine or surgery in a 
majority of the States; 
"(B) be licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy in 
a State or in the District of Columbia; 
"(C) under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
have completed a number of years of osteopathic and preosteo-
pathic education equal to the number of years of medical and 
premedical education prescribed for persons entering recognized 
schools of medicine who become doctors of medicine and who 
would be qualified for an original appointment in the grade for 
which that person is being considered for appointment; and 
"(D) have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the 
military department concerned prescribes after considering the 
recommendations, if any, of the Surgeon General of the armed 
force concerned. 
"(c) Original appointments in the Regular Navy or Regular Marine 
Corps of officers designated for limited duty shall be made under 
section 5589 or 5596 of this title. 
"(d) A person receiving an original appointment as a medical 
officer or dental officer or as a chaplain is not subject to clause (2) of 
subsection (a). 
"§533. Service credit upon original appointment as a commis-
sioned ofHcer 
"(a)(1) For the purpose of determining the grade and rank within 
grade of a person receiving an original appointment in a commis-
sioned grade (other than a warrant officer grade) in the Regular 
Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps, 
such person shall be credited at the time of such appointment with 
any active commissioned service (other than service as a commis-
sioned warrant officer) that he performed in any armed force before 
such appointment. 
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations, which 
shall apply uniformly among the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps, to authorize the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned to limit the amount of prior active commissioned service with 
which a person receiving an original appointment may be credited 
under paragraph (1), or to deny any such credit, in the case of a 
person who at the time of such appointment is credited with construc-
tive service under subsection Qo). 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2847 
"(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned shall credit a 
person who is receiving an original appointment in a commissioned 
grade (other than a commissioned warrant officer grade) in the 
Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine 
Corps and who has advanced education or training or special experi-
ence with constructive service for such education, training, or experi-
ence as follows: 
"(A) One year for each year of advanced education beyond the 
baccalaureate degree level, for persons appointed in officer 
categories requiring such advanced education or an advanced 
degree as a prerequisite for appointment as a commissioned 
officer. (Except as provided in clause (E), in determining the 
years of constructive service under this clause, the Secretary 
concerned shall grant credit for only the number of years 
normally required to complete the advanced education or receive 
the advanced degree.) 
"(B) Credit for any period of advanced education in a health 
profession (other than medicine and dentistry) beyond the bacca-
laureate degree level which exceeds the basic education criteria 
for appointment as an officer, if such advanced education will be 
directly used by the armed force concerned. 
"(C) Additional credit of (i) not more than one year for 
internship or equivalent graduate medical, dental, or other 
formal professional training required by the armed forces, and 
(ii) not more than one year for each additional year of such 
graduate-level training or experience creditable toward certifica-
tion in a specialty required by the armed forces. 
"(D) Additional credit, in unusual cases, based on special 
experience in a particular field. 
"(E) Additional credit of one year for advanced education in a 
health profession if the number of years of baccalaureate educa-
tion completed by 75 percent or more of the students entering 
advanced training in that health profession exceeds, by one or 
more, the minimum number of years of preprofessional educa-
tion required by a majority of institutions which award degrees 
in that health profession. The percentage of such persons shall be 
computed on an annual basis for each health profession from the 
data for the year in which the person being appointed was 
admitted to a professional school. However, a person may not 
receive additional credit under this clause if the amount of his 
baccalaureate education does not exceed, by one or more, the 
minimum number of years of preprofessional education required 
by a majority of institutions which award degrees for that health 
profession, determined on the basis prescribed in the preceding 
sentence. 
"(F) Additional credit for experience as a physician or dentist, 
if appointed as a medical or dental officer in the Army or Navy 
or, in the case of the Air Force, with a view to designation as a 
medical or dental officer. 
"(2) Except as authorized by the Secretary concerned in individual Limitation. 
cases and under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in 
the case of a medical or dental officer, the amount of constructive 
service credited an officer under this subsection may not exceed the 
amount required in order for the officer to be eligible for an original 
appointment in the grade of major in the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps or lieutenant commander in the Navy. 
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"(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this subsection is 
in addition to any service credited that officer under subsection (a) 
and shall be credited at the time of the original appointment of the 
officer. 
"(c) Constructive service credited an officer under subsection (b) 
shall be used only for determining the officer's— 
"(1) initial grade as a regular officer; 
"(2) rank in grade; and 
"(3) service in grade for promotion eligibility. 
"(d)(1) Constructive service may not be credited under subsection 
(b) for education, training, or experience obtained while serving as a 
commissioned officer (other than a warrant officer) on active duty or 
in an active status. 
"(2) A graduate of the United States Military Academy, the United 
States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy is 
not entitled to service credit under this section for service performed, 
or education, training, or experience obtained, before graduation 
from such Academy. 
Judge advocates. 
"(e) If the Secretary of Defense determines that the number of 
qualified judge advocates serving on active duty in the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps in grades below major or lieutenant 
commander is critically below the number needed by such armed 
force in such grades, he may authorize the Secretary of the military 
department concerned to credit any person receiving an original 
appointment in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the Army or 
Navy, or any person receiving an original appointment in the Air 
Force or Marine Corps with a view to designation as a judge advocate, 
with a period of constructive service in such an amount (in addition to 
any period of service credited such person under subsection (b)(1)) as 
will result in the grade of such person being that of captain or, in the 
case of an officer of the Navy, lieutenant and the date of rank of such 
person being junior to that of all other officers of the same grade 
serving on active duty. 
"(f) An officer of a reserve component who receives an original 
appointment as an officer (other than a warrant officer) in the 
Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine 
Corps shall be appointed in the grade and with the date of rank to 
which he would have been entitled had he been serving on active duty 
as an officer of a reserve component on the date of such original 
appointment as a regular officer.". 
(b) Such chapter is further amended by inserting after section 541 
the following: 
"SUBCHAPTER II—APPOINTMENTS OF REGULAR WARRANT 
OFFICERS 
"Sec. 
"555. Warrant officers: grades. 
"556. Warrant officers: original appointment; service credit. 
"557. Warrant officers: promotion; qualifications. 
"558. Warrant officers: promotion; selection boards. 
"559. Warrant officers: eligibility for promotion. 
"560. Warrant officers: promotion; selection procedure. 
"561. Warrant officers: effect of failure of selection for promotion. 
"562. Warrant officers: disapproval of promotion by Secretary concerned, President, 
or Senate. 
"563. Warrant officers: promotion; effective date. 
"564. Warrant officers: effect of second failure of promotion. 
"565. Warrant officers: suspension of laws for promotion or mandatory retirement 
or separation during war or emergency.". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2849 
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER GRADES AND PROMOTION, SEPA-
RATION, AND INVOLUNTARY 
RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE 
ACTIVE-DUTY LIST 
SEC. 105. Part II of subtitle A is amended by redesignating chapter lO USC prec. 591. 
35 as chapter 34 and by inserting after such chapter the following 
new chapters: 
"CHAPTER 35—TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER 
GRADES 
"Sec. 
"601. Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and lieutenant generals; 
admirals and vice admirals. 
"602. Warrant officers: temporary promotions. 
"603. Commissioned officer grades: time of war or national emergency. 
"§601. Positions of importance and responsibility: generals and 10 USC 601. 
lieutenant generals; admirals and vice admirals 
"(a) The President may designate positions of importance and 
responsibility to carry the grade of general or admiral or lieutenant 
general or vice admiral. The President may assign to any such 
position an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps 
who is serving on active duty in any grade above colonel or, in the 
case of an officer of the Navy, any grade above captain. An officer 
assigned to any such position has the grade specified for that position 
if he is appointed to that grade by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the appointment of an officer to a grade under this section for service 
in a position of importance and responsibility ends on the date of the 
termination of the assignment of the officer to that position. 
"O^) If the assignment of an officer who is serving in a position 
designated to carry the grade of general, admiral, lieutenant general, 
or vice admiral is terminated— 
"(1) by the assignment of such officer to another position 
designated to carry one of those grades, such officer shall hold, 
during the period beginning on the day of that termination and 
ending on the day before the day on which he assumes the other 
position, the grade that he held on the day before the 
termination; 
"(2) by the hospitalization of such officer, such officer shall Hospitalization, 
hold, during the period beginning on the day of that termination 
and ending on the day he is discharged from the hospital, but not 
for more than 180 days, the grade that he held on the day before 
the termination; or 
"(3) by the retirement of such officer, such officer shall hold. Retirement. 
during the period beginning on the day of that termination and 
ending on the day before his retirement, but not for more than 90 
days, the grade that he held on the day before the termination. 
"(c)(1) An appointment of an officer under subsection (a) does not 
vacate the permanent grade held by the officer. 
"(2) An officer serving in a grade above major general or rear Promotion, 
admiral who holds the permanent grade of brigadier general or 
commodore admiral shall be considered for promotion to the perma-
nent grade of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate, as if he 
were serving in his permanent grade. 
"§ 602. Warrant officers: temporary promotions 
"A warrant officer serving on active duty in the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps may be given a temporary appointment to a 
94 STAT. 2850 
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Presidential 
appointment. 
10 u s e 603. 
Temporary 
appointment. 
Service credit. 
Ante, p. 2846. 
Oath. 
Termination. 
higher warrant officer grade under such regulations as the Secretary 
of the mihtary department concerned may prescribe. 
"§603. Commissioned officer grades: time of war or national 
emergency 
"(a) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by the 
Congress or the President after November 30, 1980, the President 
may appoint any qualified person (whether or not already a member 
of the armed forces) to any commissioned officer grade in the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, except that appointments under 
this section may not be made in warrant officer grades or in grades 
above major general or rear admiral. Appointments under this 
section shall be made by the President alone. 
"(b) Any appointment under this section is a temporary appoint-
ment and may be vacated by the President at any time. 
"(c)(1) Any person receiving an original appointment under this 
section is entitled to service credit as authorized under section 533 of 
this title. 
"(2) An appointment under this section of a person who is not on 
active duty becomes effective when that person begins active duty 
under that appointment. 
"(d) An appointment under this section does not change the 
permanent status of a member of the armed forces so appointed. A 
member who is appointed under this section shall not incur any 
reduction in the pay and allowances to which the member was 
entitled, by virtue of his permanent status, at the time of his 
appointment under this section. 
(e)(1) An officer who receives an appointment to a higher grade 
under this section is considered to have accepted such appointment 
on the date of the order announcing the appointment unless he 
expressly declines the appointment. 
\2) An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to 
the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to 
take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under this 
section. 
"(f) Unless sooner terminated, an appointment under this section 
terminates— 
"(1) on the second anniversary of the appointment; 
"(2) at the end of the six-month period beginning on the last 
day of the war or national emergency during which the appoint-
ment was made; or 
"(3) on the date the person appointed is released from active 
duty; 
whichever is earliest. 
"CHAPTER 36—PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUN-
TARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-
DUTY LIST 
"Subchapter 
Sec. 
"I. Selection Boards 
611 
"II. Promotions 
619 
"III. Failure of Selection for Promotion and Retirement for Years of Service.. 
627 
"IV. Continuation on Active Duty and Selective Early Retirement 
637 
"V. Additional Provisions Relating to Promotion, Separation, and Retire-
ment 
641 
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94 STAT. 2851 
"SUBCHAPTER I—SELECTION BOARDS 
"Sec. 
"611. Convening of selection boards. 
"612. Composition of selection boards. 
"613. Oath of members of selection boards. 
"614. Notice of convening of selection boards; communications with boards. 
"615. Information furnished to selection boards. 
"616. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards. 
"617. Reports of selection boards. 
"618. Action on reports of selection boards. 
"§ 611. Convening of selection boards 
10 use 611. 
"(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, whenever the needs 
of the service require, shall convene selection boards to recommend 
for promotion to the next higher permanent grade, under subchapter 
II of this chapter, officers on the active-duty list in each permanent Post, p. 2854. 
grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general in the Army, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps and from lieutenant (junior grade) 
through commodore admiral in the Navy. 
"(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, whenever the needs 
of the service require, may convene selection boards to recommend 
officers for continuation on active duty under section 637 of this title Post, p. 2863. 
or for early retirement under section 638 of this title. 
Post, p. 2864. 
"§612. Composition of selection boards 
"(a)(1) Members of selection boards shall be appointed by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned in accordance with 
this section. A selection board shall consist of five or more officers 
who are on the active-duty list of the same armed force as the officers 
under consideration by the board. Each member of a selection board 
must be serving in a grade higher than the grade of the officers under 
consideration by the board, except that no member of a board may be 
serving in a grade below major or lieutenant commander. 
"(2) A selection board shall include at least one officer from each 
competitive category of officers to be considered by the board. 
"(3) When reserve officers of an armed force are to be considered by Reserve officers. 
a selection board, the membership of the board shall include at least 
one reserve officer of that armed force, except that in the case of a 
board which is considering officers in the grade of colonel or brigadier 
general or, in the case of officers of the Navy, captain or commodore 
admiral, no reserve officer need be included if there are no reserve 
officers of that armed force on active duty in the next higher grade. 
"(4) Except as provided in paragraph (3), if qualified officers on the Retired officers. 
active-duty list are not available in sufficient numbers to comprise a 
selection board, the Secretary of the military department concerned 
shall complete the membership of the board by appointing as mem-
bers of the board retired officers of the same armed force who hold a 
retired grade higher than the grade of the officers under considera-
tion by the board. A retired general or flag officer who is on active 
duty for the purpose of serving on a selection board shall not, while so 
serving, be counted against any limitation on the number of general 
and flag officers who may be on active duty. 
"(b) No officer may be a member of two successive selection boards 
for the consideration of officers of the same competitive category and 
grade. 
"§613. Oath of members of selection boards 
"Each member of a selection board shall swear that he will perform 
his duties as a member of the board without prejudice or partiality 
94 STAT. 2852 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the 
efficiency of his armed force. 
10 use 614. 
*'§614. Notice of convening of selection boards; communications 
with boards 
"(a) At least 30 days before a selection board is convened under 
section 611(a) of this title to recommend officers in a grade for 
promotion to the next higher grade, the Secretary concerned (1) shall 
notify in writing the officers eligible for consideration for promotion 
of the date on which the board is to convene and the name and date of 
rank of the junior officer, and of the senior officer, in the promotion 
zone as of the date of the notification, or (2) shall issue a general 
written notice to the armed force concerned regarding the convening 
of the board, the names of the officers eligible for consideration by the 
board as of the date of the notification, the convening date of the 
board, and the name and date of rank of the junior officer, and of the 
senior officer, in the promotion zone as of the date of the notification. 
"(b) An officer eligible for consideration by a selection board 
convened under section 611(a) of this title may send a written 
communication to the board, to arrive not later than the date the 
board convenes, calling attention to any matter concerning himself 
that the officer considers important to his case. The selection board 
shall give consideration to any timely communication under this 
subsection. 
"§615. Information furnished to selection boards 
"The Secretary of the military department concerned shall furnish 
each selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title with— 
"(1) the maximum number, as determined in accordance with 
Post, p. 2856. 
section 622 of this title, of officers in each competitive category 
under consideration that the board may recommend for promo-
tion to the next higher grade; 
"(2) the names of all officers in each competitive category to be 
considered by the board for promotion; 
"(3) the pertinent records (as determined by the Secretary) of 
each officer whose name is furnished to the board; 
"(4) information relating to the needs of the armed force 
concerned for officers having particular skills; and 
"(5) such other information and guidelines as may be necessary 
to enable the board to properly perform its functions. 
"§616. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards 
"(a) A selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title 
shall recommend for promotion to the next higher grade those 
officers considered by the board whom the board, giving due consider-
ation to the needs of the armed force concerned for officers with 
particular skills, considers best qualified for promotion within each 
competitive category considered by the board. 
Number of 
"(b) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
officers. 
establish the number of officers such a selection board may recom-
mend for promotion from among officers being considered from below 
the promotion zone in any competitive category. Such number may 
not exceed the number equal to 10 percent of the maximum number 
of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for promotion 
in such competitive category, except that the Secretary of Defense 
may authorize a greater number, not to exceed 15 percent of the total 
number of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for 
promotion, if the Secretary of Defense determines that the needs of 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2853 
the service so require. If the number determined under this subsec-
tion is less than one, the board may recommend one such officer. The 
number of officers recommended for promotion from below the 
promotion zone does not increase the maximum number of officers 
which the board is authorized under section 615 of this title to 
recommend for promotion. 
"(c) A selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title 
may not recommend an officer for promotion unless— 
"(1) the officer receives the recommendation of a majority of 
the members of the board; and 
"(2) a majority of the members of the board finds that the 
officer is fully qualified for promotion. 
"(d) Except as otherwise provided by law, an officer on the active-
duty list may not be promoted to a higher grade under this chapter 
unless he is considered and recommended for promotion to that grade 
by a selection board convened under this chapter. 
"§ 617. Reports of selection boards 
10 USC 617. 
"(a) Each selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title Submittal to 
shall submit to the Secretary of the military department concerned a Secretary, 
written report, signed by each member of the board, containing a list 
of the names of the officers it recommends for promotion and 
certifying (1) that the board has carefully considered the record of 
each officer whose name was furnished to it under section 615 of this 
title, and (2) that, in the opinion of a majority of the members of the 
board, the officers recommended for promotion by the board are best 
qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the armed force con-
cerned among those officers whose names were furnished to the 
selection board. 
"(b) A selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title 
shall include in its report to the Secretary concerned the name of any 
regular officer before it for consideration for promotion whose record, 
in the opinion of a majority of the members of the board, indicates 
that the officer should be required under chapter 60 of this title to Post, p. 2872 
show cause for his retention on active duty. 
"§ 618. Action on reports of selection boards 
"(a) If, after reviewing the report of a selection board submitted to 
him under section 617(a) of this title, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned determines that the board has acted contrary 
to law or regulation, the Secretary shall return the report to the 
board for further proceedings. Upon receipt of a report returned by 
the Secretary concerned under this subsection, the selection board (or 
a subsequent selection board convened under section 611(a) of this 
title for the same grade and competitive category) shall conduct such 
proceedings as may be necessary in order to revise the report and 
shall resubmit the report, as revised, to the Secretary in accordance 
with section 617 of this title. 
"(b)(1) After his final review of the report of a selection board, the 
Secretary concerned shall submit the report, with his recommenda-
tions thereon, to the Secretary of Defense for transmittal to the 
President for his approval, modification, or disapproval. 
"(2) The Secretary concerned may submit to a board of officers 
convened under section 1181 of this title the name of any officer who 
is named in the report of a selection board as having a record which 
indicates that the officer should be required to show cause for his 
retention on active duty. 
Active-duty 
retention. 
Submittal to 
Defense 
Secretary; 
transmittal to 
President. 
Active-duty 
retention. 
Post, p. 2872. 
79-194 
O—81—pt. 3 
14 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2854 
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Proceedings, 
disclosure. 
"(c) The name of an officer recommended for promotion by a 
selection board may be removed from the report of the selection 
board only by the President. 
"(d) Upon approval by the President of the report of a selection 
board, the names of the officers recommended for promotion by the 
selection board (other than any name removed by the President) may 
be disseminated to the armed force concerned. If such names have not 
been sooner disseminated, such names (other than the name of any 
officer whose promotion the Senate failed to confirm) shall be 
promptly disseminated to the armed force concerned upon confirma-
tion by the Senate. 
"(e) Except as authorized or required by this section, proceedings of 
a selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title may not 
be disclosed to any person not a member of the board. 
"SUBCHAPTER II—PROMOTIONS 
In-grade service 
period. 
10 u s e 619. 
"Sec. 
"619. Eligibility for consideration for promotion. 
"620. Active-duty lists. 
"621. Competitive categories for promotion. 
"622. Numbers to be recommended for promotion. 
"623. Establishment of promotion zones. 
"624. Promotions: how made. 
"625. Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier general and commodore 
admiral. 
"626. Acceptance of promotions; oath of office. 
"§ 619. Eligibility for consideration for promotion 
"(a)(1) An officer who is on the active-duty list of the Army, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps and holds a permanent appointment in the 
grade of second lieutenant or first lieutenant or is on the active-duty 
list of the Navy and holds a permanent appointment in the grade of 
ensign or lieutenant (junior grade) may not be promoted to the next 
higher permanent grade until he has completed the following period 
of service in the grade in which he holds a permanent appointment: 
"(A) Eighteen months, in the case of an officer holding a 
permanent appointment in the grade of second lieutenant or 
ensign. 
"(B) Two years, in the case of an officer holding a permanent 
appointment in the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior 
grade). 
"(2) Subject to paragraph (4), an officer who is on the active-duty 
list of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps and holds a permanent 
appointment in a grade above first lieutenant or is on the active-duty 
list of the Navy and holds a permanent appointment in a grade above 
lieutenant (junior grade) may not be considered for selection for 
promotion to the next higher permanent grade until he has com-
pleted the following period of service in the grade in which he holds a 
permanent appointment: 
"(A) Three years, in the case of an officer of the Army, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps holding a permanent appointment in the 
grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel or of an officer of 
the Navy holding a permanent appointment in the grade of 
lieutenant, lieutenant commander, or commander. 
"(B) One year, in the case of an officer of the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps holding a permanent appointment in the grade 
of colonel or brigadier general or of an officer of the Navy holding 
a permanent appointment in the grade of captain or commodore 
admiral. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2855 
Waiver. 
Continued 
eligibility. 
"(3) When the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the 
militarjf department concerned may prescribe a longer period of 
service in grade for eligibility for promotion, in the case of officers to 
whom paragraph (1) applies, or for eligibility for consideration for 
promotion, in the case of officers to whom paragraph (2) applies. 
"(4) The Secretary of the military department concerned may 
waive paragraph (2) to the extent necessary to assure that officers 
described in clause (A) of such paragraph have at least two opportuni-
ties for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade as 
officers below the promotion zone. 
"(5) In computing service in grade for purposes of this section, 
service in a grade held as a result of assignment to a position is 
counted as service in the grade in which the officer would have served 
except for such assignment or appointment. 
"(b) An officer who has failed of selection for promotion to the next 
higher grade remains eligible for consideration for promotion to that 
grade as long as he continues on active duty in other than a retired 
status and is not promoted. 
"(c)(1) Each time a selection board is convened under section 611(a) 
of this title for consideration of officers in a competitive category for 
promotion to the next higher grade, each officer in the promotion 
zone (except as provided under paragraph (2)), and each officer above 
the promotion zone, for the grade and competitive category under 
consideration shall be considered for promotion. 
"(2) The Secretary of the military department concerned— 
"(A) may, by regulation, prescribe procedures to limit the 
officers to be considered by a selection board— 
"(i) from below the promotion zone; or 
"(ii) in the case of a selection board to recommend officers 
for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or commo-
dore admiral, 
to those officers who are determined to be exceptionally well 
qualified for promotion; and 
"(B) may, by regulation, prescribe criteria for determining 
which officers below the promotion zone or in the grades of 
colonel and, in the case of officers of the Navy, captain are 
exceptionally well qualified for promotion. 
"(d) A selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title Exceptions. 
may not consider for promotion to the next higher grade— 
"(1) an officer whose name is on a promotion list for that grade 
as a result of his selection for promotion to that grade by an 
earlier selection board convened under that section; or 
"(2) an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is an officer 
designated for limited duty and who holds a grade above lieuten-
ant commander or major. 
"§ 620. Active-duty lists 
lo use 620. 
"(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
maintain a single list of all officers (other than officers described in 
section 641 of this title) who are on active duty for each armed force Post, p. 2866. 
under his jurisdiction (other than the Coast Guard when it is 
operating as a service in the Navy). 
"(b) Officers shall be carried on the active-duty list of the armed 
force of which they are members in the order of seniority of the grade 
in which they are serving on active duty. Officers serving in the same 
grade shall be carried in the order of their rank in that grade. 
"(c) An officer whose position on the active-duty list results from 
service under a temporary appointment or in a grade held by reason 
94 STAT. 2856 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
of assignment to a position has, when that appointment or assign-
ment ends, the grade and position on the active-duty list that he 
would have held if he had not received that appointment or assign-
ment. 
10 use 621. 
"§ 621. Competitive categories for promotion 
"Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of each military department shall establish competitive 
categories for promotion. Each officer whose name appears on an 
active-duty list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. 
Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among 
themselves for promotion. 
"§ 622. Numbers to be recommended for promotion 
"Before convening a selection board under section 611(a) of this 
title for any grade and competitive category, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense, shall determine (1) the number of positions 
needed to accomplish mission objectives which require officers of 
such competitive category in the grade to which the board will 
recommend officers for promotion, (2) the estimated number of 
officers needed to fill vacancies in such positions during the period in 
which it is anticipated that officers selected for promotion will be 
promoted, and (3) the number of officers authorized by the Secretary 
of the military department concerned to serve on active duty in the 
grade and competitive category under consideration. Based on such 
determinations, the Secretary of the military department concerned 
shall determine the maximum number of officers in such competitive 
category which the selection board may recommend for promotion. 
"§ 623. Establishment of promotion zones 
"(a) Before convening a selection board under section 611(a) of this 
title to consider officers for promotion to any grade above first 
lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), the Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall establish a promotion zone for officers 
serving in each grade and competitive category to be considered by 
the board. 
"(b) The Secretary concerned shall determine the number of 
officers in the promotion zone for officers serving in any grade and 
competitive category from among officers who are eligible for promo-
Estimate, 
tion in that grade and competitive category. Such determination 
shall be made on the basis of an estimate o
f
— 
"(1) the number of officers needed in that competitive category 
in the next higher grade in each of the next five years; 
"(2) the number of officers to be serving in that competitive 
category in the next higher grade in each of the next five years; 
"(3) in the case of a promotion zone for officers to be promoted 
Ante, p. 2842. 
to a grade to which section 523 of this title is applicable, the 
number of officers authorized for such grade under such section 
to be on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal 
years; and 
"(4) the number of officers that should be placed in that 
promotion zone in each of the next five years to provide to 
officers in those years relatively similar opportunity for 
promotion. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2857 
"§624. Promotions: how made 
10 u s e 624. 
Post, p. 2869. 
Presidential 
appointment. 
Appointment 
delay. 
"(a)(1) When the report of a selection board convened under section 
611(a) of this title is approved by the President, or in the case of 
officers selected for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant or 
lieutenant (junior grade), when a list of officers selected for promo-
tion is approved by the President, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall place the names of all officers approved 
for promotion within a competitive category on a single list for that 
competitive category, to be known as a promotion list, in the order of 
the seniority of such officers on the active-duty list. 
"(2) Except as provided in subsection (d), officers on a promotion list 
for a competitive category shall be promoted to the next higher grade 
when additional officers in that grade and competitive category are 
needed. Promotions shall be made in the order in which the names of 
officers appear on the promotion list and after officers previously 
selected for promotion in that competitive category have been 
promoted. 
"(bXD A regular officer who is promoted under this section is 
appointed in the regular grade to which promoted and a reserve 
officer who is promoted under this section is appointed in the reserve 
grade to which promoted. 
"(2) The date of rank of an officer appointed to a higher grade under 
this section is determined under section 741(d) of this title. 
"(c) Appointments under this section shall be made by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, except that 
appointments in the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior 
grade) under this section shall be made by the President alone. 
"(dXD The Secretary concerned may delay the appointment of an 
officer under this section if— 
"(A) sworn charges against the officer have been received by an 
officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the 
officer and such charges have not been disposed of; 
"(B) an investigation is being conducted to determine whether 
disciplinary action of any kind should be brought against the 
officer; 
"(C) a board of officers has been convened under chapter 60 of 
this title to review the record of the officer; or 
"(D) a criminal proceeding in a Federal or State court is 
pending against the officer. 
If no disciplinary action is taken against the officer, if the charges Retention on list. 
against the officer are withdrawn or dismissed, if the officer is not 
ordered removed from active duty by the Secretary concerned under 
chapter 60 of this title, or if the officer is acquitted of the charges Post, p. 2872. 
brought against him, as the case may be, the officer shall be retained 
on the promotion list and shall, upon promotion to the next higher 
grade, have the same date of rank, the same effective date for the pay 
and allowances of the grade to which promoted, and the same 
position on the active-duty list as he would have had if no delay had 
intervened. 
"(2) The Secretary concerned may also delay the appointment of an 
officer to the next higher grade under this section in any case in 
which the Secretary finds that there is cause to believe that the 
officer is mentally, physically, morally, or professionally unqualified 
to perform the duties of the grade for which he was selected for 
promotion. If the Secretary concerned later determines that the 
officer is qualified for promotion to such grade, the officer shall, upon 
such promotion, have the same date of rank, the same effective date 
94 STAT. 2858 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
Delay, written 
notice. 
Time limitation. 
10 u s e 625. 
for pay and allowances in the higher grade to which appointed, and 
the same position on the active-duty list as he would have had if no 
delay had intervened. 
"(3) The appointment of an officer may not be delayed under this 
subsection unless the officer has been given written notice of the 
grounds for the delay. An officer whose promotion has been delayed 
under this subsection shall be afforded an opportunity to make a 
written statement to the Secretary concerned in response to the 
action taken by the Secretary. Any such statement shall be given 
careful consideration by the Secretary. 
"(4) An appointment of an officer may not be delayed under the 
subsection for more than six months after the date on which the 
officer would otherwise have been appointed unless the Secretary 
concerned specifies a further period of delay. An officer's appoint-
ment may not be delayed more than 90 days after final action has 
been taken in any criminal case against such officer in a Federal or 
State court, more than 90 days after final action has been taken in 
any court-martial case against such officer, or more than 18 months 
after the date on which such officer would otherwise have been 
appointed, whichever is later. 
"§ 625. Authority to vacate promotions to grades of brigadier gen-
eral and commodore admiral 
"(a) The President may vacate the promotion to the grade of 
brigadier general or commodore admiral of an officer who has served 
less than 18 months in that grade after promotion to that grade under 
this chapter. 
"(h) An officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps whose 
promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of 
colonel, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of colonel, if he 
is a reserve officer. An officer of the Navy whose promotion is vacated 
under this section holds the regular grade of captain, if he is a regular 
officer, or the reserve grade of captain, if he is a reserve officer. 
"(c) The position on the active-duty list of an officer whose promo-
tion is vacated under this section is the position he would have held 
had he not been promoted to the grade of brigadier general or 
commodore admiral. 
*
*
§ 626. Acceptance of promotions; oath of office 
"(a) An officer who is appointed to a higher grade under section 624 
of this title is considered to have accepted such appointment on the 
date on which the appointment is made unless he expressly declines 
the appointment. 
"(b) An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to 
the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to 
take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under section 
624 of this title. 
"SUBCHAPTER III—FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMO-
TION AND RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE 
"Sec. 
"627. Failure of selection for promotion. 
"628. Special selection boards. 
"629. Removal from a list of officers recommended for promotion. 
"630. Discharge of regular commissioned officers with less than five years of active 
commissioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first lieutenant 
or lieutenant (junior grade). 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2859 
"631. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: regular first lieutenants and lieu-
tenants (junior grade). 
"632. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: regular captains and majors of the 
Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and regular lieutenants and lieu-
tenant commanders of the Navy. 
"633. Retirement for years of service: regular lieutenant colonels and commanders. 
"634. Retirement for years of service: regular colonels and Navy captains. 
"635. Retirement for years of service: regular brigadier generals and commodore 
admirals. 
"636. Retirement for years of service: regular major generals and rear admirals. 
"§ 627. Failure of selection for promotion 
10 USC 627. 
"An officer in a grade below the grade of colonel or, in the case of 
an officer of the Navy, captain who is in or above the promotion zone 
established for his grade and competitive category under section 623 
of this title and is considered but not selected for promotion by a 
selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title shall be 
considered to have failed of selection for promotion. 
"§ 628. Special selection boards 
"(a)(1) In the case of an officer who is eligible for promotion who the 
Secretary of the military department concerned determines was not 
considered for selection for promotion by a selection board because of 
administrative error, the Secretary concerned, under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, shall convene a special 
selection board under this subsection (composed in accordance with 
section 612 of this title) to determine whether such officer should be 
recommended for promotion. 
"(2) A special selection board convened under paragraph (1) shall Officer's record, 
consider the record of the officer as his record would have appeared to 
the board that should have considered him. That record shall be 
compared with a sampling of the records of those officers of the same 
competitive category who were recommended for promotion, and 
those officers who were not recommended for promotion, by the board 
that should have considered him. 
"(3) If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does 
not recommend for promotion an officer in a grade below the grade of 
colonel or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, captain whose name 
was referred to it for consideration, the officer shall be considered to 
have failed of selection for promotion. 
"(b)(1) In the case of an officer who is eligible for promotion who 
was considered for selection for promotion by a selection board but 
was not selected, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may 
convene a special selection board under this subsection (composed in 
accordance with section 612 of this title) to determine whether such 
officer should be recommended for promotion if the Secretary con-
cerned determines that— 
"(A) the action of the board which considered the officer was 
contrary to law or involved material error of fact or material 
administrative error; or 
"(B) the board did not have before it for its consideration 
material information. 
"(2) A special selection board convened under paragraph (1) shall Officer's record, 
consider the record of the officer as his record, if corrected, would 
have appeared to the board that considered him. That record shall be 
compared with the records of a sampling of those officers of the same 
competitive category who were recommended for promotion, and 
those officers who were not recommended for promotion, by the board 
that considered him. 
94 STAT. 2860 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
Report, 
submittal to 
Secretary. 
10 use 629. 
Continued 
eligibility. 
"(3) If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does 
not recommend for promotion an officer whose name was referred to 
it for consideration, the officer incurs no additional failure of selec-
tion for promotion. 
"(c)(1) Each special selection board convened under this section 
shall submit to the Secretary of the military department concerned a 
written report, signed by each member of the board, containing the 
name of each officer it recommends for promotion and certifying that 
the board has carefully considered the record of each officer whose 
name was referred to it. 
"(2) The provisions of sections 617(b) and 618 of this title apply to 
the report and proceedings of a special selection board convened 
under this section in the same manner as they apply to the report and 
proceedings of a selection board convened under section 611(a) of this 
title. 
"(d)(1) If the report of a special selection board convened under this 
section, as approved by the President, recommends for promotion to 
the next higher grade an officer whose name was referred to it for 
consideration, such officer shall, as soon as practicable, be appointed 
to the next higher grade in accordance with subsections (b), (c), and (d) 
of section 624 of this title. 
"(2) An officer who is promoted to the next higher grade as the 
result of the recommendation of a special selection board convened 
under this section shall, upon such promotion, have the same date of 
rank, the same effective date for the pay and allowances of that 
grade, and the same position on the active-duty list as he would have 
had if he had been recommended for promotion to that grade by the 
board which should have considered, or which did consider, him. 
"(e) The provisions of section 613 of this title apply to members of 
special selection boards convened under this section. 
"§629. Removal from 
a list of officers 
recommended 
for 
promotion 
"(a) The President may remove the name of any officer from a list 
of officers recommended for promotion by a selection board convened 
under this chapter. 
"(b) If, after consideration of a list of officers approved for promo-
tion by the President, the Senate does not give its advice and consent 
to the appointment of an officer whose name is on the list, that 
officer's name shall be removed from the list. 
"(c)(1) An officer whose name is removed from a list under subsec-
tion (a) or (b) continues to be eligible for consideration for promotion. 
If he is recommended for promotion by the next selection board 
convened for his grade and competitive category and he is promoted, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned may, upon such 
promotion, grant him the same date of rank, the same effective date 
for the pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted, and the 
same position on the active-duty list as he would have had if his name 
had not been so removed. 
"(2) If such an officer who is in a grade below the grade of colonel or, 
in the case of the Navy, captain is not recommended for promotion by 
the next selection board convened for his grade and competitive 
category, or if his name is again removed from the list of officers 
recommended for promotion, or if the Senate again does not give its 
advice and consent to his promotion, he shall be considered for all 
purposes to have twice failed of selection for promotion. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2861 
"§630. Discharge of regular commissioned officers with less than 
five years of active commissioned service or found not 
qualified for promotion for first lieutenant or lieutenant 
(junior grade) 
"The Secretary of the military department concerned, under regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense— 
"(1) may discharge any regular officer on the active-duty list 
who— 
"(A) has less than five years of active commissioned 
service; or 
"(B) is serving in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign 
and has been found not qualified for promotion to the 
regular grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade); 
and 
"(2) shall, unless the officer has been promoted, discharge any 
officer described in clause (1)(B) at the end of the eighteen-month 
period beginning on the date on which the officer is first found 
not qualified for promotion. 
"§63L Effect of failure of selection for promotion: regular first 
lieutenants and lieutenants (junior grade) 
"(a) Except an officer of the Navy and Marine Corps who is an 
officer designated for limited duty (to whom section 5596(e) or 6383 of 
this title applies), each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air 
Force, or Regular Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of first 
lieutenant and has failed of selection for promotion to the regular 
grade of captain for the second time, and each officer of the Regular 
Navy who holds the regular grade of lieutenant (junior grade) and 
has failed of selection for promotion to the regular grade of lieutenant 
for the second time, whose name is not on a list of officers recom-
mended for promotion to the next higher regular grade shall— 
"(1) be discharged on the date requested by him and approved 
by the Secretary of the military department concerned, which 
date shall be not later than the first day of the seventh calendar 
month beginning after the month in which the President 
approves the report of the board which considered him for the 
second time; 
"(2) if he is eligible for retirement under any provision of law, 
be retired under that law on the date requested by him and 
approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not 
later than the first day of the seventh calendar month beginning 
after the month in which the President approves the report of 
the board which considered him for the second time; or 
"(3) if on the date on which he is to be discharged under clause 
(1) he is within two years of qualifying for retirement under 
section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title, be retained on active duty 
until he is qualified for retirement and then be retired under that 
section, unless he is sooner retired or discharged under another 
provision of law. 
"(b) The retirement or discharge of an officer pursuant to this 
section shall be considered to be an involuntary retirement or 
discharge for purposes of any other provision of law. 
10 u s e 630. 
Post, pp. 2894, 
2898, 2932. 
Discharge. 
Retirement. 
Retirement, 
active duty 
status. 
Involuntary 
retirement or 
discharge. 
94 STAT. 2862 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
10 u s e 632. 
Post, pp. 2894, 
2898, 2932. 
Discharge. 
Retirement. 
Retirement, 
active duty 
status. 
Involuntary 
retirement or 
discharge. 
Post, pp. 2894, 
2898, 2932. 
"§632. Effect of failure of selection for promotion: regular cap-
tains and majors of the Army, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps and regular lieutenants and lieutenant com-
manders of the Navy 
"(a) Except an officer of the Navy and Marine Corps who is an 
officer designated for limited duty (to v^^hom section 5596(e) or 6383 of 
this title applies) and except as provided under section 637(a) of this 
title, each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular 
Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of captain or major, and 
each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of 
lieutenant or lieutenant commander, who has failed of selection for 
promotion to the next higher regular grade for the second time and 
whose name is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to 
the next higher regular grade shall— 
"(1) be discharged on the date requested by him and approved 
by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not later than 
the first day of the seventh calendar month beginning after the 
month in which the President approves the report of the board 
which considered him for the second time; 
"(2) if he is eligible for retirement under any provision of law, 
be retired under that law on the date requested by him and 
approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not 
later than the first day of the seventh calendar month beginning 
after the month in which the President approves the report of 
the board which considered him for the second time; or 
"(3) if on the date on which he is to be discharged under clause 
(1) he is within two years of qualifying for retirement under 
section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title, be retained on active duty 
until he is qualified for retirement and then retired under that 
section, unless he is sooner retired or discharged under another 
provision of law. 
"(b) The retirement or discharge of an officer pursuant to this 
section shall be considered to be an involuntary retirement or 
discharge for purposes of any other provision of law. 
"§ 633. Retirement for years of service: regular lieutenant colonels 
and commanders 
"Except an officer of the Navy and Marine Corps who is an officer 
designated for limited duty (to whom section 5596(e) or 6383 of this 
title applies) and except as provided under section 637(b) of this title, 
each officer of the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular 
Marine Corps who holds the regular grade of lieutenant colonel, and 
each officer of the Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of 
commander, who is not on a list of officers recommended for promo-
tion to the regular grade of colonel or captain, respectively, shall, if 
not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the 
month in which he completes twenty-eight years of active commis-
sioned service. 
"§ 634. Retirement for years of service: regular colonels and Navy 
captains 
"Except as provided under section 637(b) of this title, each officer of 
the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who 
holds the regular grade of colonel, and each officer of the Regular 
Navy who holds the regular grade of captain, who is not on a list of 
officers recommended for promotion to the regular grade of brigadier 
general or commodore admiral, respectively, shall, if not earlier 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2863 
retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in 
which he completes thirty years of active commissioned service. 
"§635. Retirement for years of service: regular brigadier generals 10 USC 635. 
and commodore admirals 
"Except as provided under section 637(b) of this title, each officer of 
the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who 
holds the regular grade of brigadier general, and each officer of the 
Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of commodore admiral, 
who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the 
regular grade of major general or rear admiral, respectively, shall, if 
not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month 
beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment 
to that grade or on the first day of the month after the month in 
which he completes thirty years of active commissioned service, 
whichever is later. 
"§636. Retirement for years of service: regular major generals 
and rear admirals 
"Except as provided under section 637(b) of this title, each officer of 
the Regular Army, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who 
holds the regular grade of major general, and each officer of the 
Regular Navy who holds the regular grade of rear admiral, shall, if 
not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the first month 
beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of his appointment 
to that grade or on.the first day of the month after the month in 
which he completes thirty-five years of active commissioned service, 
whichever is later. 
"SUBCHAPTER IV—CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY AND 
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT 
"Sec. 
"637. Selection of regular officers for continuation on active duty. 
"638. Selective early retirement. 
"639. Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action. 
"640. Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons. 
"§637. Selection of regular officers for continuation on active 
duty 
"(a)(1) An officer subject to discharge or retirement in accordance Discharge or 
with section 632 of this title may, subject to the needs of the service, retirement. 
be continued on active duty if he is selected for continuation on active 
duty by a selection board convened under section 611(b) of this title. 
"(2) An officer who holds the regular grade of captain in the Army, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps, or the regular grade of lieutenant in the 
Navy, and who is subject to discharge or retirement in accordance 
with section 632 of this title may not be continued on active duty 
under this subsection for a period which extends beyond the last day 
of the month in which he completes twenty years of active commis-
sioned service unless he is promoted to the regular grade of major or 
lieutenant commander, respectively. 
"(3) An officer who holds the regular grade of major or lieutenant 
commander who is subject to discharge or retirement in accordance 
with section 632 of this title may not be continued on active duty 
under this subsection for a period which extends beyond the last day 
of the month in which he completes twenty-four years of active 
commissioned service unless he is promoted to the regular grade of 
lieutenant colonel or commander, respectively. 
94 STAT. 2864 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
Involuntary 
retirement or 
discharge. 
Deferred 
retirement. 
Post, p. 2875. 
Secretary's 
approval. 
Regulations. 
10 u s e 638. 
"(4) An officer who is selected for continuation on active duty under 
this subsection but declines to continue on active duty shall be 
discharged, retired, or retained on active duty, as appropriate, in 
accordance with section 632 of this title. 
"(5) Each officer who is continued on active duty under this 
subsection, is not subsequently promoted or continued on active duty, 
and is not on a list of officers recommended for continuation or for 
promotion to the next higher regular grade shall, unless sooner 
retired or discharged under another provision of law— 
"(A) be discharged upon the expiration of his period of contin-
ued service; or 
"(B) if he is eligible for retirement under any provision of law, 
be retired under that law on the first day of the first month 
following the month in which he completes his period of contin-
ued service. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of clause (A), any officer who would 
otherwise be discharged under such clause and is within two years of 
qualifying for retirement under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this 
title, shall, unless he is sooner retired or discharged under some other 
provision of law, be retained on active duty until he is qualified for 
retirement under that section and then be retired. 
"(6) The retirement or discharge of an officer pursuant to this 
subsection shall be considered to be an involuntary retirement or 
discharge for purposes of any other provision of law. 
"(b)(1) An officer subject to retirement under section 633, 634, 635, 
or 636 of this title may, subject to the needs of the service, have his 
retirement deferred and be continued on active duty if he is selected 
for continuation on active duty by a selection board convened under 
section 611(b) of this title. 
"(2) An officer subject to retirement under section 635 or 636 of this 
title who is serving in a grade above major general or rear admiral 
may, subject to the needs of the service, have his retirement deferred 
and be continued on active duty by the President. 
"(3) Any deferral of retirement and continuation on active duty 
under this subsection shall be for a period not to exceed five years, but 
such period may not (except as provided under section 1251(b) of this 
title) extend beyond the date of the officer's sixty-second birthday. 
"(c) Continuation of an officer on active duty under this section 
pursuant to the action of a selection board convened under section 
611(b) of this title is subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
military department concerned. 
"(d) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the 
administration of this section. 
"§638. Selective early retirement 
"(a) A regular officer on the active-duty list of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps— 
"(1) who holds the regular grade of lieutenant colonel or 
commander and has failed of selection for promotion to the grade 
of colonel or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, captain two or 
more times and whose name is not on a list of officers recom-
mended for promotion; 
"(2) who holds the regular grade of colonel or, in the case of an 
officer of the Navy, captain and has served at least four years of 
active duty in that grade and whose name is not on a list of 
officers recommended for promotion; 
"(3) who holds the regular grade of brigadier general or 
commodore admiral and has served at least four years of active 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2865 
Retirement, 
active duty 
status. 
10 use 3911, 
6323, 8911. 
duty in that grade and whose name is not on a list of officers 
recommended for promotion; or 
"(4) who holds the regular grade of major general or rear 
admiral and has served at least four years of active duty in that 
grade, 
may be considered for early retirement by a selection board convened 
under section 611(b) of this title. The Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall specify the number of officers described 
in clauses (1) and (2) which such a board may recommend for early 
retirement, but such number may not be more than 30 percent of the 
number of officers considered in each grade in each competitive 
category. 
"Ot))(l) An officer in a grade below brigadier general or commodore 
admiral who is recommended for early retirement under this section 
and whose early retirement is approved by the Secretary concerned 
shall-
"(A) be retired, under any provision of law under which he is 
eligible to retire, on the date requested by him and approved by 
the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not later than the 
first day of the seventh calendar month beginning after the 
month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report of 
the board which recommended the officer for early retirement; 
or 
"(B) if the officer is not eligible for retirement under any 
provision of law, be retained on active duty until he is qualified 
for retirement under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of this title, and 
then be retired under that section, unless he is sooner retired or 
discharged under some other provision of law. 
"(2) An officer who holds the regular grade of brigadier general, 
major general, commodore admiral, or rear admiral who is recom-
mended for early retirement under this section and whose early 
retirement is approved by the Secretary concerned shall be retired, 
under any provision of law under which he is eligible to retire, on the 
date requested by him and approved by the Secretary concerned, 
which date shsdl be not later than the first day of the tenth calendar 
month beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned 
approved the report of the board which recommended the officer for 
early retirement. 
"(c) So long as an officer in a grade below brigadier general or 
commodore admiral holds the same grade, he may not be considered 
for early retirement under this section more than once in any five-
year period, 
"(d) The retirement of an officer pursuant to this section shall be 
considered to be an involuntary retirement for purposes of any other 
provision of law. 
"(e) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations for the Regulations 
administration of this section. Such regulations shall require that 
when the Secretary of the military department concerned submits a 
list of officers to a selection board convened under section 6110t>) of 
this title to consider officers for selection for early retirement under 
this section, such list shall include each officer on the active-duty list 
in the same grade and competitive category whose position on the 
active-duty list is between that of the most junior officer in that grade 
and competitive category whose name is submitted to the board and 
that of the most senior officer in that grade and competitive category 
whose name is submitted to the board. 
Involuntary 
retirement. 
94 STAT. 2866 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
10 use 639. 
"§639. Continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary 
action 
"When any action has been commenced against an officer with a 
view to trying such officer by court-martial and such officer is to be 
separated or retired in accordance with this chapter, the Secretary of 
the military department concerned may delay the separation or 
retirement of the officer, without prejudice to such action, until the 
completion of the action. 
"§ 640. Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons 
"The Secretary of the military department concerned may defer 
the retirement or separation under this title of any officer if the 
evaluation of the physical condition of the officer and determination 
of the officer's entitlement to retirement or separation for physical 
disability require hospitalization or medical observation that cannot 
be completed before the date on which the officer would otherwise be 
required to retire or be separated under this title. 
"SUBCHAPTER V—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND RETIREMENT 
"Sec. 
"641. Applicability of chapter. 
"642. Entitlement of officers discharged or retired under this chapter to separation 
pay or retired pay. 
"643. Chaplains: discharge or retirement upon loss of professional qualifications. 
"644. Authority to suspend officer personnel laws. 
"645. Definitions. 
"§641. Applicability of chapter 
"Officers in the following categories are not subject to this chapter 
(other than section 640): 
"(1) Reserve officers— 
"(A) on active duty for training; 
"(B) on active duty under section 175, 265,3015, 3019,3033, 
3496, 5251,5252,8019,8033, or 8496 of this title or section 708 
of title 32; 
"(C) on active duty under section 672(d) of this title or 
under section 502 or 503 of title 32 in connection with 
organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or train-
ing the reserve components; 
"(D) on active duty to pursue special work; 
"(E) ordered to active duty under section 673b of this title; 
or 
"(F) on active duty under section 10(b)(2) of the Military 
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 460(b)(2)) for the admin-
istration of the SeleiMtive Service System. 
"(2) The director of adinissions, dean, and permanent profes-
sors at the United States Military Academy and the registrar, 
dean, and permanent professors at the United States Air Force 
Academy. 
"(3) Warrant officers. 
"(4) Retired officers on active duty. 
"(5) Students at the Uniformed Services University of the 
Health Sciences. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2867 
"§ 642. Entitlement of officers discharged or retired under this 10 USC 642. 
chapter to separation pay or retired pay 
"(a) An officer who is discharged under this chapter is entitled, if 
eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174 of this title. Post, p. 2870. 
"(b) An officer who is retired under this chapter is entitled to 
retired pay computed under chapter 71 of this title. 
10 USC 1401 et 
"§643. Chaplains: discharge or retirement upon loss of profes-
sional qualifications 
"Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a 
commissioned officer on the active-duty list of the Army, Navy, or Air 
Force who is appointed or designated as a chaplain may, if he fails to 
maintain the qualifications needed to perform his professional func-
tion, be discharged or, if eligible for retirement, may be retired. 
"§ 644. Authority to suspend officer personnel laws 
War or national 
emergency. 
"In time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress or 
the President after November 30, 1980, the President may suspend 
the operation of any provision of this chapter or of any other law 
relating to the promotion, involuntary retirement, or separation of 
commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps. 
So long as such war or national emergency continues, any such 
suspension may be extended by the President. Any such suspension 
shall, if not sooner ended, end on the last day of the two-year period 
beginning on the date on which the suspension (or the last extension 
thereof) takes effect or on the last day of the one-year period 
beginning on the date of the termination of the war or national 
emergency, whichever occurs first. With respect to the end of any 
such suspension, the preceding sentence supersedes the provisions of 
title II of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621-1622) which 
provide that powers or authorities exercised by reason of a national 
emergency shall cease to be exercised after the date of the termina-
tion of the emergency. 
"§645. Definitions 
"In this chapter: 
"(1) 'Promotion zone' means a promotion eligibility category 
consisting of the officers on an active-duty list in the same grade 
and competitive category— 
"(A) who— 
"(i) in the case of officers in grades below colonel, for 
officers of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, or 
captain, for officers of the Navy, have neither (I) failed of 
selection for promotion to the next higher grade, nor (II) 
been removed from a list of officers recommended for 
promotion to that grade; or 
"(ii) in the case of officers in the grade of colonel or 
brigadier general, for officers of the Army, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps, or captain or commodore admiral, for 
officers of the Navy, have neither (I) not been recom-
mended for promotion to the next higher grade when 
considered in the promotion zone, nor (II) been removed 
from a list of officers recommended for promotion to 
that grade; and 
"(B) are senior to the officer designated by the Secretary of 
the military department concerned to be the junior officer 
94 STAT. 2868 
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eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher 
grade in the promotion zone. 
"(2) 'Officers above the promotion zone' means a group of 
officers on an active-duty list in the same grade and competitive 
category who— 
"(A) are eligible for consideration for promotion to the 
next higher grade; 
"(B) are in the same grade as those officers in the promo-
tion zone for that competitive category; and 
"(C) are senior to the senior officer in the promotion zone 
for that competitive category. 
"(3) 'Officers below the promotion zone' means a group of 
officers on the active-duty list in the same grade and competitive 
category who— 
"(A) are eligible for consideration for promotion to the 
next higher grade; 
"(B) are in the same grade as the officers in the promotion 
zone for that competitive category; and 
"(C) are junior to the junior officer in the promotion zone 
for that competitive category.". 
AUTHORITY TO ORDER RETIRED MEMBERS OF REGULAR COMPONENTS TO 
ACTIVE DUTY; GRADE IN WHICH RESERVE OFFICERS ORDERED TO 
ACTIVE DUTY 
j 
SEC. 106. Chapter 39, relating to service on active duty, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: 
Active duty. 
*'§ 688. Regular components: retired members 
10 use 688. 
"(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a 
retired member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air 
Force, or Regular Marine Corps may be ordered to active duty by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned at any time. The 
Secretary concerned may, to the extent consistent with other provi-
sions of law, assign a member ordered to active duty under this 
section to such duties as the Secretary considers necessary in the 
interests of national defense. 
"Ob) A retired member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, 
Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps who, while on active 
duty, is promoted to a grade that is higher than his retired grade is 
entitled, upon his release from that tour of active duty, to placement 
on the retired list in the highest grade in which he served on active 
duty satisfactorily, as determined by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, for not less than six months. 
"(c) Except in time of war, or of national emergency declared by the 
Congress or the President after November 30, 1980, not more than 
fifteen retired general officers of the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps, and not more than fifteen retired flag officers of the Navy, 
may be on active duty at any one time. For the purposes of this 
subsection a retired officer ordered to active duty for a period of sixty 
days or less is not counted. 
*
*
§ 689. Reserve officers: grade in which ordered to active duty 
"A reserve officer who is ordered to active duty shall be ordered to 
active duty in his reserve grade.". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2869 
RANK OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AMONG THEMSELVES 
SEC. 107. Section 741 is amended to read as follows: 
"§741. Rank: commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 10 USC 741. 
and Marine Corps 
"(a) Among the grades listed below, the grades of general and 
admiral are equivalent and are senior to other grades and the grades 
of second lieutenant and ensign are equivalent and are junior to other 
grades. Intermediate grades rank in the order listed as follows: 
"Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps: 
Navy 
General 
Admiral. 
Lieutenant general 
Vice admiral. 
Major general 
Rear admiral. 
Brigadier general 
Commodore admiral. 
Colonel 
Captain. 
Lieutenant colonel 
Commander. 
Major 
Lieutenant commander. 
Captain 
Lieutenant. 
First lieutenant 
Lieutenant (junior grade). 
Second lieutenant 
Ensign. 
"(b) Rank among officers of the same grade or of equivalent grades 
is determined by comparing dates of rank. An officer whose date of 
rank is earlier than the date of rank of another officer of the same or 
equivalent grade is senior to that officer. 
"(c) Rank among officers of the same grade or of equivalent grades 
who have the same date of rank is determined by regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense which shall apply uniformly 
among the the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 
"(d)(1) The date of rank of an officer who holds a grade as the result 
of an original appointment shall be determined by the Secretary of 
the military department concerned at the time of such appointment. 
The date of rank of an officer who holds a grade as the result of an 
original appointment and who at the time of such appointment was 
awarded service credit for prior commissioned service or constructive 
credit for advanced education or training, or special experience shall 
be determined so as to reflect such prior commissioned service or 
constructive service. Determinations by the Secretary concerned 
under this paragraph shall be made under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense which shall apply uniformly among the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 
"(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, the date of rank of an 
officer who holds a grade as the result of a promotion is the date of his 
appointment to that grade. 
"(3) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
which shall apply uniformly among the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Marine Corps, the date of rank of a reserve commissioned officer 
(other than a warrant officer) who is to be placed on the active-duty 
list and who has not been on continuous active duty since his original 
appointment as a reserve commissioned officer in a grade above 
warrant officer (W-4) may, effective on the date on which he is placed 
on the active-duty list, be changed by the Secretary concerned to a 
later date to reflect such officer's qualifications and experience.". 
79-194 O—81 —pt. 3 
15 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2870 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
10 u s e 750. 
RIGHT OF RETIRED OFFICERS TO COMMAND 
SEC. 108. Chapter 43, relating to rank and command, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 750. Command: retired officers 
"A retired officer has no right to command except when on active 
duty.". 
Repeal. 
Infra. 
Infra. 
Infra. 
Post, p. 2918. 
Repeal. 
Ante, pp. 2850, 
2861, 2867. 
Post, pp. 2898, 
2932. 
Post, p. 2941. 
Ante, pp. 2861, 
2867, post, p. 
2874. 
SEPARATION PAY UPON INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM 
ACTIVE DUTY 
SEC. 109. (a) Section 687, relating to readjustment pay for nonregu-
lars, is repealed. 
(b)(1) The second sentence of section 1165, relating to separation 
of regular warrant officers during their probationary period, is 
amended to read as follows: "A warrant officer who is separated 
under this section is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay 
under section 1174 or he may be enlisted under section 515 of this 
title. If such a warrant officer is enlisted under section 515 of this 
title, he is not entitled to separation pay.". 
(2) Section 1166(a), relating to elimination of regular warrant 
officers for unfitness or unsatisfactory performance, is amended— 
(A) by striking out "be separated with severance pay computed 
under section 1167(b) of this title" in the second sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "if eligible 
therefor, be separated with separation pay under section 1174 of 
this title or severance pay under section 286a of title 14, as 
appropriate"; and 
(B) by inserting "separation pay or" in the third sentence after 
"being paid". 
(3) Section 1167, relating to severance pay of regular warrant 
officers, is repealed. 
(c) Chapter 59 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
"§1174. Separation pay upon involuntary discharge or release 
from active duty 
"(a) A regular officer who is discharged under chapter 36 of this 
title (except under section 630(1)(A) or 643 of such chapter), under 
section 564 or 6383 of this title, or under section 603 or 604 of the 
Defense Officer Personnel Management Act and who has completed 
five or more, but less than twenty, years of active service immediately 
before that discharge or release is entitled to separation pay 
computed under subsection (d)(1). 
"(b) A regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps who is discharged under section ^630(1)(A), 643, or 
1186 of this title, and a regular warrant officer of the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps who is separated under section 1165 or 
1166 of this title, who has completed five or more, but less than 
twenty, years of active service immediately before that discharge or 
separation is entitled to separation pay computed under subsection 
(d)(1) or (d)(2), as determined by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, unless the Secretary concerned determines 
that the conditions under which the officer is discharged or separated 
do not warrant payment of such pay. 
"(c) A member of an armed force other than a regular member who 
on or after the effective date of the Defense Officer Personnel 
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94 STAT. 2871 
Management Act is discharged or released from active duty and who 
has completed five or more, but less than twenty, years of active 
service immediately before that discharge or release is entitled, 
unless the Secretary concerned determines that the conditions under 
which the member is discharged or separated do not warrant such 
pay, to separation pay computed under subsection (d)(1) or (d)(2), as 
determined by the Secretary concerned, if— 
"(1) such member's discharge or release from active duty is 
involuntary; or 
"(2) such member was not accepted for an additional tour of 
active duty for which he volunteered. 
"(d) The amount of separation pay which may be paid to a member 
under this section is— 
"(1) 10 percent of the product of (A) his years of active service, 
and (B) 12 times the monthly basic pay to which he was entitled 
at the time of his discharge or release from active duty or $30,000, 
whichever is less; or 
"(2) one-half of the amount computed under clause (1), but in 
no event more than $15,000. 
"(e) A member who— 
"(1) is discharged or released from active duty at his request; 
"(2) is released from active duty for training; or 
"(3) upon discharge or release from active duty, is immediately 
eligible for retired or retainer pay based on his military service; 
is not eligible for separation pay under this section. 
"(f) In determining a member's years of active service for the 
purpose of computing separation pay under this section, a part of a 
year that is six months or more is counted as a whole year and a part 
of a year that is less than six months is disregarded. 
"(g)(1) A period for which a member has previously received 
separation pay under this section or severance pay or readjustment 
pay under any other provision of law based on service in the armed 
forces may not be included in determining the years of service that 
may be counted in computing the separation pay of the member 
under this section. 
"(2) The total amount that a member may receive in separation pay 
under this section and severance pay and readjustment pay under 
any other provision of law based on service in the armed forces may 
not exceed $30,000. 
"(h)(1) A member who has received separation pay under this 
section, or severance pay or readjustment pay under any other 
provision of law, based on service in the armed forces, and who later 
qualifies for retired or retainer pay under this title or title 14 shall 
have deducted from each pa3Tiient of such retired or retainer pay so 
much of such pay as is based on the service for which he received 
separation pay under this section or severance pay or readjustment 
pay under any other provision of law until the total amount deducted 
is equal to the total amount of separation pay, severance pay, and 
readjustment pay received. 
"(2) A member who has received separation pay under this section, 
or severance pay or readjustment pay under any other provision of 
law, based on service in the armed forces shall not be deprived, by 
reason of his receipt of such separation pay, severance pay, or 
readjustment pay, of any disability compensation to which he is 
entitled under the laws administered by the Veterans' Administra-
tion, but there shall be deducted from that disability compensation 
an amount equal to the total amount of separation pay, severance 
pay, and readjustment pay received. Notwithstanding the preceding 
Ante, p. 2835. 
Pay 
computation. 
Ineligibility. 
Total pay, 
limitation. 
Retired or 
retainer pay, 
deductions. 
14 use 1. 
Disability pay, 
deductions. 
94 STAT. 2872 
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sentence, no deduction may be made from disability compensation for 
the amount of any separation pay, severance pay, or readjustment 
pay received because of an earlier discharge or release from a period 
of active duty if the disability which is the basis for that disability 
compensation was incurred or aggravated during a later period of 
active duty. 
Regulations. 
"(i) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations, which 
shall be uniform for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, 
for the administration of this section.". 
INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF REGULAR OFFICERS FOR SUBSTANDARD 
PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR FOR CERTAIN OTHER REASONS 
SEC. 110. Part II of subtitle A is amended by inserting after chapter 
59 the following new chapter: 
"CHAPTER 60—SEPARATION OF REGULAR OFFICERS FOR 
SUBSTANDARD PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR FOR CER-
TAIN OTHER REASONS 
"Sec. 
"1181. Authority to convene boards of officers to consider separation of officers for 
substandard performance of duty or for certain other reasons. 
"1182. Boards of inquiry. 
"1183. Boards of review. 
"1184. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of board of 
review. 
"1185. Rights and procedures. 
"1186. Officer considered for removal: voluntary retirement or discharge. 
"1187. Officers eligible to serve on boards. 
10 use 1181. 
"§1181. Authority to convene boards of officers to consider separa-
tion of officers for substandard performance of duty or 
for certain other reasons 
"(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned may at any time 
convene a board of officers to review the record of any commissioned 
officer (other than a commissioned warrant officer or a retired 
officer) of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or 
Regular Marine Corps to determine whether such officer shall be 
required, because his performance of duty has fallen below standards 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, to show cause for his reten-
tion on active duty. 
"(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned may at any time 
convene a board of officers to review the record of any commissioned 
officer (other than a commissioned warrant officer or a retired 
officer) of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or 
Regular Marine Corps to determine whether such officer should be 
required, because of misconduct, because of moral or professional 
dereliction, or because his retention is not clearly consistent with the 
interests of national security, to show cause for his retention on 
active duty. 
"§ 1182. Boards of inquiry 
"(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
convene boards of inquiry at such times and places as the Secretary 
may prescribe to receive evidence and make findings and recommen-
dations as to whether an officer who is required under section 1181 of 
this title to show cause for retention on active duty should be retained 
on active duty. Each board of inquiry shall be composed of not less 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2873 
than three officers having the quaUfications prescribed by section 
1187 of this title. 
"(b) A board of inquiry shall give a fair and impartial hearing to 
each officer required under section 1181 of this title to show cause for 
retention on active duty. 
"(c) If a board of inquiry determines that the officer has failed to 
establish that he should be retained on active duty, it shall send the 
record of its proceedings to a board of review convened under section 
1183 of this title. 
"(d)(1) If a board of inquiry determines that the officer has estab-
lished that he should be retained on active duty, the officer's case is 
closed. 
"(2) An officer who is required to show cause for retention on active 
duty under subsection (a) of section 1181 of this title and who is 
determined under paragraph (1) to have established that he should be 
retained on active duty may not again be required to show cause for 
retention on active duty under such subsection within the one-year 
period beginning on the date of that determination. 
"(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an officer who is required to 
show cause for retention on active duty under subsection (b) of section 
1181 of this title and who is determined under paragraph (1) to have 
established that he should be retained on active duty may again be 
required to show cause for retention at any time. 
"(B) An officer who has been required to show cause for retention 
on active duty under subsection (b) of section 1181 of this title and 
who is thereafter retained on active duty may not again be required 
to show cause for retention on active duty under such subsection 
solely because of conduct which was the subject of the previous 
proceedings, unless the findings or recommendations of the board 
of inquiry that considered his case are determined to have been 
obtained by fraud or collusion. 
"§ 1183. Boards of review 
"(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
convene boards of review at such times as the Secretary may 
prescribe to review the cases of officers who a board of inquiry has 
determined have failed to establish that they should be retained on 
active duty. Each board of review shall be composed of not less than 
three officers having the qualifications prescribed by section 1187 of 
this title. 
"(b) If, after reviewing the record of the case of any officer, a board 
of review determines that the officer has failed to establish that he 
should be retained on active duty, the board of review shall recom-
mend to the Secretary concerned that the officer not be retained on 
active duty. 
"(c)(1) If, after reviewing the record of the case of any officer, a 
board of review determines that the officer has established that he 
should be retained on active duty, the officer's case is closed. 
"(2) An officer who is required to show cause for retention under 
subsection (a) of section 1181 of this title and who is determined under 
paragraph (1) to have established that he should be retained on active 
duty may not again be required to show cause for retention under 
such subsection within the one-year period beginning on the date of 
that determination. 
"(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an officer who is required to 
show cause for retention under subsection (b) of section 1181 of this 
title and who is determined under paragraph (1) to have established 
Review board. 
10 use 1183. 
Recommenda-
tion to Secretary. 
94 STAT. 2874 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
that he should be retained on active duty may again be required to 
show cause for retention at any time. 
"(B) An officer who has been required to show cause for retention 
as a result of proceedings under subsection (b) of section 1181 of this 
title and who is thereafter retained on active duty may not again be 
required to show cause for retention on active duty under such 
subsection solely because of conduct which was the subject of the 
previous proceeding, unless the findings or recommendations of the 
board of inquiry or board of review that considered his case are 
determined to have been obtained by fraud or collusion. 
10 use 1184. 
"§1184. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommen-
dation of board of review 
"The Secretary of the military department concerned may remove 
an officer from active duty if the removal of such officer from active 
duty is recommended by a board of review convened under section 
1183 of this title. 
"§1185. Rights and procedures 
"(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, each 
officer required under section 1181 of this title to show cause for 
retention on active duty— 
"(1) shall be notified in writing, at least 30 days before the 
hearing of his case by a board of inquiry, of the reasons for which 
he is being required to show cause for retention on active duty; 
"(2) shall be allowed a reasonable time, as determined by the 
board of inquiry, to prepare his showing of cause for his retention 
on active duty; 
"(3) shall be allowed to appear in person and to be represented 
by counsel at proceedings before the board of inquiry; and 
"(4) shall be allowed full access to, and shall be furnished 
copies of, records relevant to his case, except that the board of 
inquiry shall withhold any record that the Secretary concerned 
determines should be withheld in the interest of national 
security. 
Withheld 
"(b) When a record is withheld under subsection (a)(4), the officer 
records. 
whose case is under consideration shall, to the extent that the 
interest of national security permits, be furnished a summary of the 
record so withheld. 
"§1186. Officer considered for removal: voluntary retirement or 
discharge 
"(a) At any time during proceedings under this chapter with 
respect to the removal of an officer from active duty, the Secretary of 
the military department concerned may grant a request by the 
officer— 
"(1) for voluntary retirement, if the officer is qualified for 
retirement; or 
"(2) for discharge in accordance with subsection (b)(2). 
"(b) An officer removed from active duty under section 1184 of this 
title shall— 
"(1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of 
law on the date of such removal, be retired in the grade and with 
the retired pay for which he would be eligible if retired under 
such provision; and 
"(2) if ineligible for voluntary retirement under any provision 
of law on the date of such removal— 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2875 
"(A) be honorably discharged in the grade then held, in the 
case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection 
(a) of section 1181 of this title; or 
"(B) be discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an 
officer whose case was brought under subsection (b) of 
section 1181 of this title. 
"(c)" An officer who is discharged under subsection (b)(2) is entitled, 
if eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 1174(b) of this 
title. 
Ante, p. 2870. 
"§ 1187. Officers eligible to serve on boards 
lo USC 1187 
"(aXD Each officer who serves on a board convened under this 
chapter shall be an officer of the same armed force as the officer being 
required to show cause for retention on active duty. 
"(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), an officer may not serve 
on a board under this chapter unless such officer is serving on active 
duty in a grade above lieutenant colonel or commander and is senior 
in grade and rank to any officer considered by that board. 
"(3) If qualified officers on active duty are not available in sufficient Retired officers. 
numbers to comprise a board convened under this chapter, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned shall complete the 
membership of the board by appointing retired officers of the same 
armed force who are retired in a grade above lieutenant colonel or 
commander and whose retired grade is senior to the grade of any 
officer considered by the board. A retired general or flag officer who is 
on active duty for the purpose of serving on a board convened under 
this chapter shall not, while so serving, be counted against any 
limitation on the number of general and flag officers who may be on 
active duty. 
"(b) No person may be a member of more than one board convened 
under this chapter to consider the same officer.". 
RETIREMENT OF REGULAR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AT AGE 62 
SEC. 111. Chapter 63, relating to retirement for age, is amended by 
inserting before section 1263 the following new section: 
"§ 1251. Age 62: regular commissioned officers; exceptions 
"(a) Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned 
officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps (other than an 
officer who is a permanent professor, director of admissions, or 
registrar of the United States Military Academy or United States Air 
Force Academy or a commissioned warrant officer) shall be retired on 
the first day of the month following the month in which he becomes 
62 years of age. An officer who is a permanent professor at the United 
States Military Academy or United States Air Force Academy, the 
director of admissions at the United States Military Academy, or the 
registrar of the United States Air Force Academy shall be retired on 
the first day of the month following the month in which he becomes 
64 years of age. 
"(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the President may defer the 
retirement of an officer serving in a position that carries a grade 
above major general or rear admiral, but such a deferment may not 
extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in 
which the officer becomes 64 years of age. Not more than ten 
deferments of retirement under this subsection may be in effect at 
any one time.". 
Retirement, 
Presidential 
deferment. 
94 STAT. 2876 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
REQUIREMENT OF THREE YEARS SERVICE IN GRADE FOR VOLUNTARY 
RETIREMENT 
SEC. 112. Chapter 69, relating to retired grade, is amended by 
inserting before section 1371 the following new section: 
10 use 1370. 
"§ 1370. Commissioned officers: general rule; exceptions 
"(a)(1) Unless entitled to a higher retired grade under some other 
provision of law, a commissioned officer (other than a commissioned 
warrant officer) of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who 
retires under any provision of law other than chapter 61 or chapter 67 
10 use 1201 et 
of this title shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), be retired in the 
seq., 1331 et seq. highest grade in which he served on active duty satisfactorily, as 
determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
for not less than six months. 
"(2) In order to be eligible for voluntary retirement under any 
provision of this title in a grade above major or lieutenant com-
mander and below lieutenant general or vice admiral, a commis-
sioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps must 
have served on active duty in that grade for not less than three years. 
The President may waive the preceding sentence in individual cases 
involving extreme hardship or exceptional or unusual circumstances. 
The authority of the President under the preceding sentence may not 
be delegated. 
"(3) A reserve or temporary officer who is notified that he will be 
released from active duty without his consent and thereafter requests 
retirement under section 3911,6323, or 8911 of this title and is retired 
pursuant to that request is considered for purposes of this section, to 
have been retired involuntarily. An officer retired pursuant to 
Ante, p. 2874. 
section 1186(b)(1) of this title is considered for purposes of this section 
to have been retired voluntarily. 
"(b) An officer whose length of service in the highest grade he held 
while on active duty does not meet the service in grade requirements 
specified in subsection (a) shall be retired in the next lower grade in 
which he served on active duty satisfactorily, as determined by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned, for not less than six 
months. 
"(c) Upon retirement an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps who is serving in or has served in a position of 
importance and responsibility designated by the President to carry 
the grade of general or admiral or lieutenant general or vice admiral 
Ante, p. 2849. 
under section 601 of this title may, in the discretion of the President, 
be retired, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the 
highest grade held by him while serving on active duty.". 
COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY FOR REGULAR OFFICERS RETIRING FOR 
AGE OR YEARS OF SERVICE 
Post, p. 2924. 
SEC. 113. (a)(1) Section 1401, relating to computation of retired pay, 
is amended by adding at the end of the table contained in such section 
the following new formula: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2877 
"5 
633 Monthly 
2>/2% of 
Excess over 7.5% of 
634 
basic 
years of 
pay upon which 
635 
pay' of 
service 
computation is 
636 
member's 
credited 
based.". 
12.51 
retired 
under 
grade. ^ 
section 
1405.3 
(2) Section 1401 is further amended by adding after the last 10 USC1401. 
footnote to the table contained in such section the following new 
footnote: 
"5 For the purposes of this section, determine an officer's retired grade as if sec-
tions 3962(b) and 8962(b) did not apply.". 
(b) Section 1405, relating to years of service for computation of 
retired pay, is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 1405. Years of service 
"For the purposes of section 1401 (formulas 4 and 5), 3991 (formula 
B), 6151(b), 6323(e), 6325 (a)(2) and (b)(2), 6383(c)(2), or 8991 (formula B) Post, pp. 2910, 
of this title, the years of service of a member of the armed forces are ^^^^' '^^^'^• 
computed by adding— 
"(1) his years of active service; 
"(2) the years of service, not included in clause (1), with which 
he was entitled to be credited on May 31, 1958, in computing his 
basic pay; and 
"(3) the years of service, not included in clause (1) or (2), with 
which he would be entitled to be credited under section 1333 of 
this title if he were entitled to retired pay under section 1331 of 
this title.". 
Posf, p. 2924. 
(c) Section 1407(b)(4), relating to retired pay base, is amended by 
inserting "633, 634, 635,636,1251," before "1263,". 
OFFICERS 
ATTENDING 
UNIFORMED 
SERVICES 
UNIVERSITY 
OF 
THE 
HEALTH SCIENCES TO BE COUNTED AGAINST AUTHORIZED MILITARY 
STRENGTHS 
SEC. 114. The second sentence of section 2114(b), relating to stu- Post, p. 2926. 
dents attending the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences, is amended by striking out ", but shall not be counted 
against any prescribed military strengths". 
REPEAL OF CERTAIN GENDER-BASED DIFFERENCES IN TREATMENT OF 
DEPENDENTS 
SEC 115. (a) Section 101, relating to definitions for purposes of title 
10, is amended by striking out paragraph (36). 
(b) Section 1072(2), relating to definitions for purposes of chapter 55 
(medical and dental care), is amended— 
(1) by striking out "wife" in clause (A) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "spouse"; 
(2) by striking out clause (C) and redesignating clauses (D), (E), 
and (F) as clauses (C), (D), and (E); and 
94 STAT. 2878 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
(3) by striking out all of clause (C) (as redesignated by clause (B) 
of this paragraph) after "widower" and inserting in lieu thereof a 
semicolon. 
EXTENSION OF RESTRICTIONS ON PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL FUNCTIONS TO 
ALL OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY 
10 use 973. 
SEC. 116. (a) Subsection (a) of section 973, relating to restrictions on 
performance of civil functions by officers, is amended by striking out 
"on the active list of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air 
Force, Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Coast Guard" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "of an armed force on active duty". 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "officer 
on the active list of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air 
Force, Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Coast Guard" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "regular officer of an armed force on active duty". 
(c) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§973. Duties: officers on active duty; performance of civil func-
tions restricted". 
PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
DISABILITY RETIREMENT 
SEC. 117. Sections 1201(3)(B)(iv), 1203(4)(A)(iii), and 1203(4)(C)(iii) 
are each amended by striking out "during the period beginning on" 
and all that follows through "to that effect" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "after September 14,1978". 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLES B AND D OF TITLE 
10, UNITED STATES CODE—THE ARMY AND THE AIR 
FORCE 
PART A—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO OFFICER APPOINTMENT, PROMO-
TION, SEPARATION, AND MANDATORY RETIREMENT 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN 
GRADES OF GENERAL AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL 
SEC. 201. Sections 3066 and 8066, relating to generals and lieuten-
ant generals, are repealed. 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE 
ARMY AND OF THE AIR FORCE 
SEC. 202. The following sections of chapters 331 and 831, relating to 
the strength of the Army and Air Force, are repealed: sections 3201 
and 8201, 3203 and 8203,3204 and 8204,3205 and 8205, 3206 and 8206, 
3207 and 8207, 8208, 3209 and 8209, 3211 and 8211, 3213 and 8213, 
3214 and 8214,8215, and 3216. 
AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IN GRADE FOR GENERAL OFFICERS 
SEC. 203. (a) Section 3202, relating to the authorized strength of the 
Army in officers on active duty in certain grades, is amended to read 
as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2879 
"§ 3202. Army: strength in grade; general officers 
10 USC 3202. 
"(a) The authorized strength of the Army in general officers on 
active duty on the last day of each fiscal year, exclusive of officers on 
active duty for training only and officers serving with other depart-
ments or agencies on a reimbursable basis, is based on the total 
number of officers authorized for the Army in all commissioned 
grades under section 521 of this title as follows: 
^«^e, p. 2841. 
"If the total number of 
officers authorized in all 
The authorized strength 
commissioned grades is— 
for general officers is— 
50,000 
350 
60,000 
400 
70,000 
425 
80,000 
450 
90,000 
475 
100,000 
495 
110,000 
510 
120,000 
520 
130,000 
530 
140,000 
540 
150,000 
550. 
If the total number of officers authorized in all commissioned grades 
is between two of the figures listed in the first column of the table, the 
authorized strength for general officers is determined by mathemat-
ical interpolation between the respective authorized strengths listed 
in the table. If such number is more than 150,000, the Secretary of the 
Army shall fix the corresponding authorized strength in general 
officers in general conformity with the table. 
"(b) Whenever the number of general officers is less than the 
number authorized under this section, the difference between the two 
numbers may be applied to increase the number authorized under 
section 523 of this title for any lower grade to which such section is Ante, p. 2842. 
applicable. 
"(c) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress 
or the President after November 30, 1980, the President may suspend 
the operation of any provision of this section. So long as such war or 
national emergency continues, any such suspension may be extended 
by the President. Any such suspension shall, if not sooner ended, end 
on the last day of the two-year period beginning on the date on which 
the suspension (or the last extension thereof) takes effect or on the 
last day of the one-year period beginning on the date of the termina-
tion of the war or national emergency, whichever occurs first. With 
respect to the end of any such suspension, the preceding sentence 
supersedes the provisions of title II of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1621-1622) which provide that powers or authorities 
exercised by reason of a national emergency shall cease to be 
exercised after the date of the termination of the emergency.". 
(b) Section 8202, relating to the authorized strength of the Air 
Force in officers on active duty in certain grades, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"§ 8202. Air Force: strength in grade; general officers 
"(a) The authorized strength of the Air Force in general officers on 
active duty on the last day of each fiscal year, exclusive of officers on 
active duty for training only and officers serving with other depart-
ments or agencies on a reimbursable basis, is based on the total 
number of officers authorized for the Air Force in all commissioned 
grades under section 521 of this title on active duty as follows: 
94 STAT. 2880 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
"If the total number of 
officers authorized in all 
The authorized strength 
commissioned grades is— 
for general officers is— 
50,000 
312 
60,000 
324 
70,000 
336 
80,000 
349 
90,000 
363 
100,000 
380 
110,000 
398 
120,000 
416 
130,000 
434 
140,000 
452 
150,000 
470 
160,000 
478 
170,000 
486 
180,000 
495. 
If the actual strength in commissioned officers on active duty is 
between two of the figures Hsted in the first column of the table, the 
authorized strength for general officers is determined by mathemat-
ical interpolation between the respective authorized strengths listed 
in the table. If such strength is more than 180,000, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall fix the corresponding strength in general officers 
in general conformity with the table. 
"(b) Whenever the number of general officers is less than the 
number authorized under this section, the difference between the two 
numbers may be applied to increase the number authorized under 
Ante, p. 2842. 
section 523 of this title for any lower grade to which such section is 
applicable. 
"(c) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress 
or the President after November 30,1980, the President may suspend 
the operation of any provision of this section. So long as such war or 
national emergency continues, any such suspension may be extended 
by the President. Any such suspension shall, if not sooner ended, end 
on the last day of the two-year period beginning on the date on which 
the suspension (or the last extension thereof) takes effect or on the 
last day of the one-year period beginning on the date of the termina-
tion of the war or national emergency, whichever occurs first. With 
respect to the end of any such suspension, the preceding sentence 
supersedes the provisions of title II of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1621-1622) which provide that powers or authorities 
exercised by reason of a national emergency shall cease to be 
exercised after the date of the termination of the emergency.". 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS IN THE REGULAR ARMY AND IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE 
SEC. 
204. 
The 
following 
sections 
of 
chapters 
335 
and 
835, 
relating 
to 
appointments in 
the 
Regular Army and Regular Air 
Force, are 
repealed: sections 
3284 
and 8284, 3285 
and 8285, 3286 
and 
8286, 
3287 
and 8287, 
3288 
and 
8288, 
3289 
and 
8289, 
3290, 
3291, 
3292, 
3293 
and 
8293, 
3294 
and 
8294, 
3295 
and 
8295, 
3296 
and 
8296, 
3297 
and 8297, 
3298 
and 
8298, 
3299 
and 
8299, 
3300 
and 
8300, 
8301, 
3302 
and 8302, 
3303 
and 
8303, 
3305 
and 
8305, 
3306 
and 
8306, 
3307 
and 
8307, 
3308 
and 
8308, 
3309 
and 
8309, 
3312 
and 
8312, 
3313 
and 
8313, 
and 
3314 
and 
8314. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2881 
SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
SEC. 205. (a) Section 3353, relating to the appointment and service 
credit of reserve commissioned officers of the Army, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§3353. Commissioned officers: service credit upon original ap- 10USC3353. 
pointment 
"(a)(1) For the purpose of chapters 337 and 363 of this title and 10 USC 3351 et 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a person *^9' ^^^^ ^^s^9-
receiving an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer 
in the Army shall be credited at the time of such appointment with 
any service as a commissioned officer, except service as a commis-
sioned warrant officer, that he performed in an active status in any 
armed force before such appointment. 
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to author-
ize the Secretary of the Army to limit the amount of prior commis-
sioned service with which a person receiving an original appointment 
may be credited under paragraph (1), or to deny any such credit, in 
the case of a person who at the time of such appointment is credited 
with constructive service under subsection (b). 
"03)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of the Army shall credit a person who is receiving an 
original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer in the Army 
and who has advanced education or training or special experience 
with constructive service for such education, training, or experience 
as follows: 
"(A) One year for each year of advanced education beyond the 
baccalaureate degree level, for persons appointed in officer 
categories requiring such advanced education or an advanced 
degree as a prerequisite for appointment as a commissioned 
officer. (Except as provided in clause (E), in determining the 
years of constructive service under this clause, the Secretary of 
the Army shall grant credit for only the number of years 
normally required to complete the advanced education or receive 
the advanced degree.) 
"(B) Credit for any period of advanced education in a health 
profession (other than medicine and dentistry) beyond the bacca-
laureate degree level which exceeds the basic education criteria 
for appointment as an officer, if such advanced education will be 
directly used by the Army. 
"(C) Additional credit of (i) not more than one year for 
internship or equivalent graduate medical, dental, or other 
formal professional training required by the armed forces, and 
(ii) not more than one year for each additional year of such 
graduate-level training or experience creditable toward certifica-
tion in a specialty required by the Army. 
"(D) Additional credit, in unusual cases, based on special 
experience in a particular field. 
'(E) Additional credit of one year for advanced education in a 
health profession if the number of years of baccalaureate educa-
tion completed by 75 percent or more of the students entering 
advanced training in that health profession exceeds, by one or 
more, the minimum number of years of preprofessional educa-
tion required by a majority of institutions which award degrees 
in that health profession. The percentage of such persons shall be 
computed on an annual basis for each health profession from the 
94 STAT. 2882 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
data for the year in which the person being appointed was 
admitted to a professional school. However, a person may not 
receive additional credit under this clause if the amount of his 
baccalaureate education does not exceed, by one or more, the 
minimum number of years of preprofessional education required 
by a majority of institutions which award degrees for that health 
profession, determined on the basis prescribed in the preceding 
sentence. 
"(F) Additional credit for experience as a physician or dentist, 
if appointed in the Medical or Dental Corps. 
"(2) Except as authorized by the Secretary of the Army in individ-
ual cases and under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense in the case of a medical or dental officer, the amount of 
constructive service credited an officer under this subsection may not 
exceed the amount required in order for the officer to be eligible for 
an original appointment in the grade of major. 
"(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this subsection is 
in addition to any service credited that officer under subsection (a) 
and shall be credited at the time of the original appointment of the 
officer. 
"(c) Constructive service may not be credited under subsection (b) 
for education, training, or experience obtained while serving in an 
active status. 
"(d) If the Secretary of Defense determines that the number of 
qualified judge advocates serving on active duty in the Army in 
grades below major is critically below the number needed by the 
Army in such grades, he may authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
credit any person receiving an original appointment in the Judge 
Advocate General's Corps with a view to an immediate call to active 
duty with a period of constructive service in such an amount (in 
addition to any period of service credited such person under subsec-
tion (b)(1)) as will result in the grade of such person being that of 
captain and the date of rank of such person being junior to that of all 
other officers of the same grade serving on active duty.". 
(b) Section 8353, relating to the appointment and service credit of 
reserve commissioned officers of the Air Force, is amended to read as 
follows: 
10 use 8353. 
"§ 8353. Commissioned officers: 
service credit upon original 
appointment 
10 use 3351 et 
"(a)(1) For the purpose of chapters 337 and 363 of this title and 
seq., 3843 et seq. under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a person 
receiving an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer 
in the Air Force shall be credited at the time of such appointment 
with any service as a commissioned officer, except service as a 
commissioned warrant officer, that he performed in an active status 
in any armed force before such appointment. 
Regulations. 
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to author-
ize the Secretary of the Air Force to limit the amount of prior 
commissioned service with which a person receiving an original 
appointment may be credited under paragraph (1), or to deny any 
such credit, in the case of a person who at the time of such 
appointment is credited with constructive service under subsection 
(b). 
"(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall credit a person who is receiving 
an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer in the Air 
Force and who has advanced education or training or special experi-
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2883 
ence with constructive service for such education, training, or experi-
ence as follows: 
"(A) One year for each year of advanced education beyond the 
baccalaureate degree level, for persons appointed in officer 
categories requiring such advanced education or an advanced 
degree as a prerequisite for appointment as a commissioned 
officer. (Except as provided in clause (E), in determining the 
years of constructive service under this clause, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall grant credit for only the number of years 
normally required to complete the advanced education or receive 
the advanced degree.) 
"(B) Credit for any period of advanced education in a health 
profession (other than medicine and dentistry) beyond the bacca-
laureate degree level which exceeds the basic education criteria 
for appointment as an officer, if such advanced education will be 
directly used by the Air Force. 
"(C) Additional credit of (i) not more than one year for 
internship or equivalent graduate medical, dental, or other 
formal professional training required by the armed forces, and 
(ii) not more than one year for each additional year of such 
graduate-level training or experience creditable toward certifica-
tion in a specialty required by the Air Force. 
"(D) Additional credit, in unusual cases, based on special 
experience in a particular field. 
"(E) Additional credit of one year for advanced education in a 
health profession if the number of years of baccalaureate educa-
tion completed by 75 percent or more of the students entering 
advanced training in that health profession exceeds, by one or 
more, the minimum number of years of preprofessional educa-
tion required by a majority of institutions which award degrees 
in that health profession. The percentage of such persons shall be 
computed on an annual basis for each health profession from the 
data for the year in which the person being appointed was 
admitted to a professional school. However, a person may not 
receive additional credit under this clause if the amount of his 
baccalaureate education does not exceed, by one or more, the 
minimum number of years of preprofessional education required 
by a majority of institutions which award degrees for that health 
profession, determined on the basis prescribed in the preceding 
sentence. 
"(F) Additional credit for experience as a physician or dentist, 
if appointed with a view to designation as a medical or dental 
officer. 
"(2) Except as authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force in 
individual cases and under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense in the case of an officer appointed with a view to designation 
as a medical or dental officer, the amount of constructive service 
credited an officer under this subsection may not exceed the amount 
required in order for the officer to be eligible for an original 
appointment in the grade of major. 
"(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this subsection is 
in addition to any service credited that officer under subsection (a) 
and shall be credited at the time of the original appointment of the 
officer. 
"(c) Constructive service may not be credited under subsection (b) 
for education, training, or experience obtained while serving in an 
active status. 
94 STAT. 2884 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
"(d) If the Secretary of Defense determines that the number of 
qualified judge advocates serving on active duty in the Air Force in 
grades below major is critically below the number needed by the Air 
Force in such grades, he may authorize the Secretary of the Air Force 
to credit any person receiving an original appointment in the Judge 
Advocate General's Corps with a period of constructive service in 
such an amount (in addition to any period of service credited such 
person under subsection (b)(1)) as will result in the grade of such 
person being that of captain and the date of rank of such person being 
junior to that of all other officers of the same grade serving on active 
duty.". 
EXCLUSION OF RESERVE OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST FROM 
CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO APPOINTMENTS OF RESERVE 
OFFICERS 
SEC. 206. (a) Chapter 337, relating to appointments as reserve 
officers of the Army, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
10 use 3396. 
"§ 3396. Exclusion of officers on the active-duty list 
"The preceding sections of this chapter, except section 3353, do not 
apply to reserve officers on the active-duty list.". 
(b) Chapter 837, relating to appointments as reserve officers of the 
Air Force, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"§ 8396. Exclusion of officers on the active-duty list 
"The preceding sections of this chapter, except section 8353, do not 
apply to reserve officers on the active-duty list.". 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS OF 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
SEC 207. The following sections of chapters 339 and 839, relating to 
temporary appointments of commissioned officers, are repealed: 
sections 3441 and 8441, 3442 and 8442, 3444 and 8444, 3445 and 8445, 
3447 and 8447,3451 and 8451, and 3452 and 8452. 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS OF 
WARRANT OFFICERS 
SEC. 208. Sections 3448 and 8448, relating to temporary appoint-
ments of warrant officers, and 3449 and 8449, relating to temporary 
promotions of warrant officers, are repealed. 
Repeal. 
GRADE IN WHICH RESERVE OFFICERS ARE ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY 
SEC. 209. (a) Sections 3494 and 8494, relating to the grade in which 
reserve commissioned officers of the Army and Air Force are ordered 
to active duty, are repealed. 
Repeal. 
RETIRED REGULAR MEMBERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY 
SEC. 210. Sections 3504 and 8504, relating to the ordering of retired 
regular members of the Army and Air Force to active duty, are 
repealed. 
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94 STAT. 2885 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO RANK AND COMMAND 
SEC. 211. The following sections of chapters 345 and 845, relating to 
rank and command, are repealed: sections 3571 and 8571, 3573 and 
8573,3574 and 8574, and 3582 and 8582. 
COMMAND BY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPART-
MENT AND BY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE AIR FORCE IN CER-
TAIN CATEGORIES 
SEC. 212. (a) Section 3579, relating to the exercise of command by 
officers of the Army Medical Department, is amended— 
(1) by striking out ", other than an officer of the Army Nurse 
Corps or Army Medical Specialist Corps," in subsection (a); 
(2) by striking out subsection (b); and 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). 
(b) The text of section 8579, relating to the exercise of command by 
Air Force officers in certain designated categories, is amended to read 
as follows: 
"An officer designated as a medical, dental, veterinary, medical 
service, or biomedical sciences officer or as a nurse is not entitled to 
exercise command because of rank, except within the categories 
prescribed in subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (i) of section 8067 of 
this title, or over persons placed under his charge." 
Post, p. 2916. 
REPEAL OF CHAPTERS PROVIDING FOR INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF 
REGULAR OFFICERS FOR UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF DUTY 
AND FOR CERTAIN OTHER REASONS 
SEC. 213. Chapters 359 and 859, relating to separation from the 10 USC 3781 et 
Regular Army and from the Regular Air Force for substandard ^^^•' ^'^^l ^
^ *^9-
performance of duty, and 360 and 860, relating to separation from the ^^ ^t^qV^} ^^ 
Regular Army and from the Regular Air Force for moral or profes- *^^' 
*
^
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sional dereliction or in interests of national security, are repealed. 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS AUTHORIZING DISCHARGE OF REGULAR OFFICERS 
DURING THREE-YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD 
SEC. 214. Sections 3814 and 8814, relating to the discharge of 
regular commissioned officers with less than three years of commis-
sioned service, are repealed. 
RETENTION IN AN ACTIVE STATUS OF CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS UNTIL 
AGE 60 
SEC. 215. (a) Section 3855, relating to the retention in active status 
of certain reserve officers until age 60, is amended— 
(1) by inserting "the podiatry specialty in the Medical Allied 
Sciences Section of the Medical Service Corps, the Optometry 
Section of the Medical Service Corps," after "Veterinary Corps, 
and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"An officer may be retained in an active status under the 
authority 
of this section 
only 
to fill 
a 
mission-based 
requirement.". 
(b) Section 8855, relating to the retention in active status of certain 
officers until age 60, is amended— 
(1) bv inserting "optometrist, podiatrist," after "veterinary 
officer, ; 
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94 STAT. 2886 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
(2) by striking out "Air Force medical specialist" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "biomedical sciences officer"; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new sen-
tence: "An officer may be retained in an active status under the 
authority of this section only to fill a mission-based 
requirement.". 
REPEAL OF CHAPTERS RELATING TO RETIREMENT FOR AGE OF REGULAR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
SEC. 216. Chapters 365 and 865, relating to retirement for age of 
regular commissioned officers, are repealed. 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF 
SERVICE 
10 use 3883 et 
SEC. 217. (a) The following sections of chapters 367 and 867, relating 
seq., 8883 et seq. ^ retirement for length of service, are repealed: sections 3913 and 
8913, 8915, 3916 and 8916, 3919 and 8919, 3921 and 8921, 3922 and 
8922,3923 and 8923, and 3927 and 8927. 
DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS OF UNITED STATES MIUTARY ACADEMY; 
REGISTRAR OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY 
SEC. 218. (a) Section 4336, relating to the director of admissions at 
the United States Military Academy, is amended by striking out 
subsection (c). 
(b) Section 9336, relating to the registrar at the United States Air 
Force Academy, is amended by striking out subsection (c). 
PART B—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS 
AUTHORITY TO ESTABUSH NEW STAFF CORPS IN THE ARMY 
SEC. 231. Section 3064, relating to the special branches of the Army, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking out "and" at the end of clause (2); 
(B) by striking out the period at the end of clause (3) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and 
(C) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: 
"(4) such other special branches as may be established by the 
Secretary of 
the Army under subsection (b)."; 
(2) by redesignating subsection 0^) as subsection (c); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsec-
tion Ot)): 
"(b) The Secretary of the Army may establish special branches for 
the Army and may appoint commissioned officers in, and may assign 
members to, such branches.". 
P E R S O N N E L DETAILED OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO BE 
COUNTED IN COMPUTING STRENGTHS 
Repeals. 
SEC. 232. Sections 3230 and 8230, relating to personnel detailed 
outside the Department of Defense, are repealed. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2887 
OFFICERS SERVING AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT 
SEC. 233. (a) Section 3531, relating to the appointment of an Army Repeal. 
general officer as the Chief of Staff to the President, is repealed. ^^ ^sc 3531. 
(b) Section 8531, relating to the appointment of an Air Force Repeal. 
general officer as the Chief of Staff to the President, is repealed. 
GRADE OF THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO COMPTROLLER OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE 
SEC 234. Section 3532, relating to the grade of the Special Assistant Repeal. 
to the Comptroller of 
the Department of Defense, is repealed. 
RANK, PAY, AND ALLOWANCES OF ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF 
ENGINEERS 
SEC. 235. Section 3535, relating to the rank, pay, and allowances of Repeal, 
the Assistant to the Chief of Engineers in charge of civil works, is 
repealed. 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS AUTHORIZING TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT OR 
ENUSTMENT OF REGULAR FEMALE MEMBERS 
SEC. 236. Section 3818 and 8818, relating to the termination of 
appointments and enlistments of female members, are repealed. 
REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON WOMEN BEING ENUSTED AS AVIATION 
CADETS IN THE REGULAR AIR FORCE 
SEC. 237. Section 8257, relating to qualifications of aviation cadets 
in the Regular Air Force, is amended by striking out "male" both 
places it appears in such section. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE C OF TITLE 10, 
UNITED STATES CODE—THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
PART A—PERMANENT GRADE OF COMMODORE ADMIRAL IN THE NAVY 
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT COMMODORE ADMIRAL GRADE 
'
^ 
SEC. 301. Section 5501 is amended to read as follows: 
"§550L Navy: grades above chief warrant officer, W-4 
"The commissioned grades in the Navy above the grade of chief 
warrant officer, W-4, are the following: 
"(1) Admiral. 
"(2) Vice admiral. 
"(3) Rear admiral. 
"(4) Commodore admiral. 
"(5) Captain. 
"(6) Commander. 
v
v . 
"(7) Lieutenant commander. 
"(8) Lieutenant. 
"(9) Lieutenant O'unior grade). 
"(10) Ensign.". 
94 STAT. 2888 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
NUMBER OF NAVY STAFF CORPS OFFICERS SERVING IN GRADES OF 
COMMODORE ADMIRAL AND REAR ADMIRAL 
SEC. 302. Section 5444 is amended to read as follows: 
10 use 5444. 
"§ 5444. Navy: staff corps officers on active duty; commodore 
admirals and rear admirals 
"(a) The total number of officers serving on active duty in the 
grades of commodore admiral and rear admiral in the staff corps of 
the Navy excluding any flag officer serving as a Chief of Bureau, may 
not exceed a number appropriate to the total number of officers in all 
the staff corps serving on active duty, as set forth in the following 
table. If the total number of officers on active duty in all the staff 
corps falls between two strengths shown in the first column of the 
table, the number of rear admirals and commodore admirals is 
determined by proportionate interpolation between the numbers of 
the two strengths. 
"Total number of officers 
Number of 
in all the staff 
rear admirals and 
corps on active duty: 
commodore admirals 
9,000 
44 
13,000 
53 
19,000 
57 
27,000 
61 
32,000 
64 
37,000 
67 
Computation. 
"(b) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service 
require but at least once annually, shall compute the number of 
officers authorized under subsection (a) for the grades of commodore 
admiral and rear admiral in all the staff corps. The number so 
computed is the number of officers on active duty specified for the 
grades of commodore admiral and rear admiral in all the staff corps. 
If the Secretary determines at the time of making any such computa-
tion that the number of officers required to meet the needs of the 
service in the grades of commodore admiral and rear admiral for all 
the staff corps is less than the specified number for such grades for all 
the staff corps, the lesser number becomes the specified number for 
such grades for all the staff corps and the reduction may be applied as 
an increase in the authorized number for any lower grade of the Navy 
Ante, p. 2842. 
under section 523 of this title. 
"(c) Each officer in a staff corps who serves as a chief of bureau and 
who, before or during that service, is appointed to the grade of 
Ante, p. 2857. 
commodore admiral or rear admiral under section 624 of this title 
shall, upon termination of his appointment as chief of bureau, be 
carried in excess of the prescribed number until the next vacancy 
occurs in his grade in his corps. 
"(d) The prescribed number of officers computed or determined 
under this section may not be varied between computations. 
"(e) For the purpose of this section, each officer is counted in the 
grade in which he is serving, whether under a permanent or a 
temporary appointment. However, each officer serving under an 
appointment in the grade of admiral or vice admiral and each officer 
Ante, p. 2850. 
in a grade to which he was appointed under section 603 of this title is 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2889 
counted in the grade he would hold had he not been so appointed or 
promoted. 
"(f) The Secretary shall prescribe the number of rear admirals in 
each staff corps. The total of the prescribed numbers of rear admirals 
for all the staff corps may not exceed 50 percent of the total number 
computed under subsection (b). The Secretary shall further prescribe 
the number of commodore admirals in each staff corps. The pre-
scribed number of rear admirals for any staff corps may not exceed 
the prescribed number of commodore admirals for that staff corps. 
"(g) For the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers 
in the staff corps of the Navy, flag officers of the Judge Advocate 
General's Corps shall be considered additional numbers in grade.". 
PART B—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO OFFICER STRENGTH AND 
DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO THE STRENGTH OF THE NAVY AND 
MARINE CORPS 
SEC. 311. (a) The following sections of chapter 531, relating to the 
authorized strength of the Navy and Marine Corps, are repealed: 
sections 5401, 5402, 5403, 5404, 5405, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5409, 5412, 
5415, and 5417. 
(b) The heading of such chapter is amended to read as follows: 
"CHAPTER 
531—STRENGTH 
OF 
NAVAL 
RESERVE 
AND 
MARINE 
CORPS 
RESERVE". 
Staff corps, 
limitation. 
PERSONNEL DETAILED OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO BE 
COUNTED IN COMPUTING STRENGTH 
SEC. 312. Section 5416, relating to personnel detailed outside the 
Department of Defense, is repealed. 
Repeal. 
10 u s e 5416. 
AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE OF 
FLAG AND GENERAL OFFICERS 
SEC. 313. (a) Section 5441, relating to the terms "prescribed 
number" and "vacancy", is amended by striking out "or combination 
of grades" each place it appears. 
Ot)) Section 5442, relating to the number of Navy line officers on 
active duty, is amended to read as follows: 
"§5442. Navy: line officers on active duty; commodore admirals 
and rear admirals 
"(a) Of the total number of officers serving on active duty in the 
line of the Navy in the grade of ensign and above (excluding officers 
in categories specified in section 523(b) of this title), the number of 
officers who may serve in the grades of commodore admiral and rear 
admiral may not, except as provided in subsection (b), exceed a 
number appropriate to the number set forth in the following table. If 
the total number of officers serving on active duty in the line of the 
Navy in the grade of ensign and above (excluding officers in catego-
ries specified in section 523(b) of this title) falls between two strengths 
shown in the first column of the table, the number for the grades of 
commodore admiral and rear admiral is determined by proportionate 
interpolation between the respective numbers for the two strengths. 
94 STAT. 2890 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
"Total number of line officers serving 
on active duty in the grade of 
ensign and above (excluding offi- 
Number of 
cers carried as additional numbers 
commodore admirals 
in grade): 
and rear admirals 
32,000 
215 
40,000 
222 
50,000 
228 
60,000 
237 
70,000 
244 
80,000 
252 
90,000 
259 
100,000 
262 
125,000 
291 
150,000 
305 
175,000 
323 
200,000 
342 
250,000 
379. 
Computation. 
"(b)(1) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service 
require, but at least once annually, shall compute the number of 
officers authorized under subsection (a) for the grades of commodore 
admiral and rear admiral. The number so computed for such grades 
shall be the number of officers on active duty (excluding officers in 
Ante, p. 2842. 
categories specified in section 523(b) of this title) specified for such 
grades. If at the time of making computations under this subsection 
the Secretary determines that the number of officers required to 
meet the needs of the service in the grades of commodore admiral and 
rear admiral is less than the specified number for such grades, the 
lesser number becomes the specified number for such grades. Any 
reduction under this subsection may be applied as an increase in the 
prescribed number for any lower grade. 
"(2) When making a computation under this subsection, the Secre-
tary shall prescribe a number for the grade of rear admiral. The 
number prescribed for the grade of commodore admiral is the 
number specified in this subsection less the number prescribed for 
the grade of rear admiral. 
"(c)(1) Whenever the needs of the service require but at least once 
annually, the Secretary of the Navy shall specify the total number of 
officers designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engineering 
duty, and special duty who may be serving on active duty in the 
Limitation. 
grades of commodore admiral and rear admiral. Such number may 
not exceed 13 percent of the number of officers specified in subsection 
(b) for the grades of commodore admiral and rear admiral. If at the 
time of making a specification under this subsection, the Secretary 
determines that the total number of such officers required to meet 
the needs of the service in the grades of commodore admiral and rear 
admiral is less than the specified number for such grades as specified 
under this subsection, the lesser number becomes the specified 
numbers for officers in such grades. Any reduction under this 
subsection may be applied as an increase in the prescribed number 
for any lower grade. 
"(2) When making a specification under this subsection, the Secre-
tary shall prescribe a number for the grade of rear admiral. The 
number prescribed for the grade of commodore admiral shall be the 
number specified in this subsection less the number prescribed for 
the grade of rear admiral. 
"(3) For the purpose of subsection (a), all officers designated for 
engineering duty, aeronautical engineering duty, and special duty 
are additional numbers in grade. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2891 
"(d) The prescribed numbers of officers computed or determined 
under this section may not be varied between computations. How-
ever, the prescribed number for a grade is temporarily increased 
during the period between one computation and the next succeeding 
computation by— 
"(1) the number of officers of the Naval Reserve ordered to 
. ,,. 
active duty in that grade during that period; and 
"(2) the number of officers of that grade for whom vacancies 
exist in the next higher grade but whose promotion has been 
delayed for any reason. 
"(e) For the purpose of this section, each officer is counted in the 
grade in which he is serving, whether under a permanent or a 
temporary appointment. However, each officer serving under an 
appointment in the grade of admiral or vice admiral, and each officer 
serving in the grade of commodore admiral or rear admiral who was 
appointed under section 603 of this title or promoted under section Ante, p. 2850. 
624 of this title, is counted in the grade he would hold had he not been Ante, p. 2857. 
so appointed or promoted. 
"(f) The sum of the prescribed numbers for the grade of rear 
admiral under subsections Ot)) and (c) may not exceed 50 percent of the 
sum of the numbers specified under such subsections for the grades of 
commodore admiral and rear admiral.". 
(c)(1) Subsection (a) of section 5443, relating to the number of 10 USC 5443. 
officers of the Marine Corps on active duty, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the number of officers in 
the Marine Corps who may serve on active duty in the grades of 
brigadier general and major general may not exceed a number 
appropriate to the total number of officers serving on active duty in 
the Marine Corps in the grade of second lieutenant or above as set 
forth in the following table. If the total number of officers serving on 
active duty in the grade of second lieutenant or above (excluding 
officers in categories specified in section 523(b) of this title) falls Ante, p. 2842. 
between two strengths shown in the first column of the table, the 
number for the grades of brigadier general and major general is 
determined by interpolation between the respective numbers for the 
two strengths. 
"Total number of officers serving on 
Number of 
active duty in the grade of second 
brigadier generals 
lieutenant and above: 
and major generals 
10,000 
58 
12,500 
62 
15,000 
69 
17,500 
72 
20,000 
75 
22,500 
79 
25,000 
82 
27,500 
84 
30,000 
85 
32,500 
87 
35,000 
89". 
(2) The last sentence of subsection (b) of such section is amended by 
striking out "subsection (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 
523(a)(1) of this title". 
(3) Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of such section are repealed. Repeals. 
(4) Subsection (g) of such section is redesignated as subsection (c) 
and is amended by striking out clause (1) and redesignating clauses 
(2) and (3) as clauses (1) and (2), respectively. 
94 STAT. 2892 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
(5) Subsection (h) of such section is redesignated as subsection (d), 
and the second sentence of such subsection is amended to read as 
follows: "However, each officer serving under an appointment in the 
grade of general or lieutenant general, and each officer serving in the 
grade of brigadier general or major general who was appointed under 
Ante, p. 2850. 
section 603 of this title, is counted in the grade he would hold had he 
not been so appointed or promoted.". 
(6) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§5443. Marine Corps: officers on active duty; brigadier generals 
and major generals". 
Repeals. 
(d)(1) Section 5445, relating to the suspension of sections 5442, 5443, 
10 use 5445. 
g^nd 5444, is repealed. 
(2) Section 5447, relating to the permanent grade distribution of 
Navy line officers on the active list, is repealed. 
(3) Section 5448, relating to the permanent grade distribution of 
Marine Corps officers of the active list, is repealed. 
(4) Section 5449, relating to the number of Navy staff corps officers 
on the active list in the permanent grade of rear admiral, is repealed. 
(e) Section 5457(a), relating to the authorized strength of the Naval 
Reserve in officers in an active status in the grade of rear admiral, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "grade of rear admiral" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "grades of commodore admiral and rear admiral"; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Not more than 50 percent of the officers in an active status 
authorized under this subsection may serve in the grade of rear 
admiral.". 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO LINEAL LISTS 
SEC. 314. Sections 5504, relating to the maintenance of lineal lists, 
and 5505, relating to changes on the position on the lineal list of 
reserve officers, are repealed. 
PART C—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
REPEAL OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 539 RELATING TO ORIGINAL 
APPOINTMENTS IN THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS SUPERSEDED BY 
NEW CHAPTER 36 
SEC. 321. The following sections of chapter 539, relating to original 
appointments in the Navy and Marine Corps, are repealed: sections 
5571,5572,5573a, 5574,5575,5576,5577, 5578,5578a, 5579,5580,5583, 
5584, and 5586. 
REPEAL OF SECTION PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF GRADUATES OF 
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY 
SEC 322. Section 5573, relating to appointment of graduates of the 
Naval Academy, is repealed. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2893 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS LIMITING NUMBER OF ENSIGNS APPOINTED 
ANNUALLY IN CERTAIN STAFF CORPS 
SEC. 323. (a) Section 5591, relating to the maximum number of lO USC 5591. 
ensigns that may be appointed annually in the Supply Corps of the 
Regular Navy, is repealed. 
O
t
>
) Section 5592, relating to the maximum number of ensigns that 
may be appointed annually in the Civil Engineer Corps of the 
Regular Navy, is repealed. 
(c) Section 5593, relating to the maximum number of ensigns that 
may be appointed annually in the Medical Service Corps of the 
Regular Navy, is repealed. 
(d) Section 5594, relating to the maximum number of ensigns that 
may be appointed annually in the Nurse Corps of the Regular Navy, 
is repealed. 
(e) Section 5595, relating to restrictions on the appointment of 
former midshipmen and cadets in the Regular Marine Corps, is 
repealed. 
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR NAVY OF OFFICERS DESIG-
NATED FOR ENGINEERING, AERONAUTICAL, AND SPECIAL DUTY 
SEC. 324. (a) Subsection (a) of section 5587, relating to officers 
designated for engineering, aeronautical engineering, and special 
duty, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) Persons may be originally appointed in the line of the Navy as 
regular officers designated for engineering duty, aeronautical engi-
neering duty, or special duty.". 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "any 
officer on the active list" and inserting in lieu thereof "a regular 
officer". 
(c) The third sentence of subsection (c) of such section is amended 
by striking out "public information, psychology," and inserting in 
lieu thereof "public affairs, psychology, geophysics, cryptography,". 
(d) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking out "are 
additional numbers in grade. They". 
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF REGULAR OFFICERS DESIGNATED FOR 
LIMITED DUTY 
SEC. 325. Section 5589, relating to Regular Navy and Regular 
Marine Corps officers designated for limited duty, is amended— 
(1) by striking out that portion of subsection (a) preceding 
clause (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(a) Original appointments as regular officers of the Navy in a 
grade below lieutenant commander in the line and in staff corps 
established by the Secretary of the Navy under section 5155(b) of this Post, p. 2902. 
title and designated by the Secretary for the purposes of this section 
may be made from—"; 
(2) by striking out that portion of subsection (b) preceding 
clause (1) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(b) Original appointments as regular officers of the Marine Corps 
in a grade below major may be made from—"; and 
(3) by inserting "the qualifications specified in section 532(a) of 
this title and have" in subsection (c) after "must have". 
Ante, p. 2845. 
94 STAT. 2894 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN WARRANT OFFICER GRADES AND OP 
OFFICERS DESIGNATED FOR LIMITED DUTY 
SEC. 326. Section 5596, relating to temporary appointments, is 
amended to read as follows: 
10 use 5596. 
"§ 5596. Navy and Marine Corps: temporary appointments of war-
rant officers and officers designated for limited duty 
"(a) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary of 
the Navy may make temporary appointments— 
"(1) in warrant officer grades; and 
"(2) of officers designated for limited duty in the Regular Navy 
in grades not above lieutenant and in the Regular Marine Corps 
in grades not above captain from sources authorized under 
section 5589 of this title. 
Such appointments shall be made by warrant if in the grade of 
warrant officer, W-1, and by commission if in a higher grade. 
"(b) Temporary appointments under this section do not change the 
permanent, probationary, or acting status of members so appointed, 
prejudice them in regard to promotion or appointment, or abridge 
their rights or benefits. A person receiving a temporary appointment 
under this section may not suffer any reduction in the pay and 
allowances to which he was entitled because of his permanent status 
at the time of his temporary appointment, or any reduction in the pay 
and allowances to which he was entitled under a prior temporary 
appointment in a lower grade. 
Ineligibility. 
"(c) The following members of the naval service are ineligible for 
temporary appointments under this section: 
"(1) Retired members. 
"(2) Members of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps 
Reserve ordered to active duty for training. 
"(3) Members of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps 
Reserve ordered to active duty in connection with organizing, 
administering, recruiting, instructing, training, or drilling the 
Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve. 
"(4) Members of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps 
Reserve ordered to temporary active duty to prosecute special 
work. 
"(d) Officers designated for limited duty under subsection (a)(2) may 
be temporarily appointed by the Secretary of the Navy in a higher 
grade not above commander in the Regular Navy or lieutenant 
colonel in the Regular Marine Corps under such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe. Regulations prescribed under this section 
shall to the greatest extent practicable conform to the procedures 
Ante, p. 2850. 
prescribed in chapter 36 of this title for selection for promotion and 
promotion to higher permanent grades. 
Termination. 
"(e) The Secretary of the Navy may terminate any appointment 
made under this section.". 
R E P E A L OF SECTIONS AUTHORIZING TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS OF 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS OFFICERS 
SEC. 327. Sections 5597, 5598, and 5599, relating to temporary 
appointments in the Navy and Marine Corps during a war or national 
emergency, are repealed. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2895 
SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
SEC. 328. Section 5600, relating to service credit upon original 
appointment to the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 5600. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: service credit 10 USC 5600. 
upon original appointment 
"(a)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
for the purpose of determining the grade, seniority in grade, and 
eligibility for promotion of a person who is originally appointed as a 
commissioned officer in a permanent grade above chief warrant 
officer, W-4, in the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve, such 
person shall be credited at the time of such appointment with any 
service as a commissioned officer, other than a commissioned war-
rant officer, that he performed in an active status in any armed force 
before such appointment. 
"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to author- Regulations. 
ize the Secretary of the Navy to limit the amount of prior commis-
sioned service with which a person receiving an original appointment 
may be credited under paragraph (1), or to deny any such credit, in 
the case of a person who at the time of such appointment is credited 
with constructive service under subsection (b). 
"(b)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall credit a person who is receiving an 
original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer in the Navy 
or Marine Corps and who has advanced education or training or 
special experience with constructive service for such education, 
training, or experience as follows: 
* (A) One year for each year of advanced education beyond the 
baccalaureate degree level, for persons appointed in officer 
categories requiring such advanced education or an advanced 
degree as a prerequisite for appointment as a commissioned 
officer. (Except as provided in clause (E), in determining the 
years of constructive service under this clause, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall grant credit for only the number of years 
normally required to complete the advanced education or receive 
the advanced degree.) 
"(B) Credit for any period of advanced education in a health 
profession (other than medicine and dentistry) beyond the bacca-
laureate degree level which exceeds the basic education criteria 
for appointment as an officer, if such advanced education will be 
directly used by the Navy or Marine Corps, as appropriate. 
"(C) Additional credit of (i) not more than one year for 
internship or equivalent graduate medical, dental, or other 
formal professional training required by the armed forces, and 
(ii) not more than one year for each additional year of such 
graduate-level training or experience creditable toward certifica-
tion in a specialty required by the Navy or Marine Corps, as 
appropriate. 
'(D) Additional credit, in unusual cases, based on special 
experience in a particular field. 
'(E) Additional credit of one year for advanced education in a 
health profession if the number of years of baccalaureate educa-
tion completed by 75 percent or more of the students entering 
advanced training in that health profession exceeds, by one or 
more, the minimum number of years of preprofessional educa-
94 STAT. 2896 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
Medical or 
dental 
experience, 
credit. 
tion required by a majority of institutions which award degrees 
in that health profession. The percentage of such persons shall be 
computed on an annual basis for each health profession from the 
data for the year in which the person being appointed was 
admitted to a professional school. However, a person may not 
receive additional credit under this clause if the amount of his 
baccalaureate education does not exceed, by one or more, the 
minimum number of years of preprofessional education required 
by a majority of institutions which award degrees for that health 
profession, determined on the basis prescribed in the preceding 
sentence. 
"(F) Additional credit for experience as a physician or dentist, 
if appointed in the Medical or Dental Corps. 
"(2) Except as authorized by the Secretary of the Navy in individual 
cases and under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in 
the case of a medical or dental officer, the amount of constructive 
service credited an officer under this subsection may not exceed the 
amount required in order for the officer to be eligible for an original 
appointment in the grade of lieutenant commander or major. 
(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this subsection is 
in addition to any service credited that officer under subsection (a) 
and shall be credited at the time of the original appointment of the 
officer. 
"(c) Constructive service may not be credited under subsection (b) 
for education, training, or experience obtained while serving in an 
active status. 
"(d) If the Secretary of Defense determines that the number of 
qualified judge advocates serving on active duty in the Navy or the 
Marine Corps in grades below lieutenant commander or major is 
critically below the number needed by the Navy or Marine Corps, 
respectively, in such grades, he may authorize the Secretary of the 
Navy to credit any person to whom this section applies who is 
receiving an original appointment in the Judge Advocate General's 
Corps of the Navy, or who is receiving an original appointment in the 
Marine Corps with a view to designation as a judge advocate, with a 
period of constructive service in such an amount (in addition to any 
amount credited such person under subsection (b)) as will result in 
the grade of such person, if ordered to active duty, being that of 
lieutenant, in the case of an officer of the Navy, or captain, in the case 
of an officer of the Marine Corps, and the date of rank of such person 
being junior to that of all other officers of the same grade serving on 
active duty in the Navy or Marine Corps, as the case may be." 
REPEAL OF SECTION AUTHORIZING DIRECT PROCUREMENT OF ENSIGNS 
AND SECOND UEUTENANTS 
SEC. 329. Section 6909, relating to direct procurement of ensigns 
and second lieutengmts, is repealed. 
PART D—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PROMOTIONS, SEPARATION, AND 
INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
REPEAL OF CHAPTER PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO FLEET COM-
M A N D S AND OTHER POSITIONS OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY 
10 use 
SEC. 331. Chapter 517, relating to certain positions carrjdng the 
5231 et seq. 
grade of admiral, vice admiral, general, or lieutenant general, is 
repealed. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2897 
ABOLISHMENT 
FOR 
REGULAR 
OFFICERS 
OF NAVY 
RUNNING 
MATE 
SYSTEM AND ASSIGNMENT OF RUNNING MATES TO RESERVE OFFICERS 
SEC. 332. Chapter 541, relating to running mates, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"CHAPTER 541—RUNNING MATES FOR RESERVE OFFICERS 
"Sec. 
"5665. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: active status officers in permanent 
grades above chief warrant officer, W-4. 
"§5665. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: active status 10USC5665. 
officers in permanent grades above chief warrant offi-
cer, W-4 
"(a) While in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or in a higher 
grade, each officer in an active status in the Naval Reserve who is not 
on an active-duty list has a running mate of the same grade from the 
active-duty list who shall be assigned under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Navy. 
"(b) While in the grade of first lieutenant or a higher grade, each 
officer in an active status in the Marine Corps Reserve who is not on 
an active-duty list has a running mate of the same grade from the 
active-duty list who shall be assigned under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Navy.". 
REPEAL OF CHAPTERS RELATING TO SELECTION BOARDS, PROMOTION OF 
OFFICERS, AND EXAMINATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS 
SEC. 333. Chapters 543, relating to selection boards, 545, relating to 10 USC 5701 et 
promotion of officers, and 547, relating to examinations for promotion t^Jf;' ^^^^ ^
^ *^9' 
of officers, are repealed. 
^^^^ ^' *^9-
TEMPORARY PROMOTIONS OF CERTAIN NAVY LIEUTENANTS 
SEC. 334. Part II of subtitle C is amended by inserting after chapter 
541 (as amended by section 332) the following new chapter: 
i 
"CHAPTER 544—TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS 
"Sec. 
"5721. Temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants. 
"§5721. Temporary promotions of certain Navy lieutenants 
"(a) An officer in the line of the Navy in the grade of lieutenant 
who— 
"(1) has a skill in which the Navy has a critical shortage of 
personnel (as determined by the Secretary of the Navy); and 
"(2) is serving in a position (as determined by the Secretary of 
the Navy) which (A) is designated to be held by a lieutenant 
commander, and (B) requires that an officer serving in such 
position have the skill possessed by such officer, 
may be temporarily promoted to the grade of lieutenant commander 
under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. 
Appointments under this section shall be made by the President 
alone. 
"(b)(1) An appointment under this section does not change the 
position on the active-duty list or the permanent, probationary, or 
acting status of the officer so appointed, prejudice the officer in 
94 STAT. 2898 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
Ante, p. 2842. 
Temporary 
promotion. 
Appointment, 
termination. 
Authority 
termination. 
regard to other promotions or appointments, or abridge the rights or 
benefits of the officer. 
"(2) For the purposes of section 523 of this title, an officer holding 
an appointment under this section is considered as serving in the 
grade of lieutenant commander. 
"(c) A temporary promotion under this section may be made only 
upon the recommendation of a board of officers convened by the 
Secretary of the Navy for the purpose of recommending officers for 
such promotions. 
"(d) Each appointment under this section, unless expressly 
declined, is, without formal acceptance, regarded as accepted on the 
date such appointment is made, and a member so appointed is 
entitled to the pay and allowances of the grade of lieutenant com-
mander from the date the appointment is made. 
"(e) Unless sooner terminated, an appointment under this section 
terminates— 
"(1) on the date the officer who received the appointment is 
promoted to the permanent grade of lieutenant commander; or 
"(2) on the date the officer is detached from a position 
described in subsection (a)(2), unless the officer is on a promotion 
list to the permanent grade of lieutenant commander, in which 
case the appointment terminates on the date the officer is 
promoted to that grade. 
"(f) The authority to make appointments under this section termi-
nates on September 30,1983.". 
REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT, 
SEPARATION, AND FURLOUGH 
SEC. 335. 
The 
following sections of 
chapter 573 
are repealed: 
sections 
6371, 
6372, 
6373, 
6374, 
6376, 6377, 
6378, 
6379, 
6380, 
6381, 
6382, 
6384, 
6385, 
6386, 
6387, 
6388, 
6390, 
6392, 
6394, 
6395, 
6396, 
6398, 
6400,6401,6402, 
and 
6407. 
RETIREMENT OR DISCHARGE OF REGULAR UMITED DUTY OFFICERS 
10 use 6383. 
SEC. 336. (a) Subsection (a) of section 6383, relating to retirement 
and discharge of officers designated for limited duty, is amended by 
striking out "Each officer designated for limited duty on the active 
list of the Navy or Marine Corps" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Except as provided in subsection (i), each regular officer of the Navy 
or Marine (3orps designated for limited duty", 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"(ID) Except as provided in subsection (i), each regular officer on the 
active-duty list of the Navy serving in the grade of lieutenant 
commander who is an officer designated for limited duty, and each 
regular officer on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps serving in 
the grade of major who is an officer designated for limited duty, who 
is considered as having failed of selection for promotion to the grade 
of commander or lieutenant colonel, respectively, for the second time 
and whose name is not on a promotion list shall be retired, if eligible 
to retire, or be discharged on the date requested by the officer and 
approved by the Secretary of the Navy, but not later than the first 
day of the seventh calendar month beginning after the month in 
which the President approves the report of the selection board in 
which the officer is considered as having failed of selection for 
promotion to the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel for the 
second time.". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2899 
(c) Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by striking out "in 
which he was serving at the time of retirement" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "determined under section 1370 of this title". 
Ante, p. 2876. 
(d) Subsections (d) and (e) of such section are amended to read as 
follows: 
"(d) Each regular officer on the active-duty list of the Navy serving 
in the grade of lieutenant who is an officer designated for limited 
duty, and each regular officer on the active duty list of the Marine 
Corps serving in the grade of captain who is an officer designated for 
limited duty, who is considered as having failed of selection for 
promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander or major for the 
second time and whose name is not on a list of officers recommended 
for promotion shall be honorably discharged on the date requested by 
the officer and approved by the Secretary of the Navy, but not later 
than the first day of the seventh calendar month beginning after the 
month in which the President approves the report of the selection 
board in which the officer is considered as having failed of selection 
for promotion to the grade of lieutensmt commander or major for the 
second time. 
? 
"(e)(1) Each regular officer on the active-duty list of the Navy 
serving in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) who is an officer 
designated for limited duty, and each regular officer on the active-
duty list of the Marine Corps serving in the grade of first lieutenant 
who is an officer designated for limited duty, who is considered as 
having failed of selection for promotion to the grade of lieutenant (in 
the case of an officer of the Navy) or captain (in the case of an officer 
of the Marine Corps) for the second time shall be honorably dis-
charged on the date requested by the officer and approved by the 
Secretary of the Navy, but not later than the first day of the seventh 
calendar month beginning after the month in which the President 
approves the report of the selection board in which the officer is 
considered as having failed of selection for promotion to the grade of 
lieutenant or captain, respectively, for the second time. 
"(2) Each regular officer on the active-duty list of the Navy serving 
in the grade of ensign who is an officer designated for limited duty, 
and each regular officer on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps 
serving in the grade of second lieutenant who is an officer designated 
for limited duty, who is found not qualified for promotion to the grade 
of lieutenant O'unior grade) (in the case of an officer of the Navy) or 
first lieutenant (in the case of an officer of the Marine Corps) shall be 
honorably discharged on the date requested by the officer and 
approved by the Secretary of the Navy, but not later than the first 
day of the seventh calendar month beginning after the month in 
which the officer was found not qualified for promotion.". 
(e) Subsection (f) of such section is repealed. 
Repeal. 
(f) Subsection (g) of such section is redesignated as subsection (f) and 
is amended— 
(1) by striking out "retirement or discharge under subsections 
(b), (d)," in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"discharge under subsection (d)"; and 
(2) by striking out "retired or" in the first and second 
sentences. 
(g) Subsection (h) of such section is redesignated as subsection (g). 
(h) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsections: 
"(h) An officer discharged under this section is entitled, if eligible Separation pay. 
therefor, to separation pay under section 1174(a) of this title. 
Ante, p 2870. 
94 STAT. 2900 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
"(i) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, whenever the 
needs of the service require, the Secretary of the Navy may defer the 
retirement under subsection (a) or (b) of any officer designated for 
limited duty upon recommendation of a board of officers convened 
Ante, p. 2851. 
under section 611(b) of this title and with the consent of the officer 
concerned. An officer whose retirement is deferred under this subsec-
tion and who is not subsequently promoted may not be continued on 
active duty beyond 24 years active commissioned service, if in the 
grade of lieutenant commander or major or 28 years active commis-
sioned service, if in the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel, or 
beyond age 62, whichever is earlier. 
"(j) This section does not apply to officers designated for limited 
Ante, p. 2894. 
duty under section 5596 of this title.". 
(i) The heading of such section is amended by striking out the 
penultimate and ante-penultimate words. 
ELIMINATION OF RESERVE OFFICERS FROM ACTIVE STATUS 
10 use 6389. 
SEC. 337. (a)(1) Subsection (b) of section 6389, relating to elimination 
of reserve officers from active status, is amended by inserting "or (f)" 
in the first sentence after "subsection (a)". 
(2) The second sentence of subsection (d) of such section is amended 
to read as follows: "Each other officer is considered to have for this 
purpose as much total commissioned service as the years of active 
commissioned service of any regular officer on the active-duty list of 
the Navy not restricted in the performance of duty, or any regular 
officer on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps not restricted in the 
performance of duty, as appropriate, who has served continuously 
since original appointment as an ensign on the active-duty list of the 
Navy or as a second lieutenant on the active-duty list of the Marine 
Corps, has not lost numbers or precedence, and is, or has been after 
September 6,1947, junior to that other officer.". 
(3) Subsection (e) of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) This section does not apply to women reserve officers or to 
reserve officers in the Nurse Corps.". 
(4) Such section is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(f)(1) Each officer of the Naval Reserve in an active status in the 
permanent grade of commodore admiral and each officer of the 
Marine Corps Reserve in an active status in the permanent grade of 
brigadier general shall, 30 days after he completes 30 years of service 
computed under subsection (d), or on the fifth anniversary of the date 
of his appointment to that grade, whichever is later— 
"(A) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified and 
applies therefor, or 
"(B) if he is not qualified or does not apply therefor, be 
discharged from his reserve component. 
An officer who has been recommended for promotion, and who would 
otherwise be removed from an active status under this section, shall 
be retained in that status until he is appointed or refused appoint-
ment to the next higher grade. 
"(2) Each officer of the Naval Reserve in an active status in the 
permanent grade of rear admiral and each officer of the Marine 
Corps Reserve in an active status in the permanent grade of major 
general shall, 30 days after he completes 35 years of service computed 
under subsection (d), or on the fifth anniversary of the date of his 
appointment to that grade, whichever is later— 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2901 
"(A) be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified and 
apphes therefor; or 
"(B) if he is not qualified or does not apply therefor, be 
discharged from his reserve component. 
"(3) An officer in the Naval Reserve in an active status serving in 
the grade of commodore admiral or rear admiral and an officer in the 
Marine Corps Reserve in an active status serving in the grade of 
brigadier general or major general may be considered for early 
retirement by a continuation board convened under section 6410 of 
this title.". 
ELIMINATION FROM ACTIVE STATUS IN THE NAVAL RESERVE OF 
OFFICERS IN THE NURSE CORPS 
SEC. 338. Subsection (a) of section 6397, relating to the elimination lO use 6397. 
of reserve officers in the Nurse Corps from active status, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(a) An officer of the Naval Reserve in any grade in the Nurse 
Corps may be eliminated from an active status under the conditions 
prescribed in this title for the separation from the active-duty list of a 
regular officer in the same grade.". 
PART E—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SPECIFIC POSITIONS 
RANK AND PRIVILEGES OF RETIREMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND REPORTS 
SEC. 341. Section 5064, relating to the Director and Assistant 
Director of the Office of Budget and Reports, is amended by striking 
out subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsec-
tions Ot)) and (c), respectively. 
GRADE OF THE CHIEF OF DENTAL DIVISION, BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND 
SURGERY 
SEC. 342. Section 5138(a), relating to the grade of the Chief of the 
Dental Division in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is amended 
by striking out "in the grade of rear admiral" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "not below the grade of commodore admiral". 
RANK 
AND 
GRADE 
OF 
JUDGE 
ADVOCATE 
GENERAL 
OF 
THE 
NAVY 
SEC. 343. Section 5148(b), relating to the Judge Advocate General of 
the Navy, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
sentence: "While so serving, the Judge Advocate General of the Navy 
shall be entitled to the rank and grade of rear admiral or major 
general, as appropriate, unless entitled to a higher rank and grade 
under another provision of law.". 
ABOLISHMENT OF POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF NAVAL 
PERSONNEL FOR WOMEN AND DIRECTOR OF WOMEN MARINES 
SEC. 344. (a) Section 5143, relating to the Assistant to the Chief of Repeal. 
Naval Personnel for Women, is repealed. 
(b) Section 5206, relating to the Director of Women Marines, is Repeal. 
repealed. 
79-194 O—81—pt.3 
17:QL3 
94 STAT. 2902 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
PART F—ABOLISHMENT OF CERTAIN NAVY STAFF CORPS; AUTHORITY 
To ESTABLISH NEW STAFF CORPS IN THE NAVY 
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH NEW STAFF CORPS IN THE NAVY 
SEC. 351. Chapter 513, relating to bureaus and certain offices in the 
Navy, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
10 use 5155. 
"§ 5155. Staff corps of the Navy 
"(a) The staff corps of the Navy are— 
"(1) the Medical Corps; 
"(2) the Dental Corps; 
"(3) the Judge Advocate General's Corps; 
"(4) the Chaplain Corps; and 
"(5) such other staff corps as may be established by the 
Secretary of the Navy under subsection (b). 
Establishment. 
"(b)(1) The Secretary of the Navy may establish staff corps of the 
Navy in addition to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge 
Advocate General's Corps, and the Chaplain Corps. The Secretary 
may designate commissioned officers in, and may assign members to, 
any such staff corps. 
"(2) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy may provide 
for the appointment of the chief of any staff corps established under 
this subsection. 
"(c) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service 
require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this 
title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or Medical Service Corps 
for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral or rear admiral, as 
appropriate. An officer so selected shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of 
four years to serve in the position, respectively, of Director of the 
Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps.". 
ABOUSHMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS AND NURSE CORPS 
Repeals. 
SEC. 352. (a) Section 5139, relating to the Medical Service Corps, 
and 5140, relating to the Nurse Corps, are repealed. 
Repeal. 
(b) Section 6028, relating to the Medical Service Corps, is repealed. 
COMPOSITION OF MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
SEC. 353. Section 6027 is amended to read as follows: 
10 use 6027. 
"§ 6027. Medical Department: composition 
"The Medical Corps and Dental Corps, and such other staff corps as 
the Secretary of the Navy may establish under section 5155(b) of this 
title and designate to be in the Medical Department of the Navy, are 
in the Medical Department of the Navy.". 
PART G—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO RETIRED OFFICERS 
RIGHT OF RETIRED OFFICERS TO COMMAND 
Repeal. 
SEC. 361. (a) Section 5955, relating to the withdrawal of retired 
officers from command, is repealed. 
Repeal. 
(b) Section 5982, relating to the detail of retired officers to com-
mand of ships and squadrons, is repealed. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2903 
RECALL AND RETIRED PAY OF RETIRED OFFICERS OF THE REGULAR NAVY 
AND REGULAR MARINE CORPS 
SEC. 362. (a) Section 6481, relating to authority to recall retired ^^^ 
„ ,5,. 
officers of the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, is repealed. ^" ^°^ ^'*^^-
(b) Section 6487 of such title, relating to the retired pay of retired Repeal. 
rear admirals, is repealed. 
(c) Section 6488, relating to grade upon release from active duty of Repeal. 
members receiving wartime appointments or promotions, is repealed. 
GRADE OP RETIRED MEMBERS WHEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY 
SEC. 363. Section 6483, relating to the grade of retired members 
when ordered to active duty, is amended by striking out subsection (a) 
and striking out the subsection designation "(b)" at the beginning of 
subsection (b). 
PART H—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 371. Section 5001(a), relating to definitions for purposes of 
subtitle C, is amended by striking out clauses (9) and (10). 
REPEAL OP LIMITATION ON ASSIGNMENT OP REGULAR NAVY OFFICERS 
TO SHORE DUTY 
SEC. 372. Section 6018, relating to limitations on assignment of 
Regular Navy officers to shore duty, is repealed. 
REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS PROVIDING DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF 
WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
SEC 373. (a) Section 544601)), relating to the applicability of provi-
sions of 
law providing for grade distribution of officers on active duty, 
is amended by striking out clauses (1) and (2) and redesignating 
clauses (3), (4), (5), and (6) as clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively. 
(b) Section 5452, relating to women line officers on active duty in 
the Naw and women officers on active duty in the Marine Corps, is 
repealed. 
(c) Section 5581, relating to the original appointment of women in 
the Naval Reserve in the Medical Corps, Judge Advocate General's 
Corps, the Dental Corps, and the Medical Service Corps, is repealed. 
(d) The text of section 5582, relating to transfers between the line 
and staff corps, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) A regular officer of the Navy in a staff corps in a grade not 
above lieutenant commander may be appointed in the line of the 
Navv to the same grade. 
"(b) A regular officer in the line of the Navy in a grade not above 
lieutenant commander may be appointed to the same grade in a staff 
corps under r^ulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.". 
(e) Section 5590, relatmg to original appointments of women 
officers in the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, is repealed. 
(f) Section 6911, relating to enlistment and designation of aviation 
cadets, is amended by striking out "male" both places it appears. 
(g) Section 6294, relating to the termination of enlistment of women 
in the Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps, is repealed. 
(h) Section 6393, relating to the termination of appointments of 
Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps women officers, is repealed. 
94 STAT. 2904 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE NAVAL 
AVIATORS AS REGULAR OFFICERS 
10 use 6914. 
SEC. 374. Section 6914, relating to the appointment of reserve 
naval aviators as regular officers, is repealed. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 37, UNITED STATES 
CODE—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE 
UNIFORMED 
SERVICES 
PART A—PAY FOR OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
REPEAL OF ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS IN THE NAVY AND 
MARINE CORPS TO THE PAY GRADE FOR REAR ADMIRALS 
SEC. 401. (a) Section 202 of title 37, United States Code, relating to 
assignment of officers of the Navy and Coast Guard holding certain 
positions to pay grade of rear admiral of the upper half, is amended— 
(1) by striking out subsections (a) through (d); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (a) and striking 
out "the Navy or" in such subsection; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (b); and 
(4) by striking out subsections (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (1). 
Ot)) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§202. Pay grades: assignment to; rear admirals (upper half) of 
the Coast Guard". 
COMPUTATION OF CREDITABLE SERVICE 
SEC. 402. (a) Subsection (a) of section 205 of title 37, United States 
Code, relating to service creditable for purposes of computing basic 
pay, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "subsections G))-(d)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "subsections (h) and (c)"; 
(2) by inserting "and" at the end of clause (6); 
(3) by striking out clauses (7) and (8) and redesignating clause 
(9) as clause (7); 
(4) by striking out "section 1402(b)-(d) and section 1402a(a)-(d)" 
in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections 
(bX (c), and (d) of section 1402 and subsections Qo), (c), and (d) of 
section 1402a"; and 
(5) by striking out "clauses (2)-(9)" in the second sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof "clauses (2) through (7)"; 
0?) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out the 
second sentence thereof. 
(c) Subsection (c) of such section is repealed, and subsections (d) 
and (e) of such section are redesignated as subsections (c) and (d), 
respectively. 
EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF COMMISSIONED 
OFFICERS RECEIVING PROMOTIONS 
Repeal. 
SEC. 403. (a) Section 904 of title 37, United States Code, relating to 
the effective date for pay and allowances for certain promotions of 
Navy and Marine Corps officers, is repealed. 
0)) Section 905 of title 37, United States Code, relating to the 
effective date for pay and allowances for certain promotions of 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2905 
Reserve Navy and Marine Corps officers, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"§905. Reserve officers of the Navy or Marine Corps not on the 37USC905. 
active-duty list: effective date of pay and allowances 
"(a) A reserve officer who is promoted under chapter 549 of title 10 10 USC 5891 et 
to a grade above lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve or *^9-
above first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve is entitled to the 
pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted for duty per-
formed from the date on which he becomes eligible for promotion to 
that grade. 
"(b) A reserve officer who is promoted under section 5908 of title 10 
to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve or first 
lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve is entitled to the pay and 
allowances of the higher grade for duty performed from the date 
given him as his date of rank.". 
(c) Chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, relating to adminis-
tration of pay and allowances, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new section: 
"§ 1010. Commissioned officers: promotion; effective date for pay 37 USC lOlO. 
and allowances 
"An officer of a uniformed service who is promoted to a grade above 
second lieutenant or ensign is entitled to the pay and allowances of 
the grade to which promoted on the effective date of the promotion.". 
PART B—MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY AND 
ALLOWANCES 
SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS WHILE PERFORMING 
CERTAIN TRAVEL 
SEC. 411. (a) The third sentence of subsection 0?) of section 402 of 
title 37, United States Code, relating to basic allowance for subsist-
ence, is amended to read as follows: "An enlisted member is entitled 
to the allowance while on an authorized leave of absence, while 
confined in a hospital, or while performing travel under orders away 
from his designated post of duty other than field duty or sea duty.". 
(b) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by inserting ", 
including definitions of the terms 'field duty' and 'sea duty' for 
purposes of the third sentence of subsection (b) of this section" after 
"of this section". 
ELIMINATION OF DIFFERENCES OF TREATMENT IN PROVISION OF INITIAL 
UNIFORM ALLOWANCE TO OFFICERS 
SEC. 412. Section 415 of title 37, United States Code, relating to the 
initial allowance of officers for purchase of uniforms, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "a reserve" in the first sentence of subsec-
tion (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "an"; 
(2) by striking out ", an officer of the Army or the Air Force 
without specification of component, or a regular officer of an 
armed force appointed under section 2106 or 2107 of title 10" in 
subsection (a); 
(3) by striking out subsections (c) and (e); and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). 
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REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN MESS 
OPERATIONS 
SEC. 413. Chapter 19 of title 37, United States Code, relating to 
administration of pay and allowances, is amended by adding after 
section 1010 (as added by section 403) the following new section: 
37 use 1011. 
"§ 1011. Mess operation: reimbursement of expenses 
"(a) The Secretary of Defense shall, by regulation, establish rates 
for meals sold at messes to officers, civilians, or enlisted members 
entitled to a per diem transportation allowance determined under 
section 404(d)(2) of this title. Such rates shall be established at a level 
sufficient to provide reimbursement of operating expenses and food 
costs to the appropriations concerned, but members of the uniformed 
services and civilians in a travel status receiving a per diem allow-
ance in lieu of subsistence shall be charged at a rate of not less than 
$2.50 per day. 
"(b) For the purposes of this section, payment for meals at the rates 
established under this section may be made in cash or, in the case of 
enlisted members or civilian employees, by deduction from pay. 
Members of organized nonprofit youth groups sponsored at either the 
national or local level, when extended the privilege of visiting a 
military installation and permitted to eat in the general mess by the 
commanding officer of the installation, shall pay the commuted 
ration cost of such meal or meals.". 
REPEAL OF PROVISIONS OF TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE, SUPERSEDED 
BY SECTION 805 OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS ACT 
SEC 414. (a) Sections 302c and 313 of title 37, United States Code, 
relating to special pay for medical officers of the Public Health 
Service, are repealed. 
Ot)Xl) Section 311(a) of such title, relating to continuation pay for 
dentists, is amended by striking out paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§311. Special pay: continuation pay for dentists in the armed 
forces". 
SPECIAL PAY FOR RESERVE MEDICAL OFFICERS 
SEC. 415. Section 302 of title 37, United States Code, relating to 
special pay for medical officers, is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(hXD Any reserve officer who is an officer of the Medical Corps of 
the Army or the Navy or an officer of the Air Force designated as a 
medical officer— 
"(A) who has served on active duty as a medical officer for not 
less than one year; and 
"(B) is not on active duty under a call or order to active duty for 
a period of not less than one year; 
is entitled to special pay in accordance with this subsection. 
"(2) An officer described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is 
entitled to specisd pay at the rate of— 
"(A) $100 a month for each month of active duty, if he has not 
completed two years of active duty; or 
"(B) $350 a month for each month of active duty, if he has 
completed at least two years of active duty.". 
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94 STAT. 2907 
TITLE V-TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS 
PART A—AMENDMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A OP TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 501. Subtitle A is amended as follows: 
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(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A and the 
table of chapters at the beginning of part II of such subtitle are 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the items relating to chapters 33 and 35 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following new items: 
"32. Officer Strength and Distribution in Grade 
521 
"33. Appointments in Regular Components 
531 
"34. Appointments as Reserve Officers 
591 
"35. Temporary Appointments in Officer Grades 
601 
"36. Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the 
Active-Duty List 
611"; 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to chapter 59 the 
following new item: 
"60. Separation of Regular Officers for Substandard Performance of Duty 
and for Certain Other Reasons 
1181"; 
(C) by striking out "1255" in the item relating to chapter 
63 and inserting in lieu thereof "1251"; 
(D) by inserting "of Warrant Officers" in the item relating 
to chapter 65 after "Retirement"; and 
(E) by striking out "1371" in the item relating to chapter 
69 and inserting in lieu thereof "1370". 
(2) Section 101(22) is amended by striking out "duty on the 
3.ctivG list 
(3) Section 123(a) is amended by striking out "3571,", "5867,", Post, p. 2920. 
and "8571,". 
(4) Section 266(a) is amended by striking out "Each" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in section 612(a)(3) 
of this title, each". 
(5) Section 280 is amended by striking out "35" both places it Post, p. 2920. 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof "34 . 
(6) Section 564(a)(3) is amended— 
(A) by inserting "(1)" after "with"; and 
(B) by striking out "1167 of this title" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "286a of title 14, or (2) separation pay computed 
under section 1174 of this title, as appropriate'. 
(7) Section 593(a) is amended by striking out "section 3352 or 
8352" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
"section 624,3352, or 8352". 
(8) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 39 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 687; and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new items: 
"688. Regular components: retired members. 
"689. Reserve officers: grade in which ordered to active duty.". 
(9)(A) Chapter 41 is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new section: 
"§ 720. Chief of Staff to President: appointment 
"The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
may appoint a general officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine 
94 STAT. 2908 
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Corps or a flag officer of the Navy as the Chief of Staff to the 
President and may designate such position as a position of impor-
Ante, p. 2849. 
tance and responsibihty under section 601 of this title.". 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"720. Chief of Staff to President: appointment.". 
(10) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 43 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 741 and 
inserting in lieu thereof: 
"741. Rank: commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps."; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"750. Command: retired officers.". 
10 use 743. 
(11) Section 743 is amended by striking out "active list" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(12) The item relating to section 973 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 49 is amended to read as follows: 
"973. Duties: officers on active duty; performance of civil functions restricted.". 
(13) Section 1079(d) is amended by striking out ", (C), or (E)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "or (D)". 
(14) Section 1086(c) is amended by striking out "1072(2)(F)" in 
clauses (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "1072(2XE)". 
(15) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 59 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 1167; and 
(B) by adding after the item relating to section 1173 the 
following new item: 
"1174. Separation pay upon involuntary discharge or release from active duty.". 
(16) Section 1208(aXl) is amended by striking out "or manda-
tory elimination from the active list" and inserting in lieu 
thereof ", discharge, or retirement for length of service". 
(17) Section 1211(aXl) isamended by striking out "active list of 
his regular component" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-
duty list". 
(18) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 63 is 
amended by inserting before the item relating to section 1263 the 
following new item: 
"1251. Age 62: regular commissioned officers; exceptions.". 
(19) The heading of chapter 65 is amended by inserting "OF 
WARRANT OFFICERS" after "RETIREMENT". 
(20) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 69 is 
amended by inserting before the item relating to section 1371 the 
following new item: 
"1370. Commissioned officers: general rule; exceptions.". 
(21) Section 1407(dXl) is amended by striking out "6381, 6383, 
6390, 6394, 6396, 6398, or 6400" and inserting in lieu thereof "or 
6383". 
(22) Section 2126(2) is amended by striking out ", other than 
subsection (a) (7) and (8),". 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE B OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
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SEC. 502. Subtitle B is amended as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2909 
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle B and the 
table of chapters at the beginning of part II of such subtitle are 
amended by striking out the items relating to chapters 359, 360, 
and 365. 
(2) Section 30340?) is amended by striking out "and is counted 10 USC 3034. 
as one of the officers authorized to serve in a grade above 
lieutenant general under section 3066 of this title". 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 307 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to section 3066. 
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 331 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 3202 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"3202. Army: strength in grade; general officers."; 
(B) by striking out the item relating to section 3212 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"3212. Army Reserve; Army National Guard of the United States: strength in grade; 
temporary increases."; 
and 
(C) by striking out the items relating to sections 3201,3203, 
3204, 3205, 3206, 3207, 3209, 3211, 3213, 3214, 3216, and 3230. 
(5) Section 3210 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "active list" each place it appears in 
subsections (a) and Qo) and inserting in lieu thereof "active-
duty list"; 
(B) by striking out the second sentence of subsection (a); 
(C) by striking out clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection 
0)) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) each corps of the Army Medical Department; and 
"(2) the Chaplains;"; and 
(D) by striking out subsections (d) and (e). 
(6)(A) The first sentence of section 3212 is amended to read as 
follows: "The authorized strength in any reserve grade, as 
prescribed under this chapter, is automatically increased to the 
minimum extent necessary to give effect to each appointment 
made in that grade under section 1211(a), 3036,3365(a), or 3366 of 
this title.". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 3212. Army Reserve; Army National Guard of the United States: 
strength in grade; temporary increases". 
(7) Sections 3222 and 3225 are each amended— 
(A) by striking out "of 837,000"; and 
(B) by striking out "in section 3201(a) of this title". 
(8) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 335 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3284,3285, 
3286, 3287, 3288, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3293, 3294, 3295, 3296, 
3297, 3298, 3299, 3300, 3302, 3303, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3309, 
3312,3313, and 3314. 
(9) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 337 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 3353 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"3353. Commissioned officers: service credit upon original appointment."; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"3396. Exclusion of certain officers.". 
94 STAT. 2910 
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10 use 3360. 
(10) Section 3360(b)(1) is amended by striking out "on the active 
list" and inserting in lieu thereof "as a regular officer on the 
active list or on the active-duty list". 
(11) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 339 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3441, 3442, 
3444,3445, 3447,3448,3449, 3451, and 3452. 
(12) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 341 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3494 and 
3504. 
(13) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 343 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3531, 3532, 
and 3535. 
(14) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 345 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3571, 3573, 
3574, and 3582. 
(15) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 361 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3814 and 
3818. 
(16) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 367 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3913, 3916, 
3919,3921,3923, and 3927. 
(17) Section 3924(a) is amended by striking out "3786" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "1186". 
(18) The text of section 3961 is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The retired grade of a regular commissioned officer of the 
Army who retires other than for physical disability, and the retired 
grade of a reserve commissioned officer of the Army who retires other 
than for physical disability or for nonregular service under chapter 
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67 of this title, is determined under section 1370 of this title. 
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207fi 
"^^ Unless entitled to a higher retired grade under some other 
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provision of law, a Regular or Reserve of the Army not covered by 
subsection (a) who retires other than for physical disability retires in 
the regular or reserve grade that he holds on the date of his 
retirement.". 
(19) Section 3962 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "(4) in a position of importance and 
responsibility designated by the President to carry the grade 
of general or lieutenant general under section 8066 of this 
title, or (5)" in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "or 
(4)"; 
(B) by striking out subsection (b); and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). 
(20) Section 3963 is amended by striking out subsection (a) and 
by striking out "(b)" before "Upon retirement". 
Post, p. 2929. 
(21) The table contained in section 3991 is amended— 
(A) by striking out the designation "A" under the column 
headed "Formula"; 
(B) by striking out the matter opposite such designation 
under each of the other columns in the table; and 
(C) by redesignating the designations "B", "C", and "D" 
under the column headed "Formula" as "A", "B", and "C", 
respectively. 
(22) Footnote numbered 1 to the table contained in section 3991 
is amended by striking out "3962(c)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"3962(b)". 
(23) Section 4301(b) is amended by striking out "active list" in 
the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(24) Section 4333(d) is amended— 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2911 
(A) by striking out "regular or temporary" in the first 
sentence; and 
(B) by striking out "applicable promotion list" in the 
second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty 
list". 
(25) Section 4336 is amended— 
10 use 4336. 
(A) by striking out "a promotion-list officer" in subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "a regular officer"; 
and 
(B) by inserting "or active-duty list" in subsections (a) and 
(b) after "on the promotion list". 
(26) Section 4353 is amended by inserting "under section 531 of 
this title" after "Regular Army". 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE C OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 503. Subtitle C is amended as follows: 
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle C is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to chapter 517; 
(B) by striking out the item relating to chapter 531 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
'531. Strength of Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
5401"; 
and 
(C) by striking out the items relating to chapters 541, 543, 
545, and 547 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
'541. Running Mates for Reserve Officers 
5651 
''544. Temporary Appointments 
5721". 
(2) The table of chapters at the beginning of part I of subtitle C 
is amended by striking out the item relating to chapter 517. 
(3) Sections 5064(a) and 5081(a) are amended by striking out 
"active list" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(4) Section 5085 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "active list" in subsection (a) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list"; and 
(B) by striking out subsection (d). 
(5) Section 5086 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "active list" in subsection (a) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list"; and 
(B) by striking out subsection (c). 
(6) Section 5087(a) is amended by striking out "active list" both 
places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(7) Section 5088 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "active list" in subsection (a) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list"; and 
(B) by striking out subsection (d). 
(8) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 513 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the items relating to sections 5139, 
5140, and 5143; and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"5155. Staff Cbrps of the Navy.". 
(9) Section 5133(b) is amended— 
(A) by striking out the second sentence, and 
(B) by inserting "or active-duty list" in the third sentence 
after "active list'. 
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1
0 use 5137. 
(10) Section 5137 is amended by striking out "active list" in the 
first sentence of subsection (a) and in subsection (b) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(11) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 5141 are each amended by 
striking out "active list" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-
duty list". 
(12) Subsections (b) and (d) of section 5150 are each amended by 
striking out "active list" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-
duty list". 
(13) Section 5149 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "(upper half)" in the second sentence of 
subsection (a); 
(B) by striking out "rear admiral (lower half)" in the 
second and third sentences of subsection (b) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "commodore admiral"; and 
(C) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (b) and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "If he is retired as a 
commodore admiral, he is entitled to the retired pay of that 
grade, unless entitled to higher pay under another provision 
of law.". 
(14) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 515 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5206. 
(15) Sections 5201(a) and 5202(a) are each amended by striking 
out "active list" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(16) The table of chapters at the beginning of part II of subtitle 
C is amended— 
,;""; 
(A) by striking out the item relating to chapter 531 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"531. Strength of Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
5401"; 
and 
(B) by striking out the items relating to chapters 541, 543, 
545, and 547 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"541. Running Mates for Reserve Officers 
5651 
"544, Temporary Appointments 
5721". 
(17) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 531 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 5401,5402, 
5403, 5404, 5405, 5406, 5407, 5408, 5409, 5412, 5415, 5416, and 
5417. 
(18) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 533 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the items relating to sections 5442, 
5443, and 5444 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"5442. Navy: line officers on active duty; commodore admirals and rear admirals. 
"5443. Marine Corps: officers on active duty; brigadier generals and major generals. 
"5444. Navy: staff corps officers on active duty; commodore admirals and rear admi-
rals."; and 
(B) by striking out the items relating to sections 5445,5447, 
5448,5449, and 5452. 
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(19) Section 5444(d) is amended by striking out "section 5772 or 
section 5781" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 624 of this 
title". 
(20) Section 5446 is amended by striking out "active list" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(21) Section 5450 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "(a)"; 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2913 
(B) by striking out "officers of the Regular Navy in the 
grade of rear admiral and above" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "flag officers of the Regular Navy"; and 
(C) by striking out subsection (b), 
(22) Section 5451(b) is amended by striking out "relating to lo use 5451. 
officers serving in grades above lieutenant in the Navy or captain 
in the Marine Corps". 
(23) Section 5455 is amended by striking out "5449, or 5452" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "or 5449". 
(24) Section 5455 is further amended by striking out "active 
list" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(25) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 535 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 5504 and 
5505. 
(26) Section 5506 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Officers" in the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Subject to section 741 of this title, 
officers , and 
(B) by striking out "When" in the second sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Subject to section 741 of this title, 
when". 
(27) Section 5508 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking out "(a)"; 
(ii) by striking out "a lineal" in the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof "an active-duty"; and 
(iii) by striking out the second sentence; and 
(B) by striking out subsection 0^). 
(28) The table of sections at the be^nning of chapter 539 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 5571,5572, 
5573, 5574, 5575, 5576, 5577, 5578, 5578a, 5579, 5580, 5581, 5583, 
5584, 5586, 5590, 5591, 5592, 5593, 5594, 5595, 5597, 5598, 5599, 
and 5601. 
(29) Section 5585 is amended by striking out "active list" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(30) The text of section 5587a is amended to read as follows: 
"With the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, any regular 
officer on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps who is qualified 
under section 8270i)) of this title may, upon his application, be 
designated as a judge advocate.". 
(31) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 541 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 5651,5652, 
5652a, 5652b, 5652c, 5653,5654,5655,5656, 5657, 5658, 5659, 5660, 
5661,5662,5663,5664, and 5666. 
(32) Section 5891 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "(c), (d), and (e), a reserve officer who is 
on the lineal list maintained under section 5504" in subsec-
tion O
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) and inserting in lieu thereof "(c) and (d), a reserve 
officer who is on the active-duty list maintained under 
section 620"; 
(B) by striking out subsections (c) and (g) and redesignating 
subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), 
respectively; 
(C) by striking out "chapter 543" in subsections (d) and (e), 
as redesignated by clause (2), and inserting in lieu thereof 
"chapter 36"; and 
(D) by striking out "the lineal list" and "a lineal list" each 
place they appear in subsections (d) and (e), as redesignated 
94 STAT. 2914 
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by clause (2), and inserting in lieu thereof "the active-duty 
list". 
10 use 5892. 
(33) Section 5892 is amended by striking out "prescribed for 
line and staff corps officers on the active list of the Navy" in the 
fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "established by the 
Secretary for regular line and staff corps officers on the active-
duty list under other provisions of this title". 
(34) Sections 5896, 5897, and 5898(b) are each amended by 
inserting "before the effective date of the Defense Officer Person-
nel Management Act" after "section 5581 of this title" each place 
it appears. 
(35) Section 5899 is amended— 
(A) by inserting "before the effective date of the Defense 
Officer Personnel Management Act" after "section 5581 of 
this title" each place it appears; 
(B) by striking out "section 5764" in subsections (a) and (c) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 36"; 
(C) by inserting "or above" after "captain" in the second 
sentence of subsection (a); 
(D) by striking out "section 5765" in subsections (b) and (d) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 36"; 
(E) by striking out "lineal list' in subsections (b) and (e) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list"; 
(F) by striking out "section 5702" in subsection (e) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 36"; and 
(G) by striking out "chapter 543" in subsection (f) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 36". 
(36) Section 5901 is amended by striking out subsection (c). 
(37) Subsections O
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) and (c) of section 5902 are amended by 
striking out "chapter 545" and inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 
36". 
(38) Section 5905(c) is amended by striking out "lineal rank 
and" in the second sentence. 
(39) Section 5906 is amended by striking out "chapter 543" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "chapter 36". 
(40) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 5910 and 
the second sentence of subsection (h) of such section are amended 
by striking out "active list" and inserting in lieu thereof "active-
duty list". 
(41) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 551 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5955. 
(42) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 553 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5982. 
(43) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 555 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 6018 and 
6028. 
(44) Section 6015 is amended by striking out "appointed under 
section 5590 of this title". 
(45) Section 6151(a) is amended by inserting "and subject to 
sections 688 and 1370 of this title" after "retired grade". 
(46) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 569 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 6294. 
(47)(A) Section 6323(c) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) The retired grade of an officer retired under this section is the 
grade determined under section 1370 of this title.". 
(B) Section 6325 is amended— 
(i) by inserting "or section 1370 of this title" in subsection 
(a) after "subsection (b)"; and 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2915 
(ii) by striking out "5231 or 5232" in subsection (b) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "601". 
(48) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 573 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the items relating to sections 6371, 
6372, 6373, 6374, 6376, 6377, 6378, 6379, 6380, 6381, 6382, 
6384, 6385, 6386, 6387, 6388, 6390, 6392, 6393, 6394, 6395, 
6396,6398,6400,6401,6402, and 6407; 
(B) by striking out the item relating to section 6383 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"6383. Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps; officers designated for limited duty: 
retirement for length of service or failures of selection for promotion; 
discharge for failures of selection for promotion; reversion to prior status; 
retired grade; retired pay."; 
and 
(C) by striking out the item relating to section 6404 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"6404. Treatment of fractions of years of service in computing retired pay and sepa-
ration pay.". 
(49) Section 6403 is amended— 
10 USC 6403. 
(A) by inserting "before the effective date of the Defense 
Officer Personnel Management Act" after "section 5581 of 
this title" in subsection (a); 
(B) by inserting "or chapter 36" after "this chapter" in 
subsections (a) and (b); 
(C) by inserting "regular" after "woman line" in subsec-
tion (a); and 
(D) by striking out "active list" in subsections (a) and (b) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
(50)(A) Section 6404 is amended by striking out "lump-sum 
payments" and inserting in lieu thereof "separation pay". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§6404. Treatment of fractions of years of service in computing 
retired pay and separation pay". 
(51) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 575 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 6481,6487, 
and 6488. 
(52) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 601 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 6909 and 
6914. 
(53) Section 7042(a) is amended by striking out "active list" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list". 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE D OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 504. Subtitle D is amended as follows: 
(1) The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle D and the 
table of chapters at the beginning of part II of such subtitle are 
amended by striking out the items relating to chapters 859, 860, 
and 865. 
(2) Section 8034(b) is amended by striking out "and is counted 
as one of the officers authorized to serve in a grade above 
lieutenant general under section 8066 of this title". 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 807 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 8066. 
94 STAT. 2916 
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10 use 8062. 
(4) Section 8062(e) is amended by striking out "and chapter 
831" and inserting in lieu thereof ", chapter 831 of this title, and 
the strength authorized by law pursuant to section 138". 
(5) Section 8067 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "in conformity with section 8289 or 
8294 of this title," in subsection (a); 
(B) by striking out "in conformity with section 8294 of this 
title," in subsection (b); 
(C) by striking out "in conformity with section 8291 of this 
title," in subsection (e); 
(D) in subsection (f)— 
(i) by striking out "Medical specialist functions" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Biomedical science functions"; 
and 
(ii) by striking out "medical specialists" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "biomedical science officers"; and 
(E) by striking out "in conformity with section 8293 of this 
title," in subsection (h). 
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 831 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 8202 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
'8202. Air Force: strength in grade."; 
(B) by striking out the item relating to section 8212 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"8212. Air Reserve; Air National Guard of the United States: strength in grade; 
temporary increases."; 
and 
(C) by striking out the items relating to sections 8201,8203, 
8204, 8205, 8206, 8207, 8208, 8209, 8211, 8213, 8214, 8215, and 
8230. 
(7) Section 8210 is amended by striking out "active list" each 
place it appears in subsections (a) and (c) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "active-duty list". 
(8)(A) The first sentence of section 8212 is amended to read as 
follows: "The authorized strength in any reserve grade, as 
prescribed under this chapter, is automatically increased to the 
minimum extent necessary to give effect to each appointment 
made in that grade under section 1211(a), 8365 (a) and (c), 8366 (a) 
and (d), 8375,8376,8380, or 8381 of this title.". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§8212. Air Reserve; Air National Guard of the United States: 
strength in grade; temporary increases". 
(9) Sections 8222 and 8225 are each amended— 
(A) by striking out "of 502,000"; and 
(B) by striking out "in section 8201(a) of this title". 
(10) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 835 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8284, 8285, 
8286, 8287, 8288, 8289, 8293, 8294, 8295, 8296, 8297, 8298, 8299, 
8300, 8301, 8302, 8303, 8305, 8306, 8307, 8308, 8309, 8312, 8313, 
and 8314. 
(11) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 837 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the item relating to section 8353 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"8353. Commissioned officers: service credit upon original appointment."; 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2917 
and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"8396. Exclusion of certain officers.". 
(12) The table of sections at the be^nning of chapter 839 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8441,8442, 
8444,8445,8447,8448,8449,8451, and 8452. 
(13) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 841 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8494 and 
8504. 
(14) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 843 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 8531. 
(15) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 845 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8571,8573, 
8574, and 8582. 
(16) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 861 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8814 and 
8818. 
(17) The table of sections at the be^nning of chapter 867 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8913,8915, 
8916,8919,8921,8922,8923, and 8927. 
(18) Section 8924(a) is amended by striking out "8786" and lO use 8924. 
inserting in lieu thereof "1186". 
(19) The text of section 8961 is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The retired grade of a regular commissioned officer of the Air 
Force who retires other than for physical disability, and the retired 
grade of a reserve commissioned officer of the Air Force who retires 
other than for physical disability or for nonregular service under 
chapter 67 of this title, is determined under section 1370 of this title. lO USC 1331 et 
"(b) Unless entitled to a higher retired grade under some other ^9-
provision of law, a Regular or Reserve of the Air Force not covered by 
' ^' 
subsection (a) who retires other than for physical disability retires in 
the regular or reserve grade that he holds on the date of his 
retirement.". 
(20) Section 8962(a) is amended by striking out "(4) in a position 
of importance and responsibility designated by the President to 
carry the grade of general or lieutenant general under section 
8066 of this title, or (5)" and inserting in lieu thereof "or (4)". Ante, p. 2878. 
(21) Section 8963 is amended by striking out subsection (a) and 
by striking out "(b)" before "Upon retirement". 
(22) The table contained in section 8991 is amended— 
Post, P- 2935. 
(A) by striking out the designation "A" under the column 
headed "Formula"; 
(B) by striking out the matter opposite such designation 
under each of the other columns in the table; and 
(C) by redesignating the designations "B", "C", and "D" 
under the column headed "Formula" as "A", "B", and "C", 
respectively. 
(23) Section 9301(b) is amended by striking out "active list" in 
the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "active-duty list", 
(24) Section 9336 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "a promotion-list officer" in subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof "a regular officer"; 
and 
(B) by inserting "or active-duty list" in subsections (a) and 
(b) after "on the promotion list". 
(25) Section 9353 is amended by inserting "under section 531 of 
this title" after "Regular Air Force". 
Ante, p. 2845. 
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94 STAT. 2918 
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AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 14, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 505. (a)(1) Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 286 the following new section: 
14 use 286a. 
"§ 286a. Regular warrant officers: severance pay 
"(a) The severance pay of a reg^ilar warrant officer of the Coast 
Ante, p. 2907. 
Guard who is separated under section 564(a)(3) of title 10 is computed 
by multiplying his years of active service that could be credited to 
10 use 564 note, him under section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as 
amended, but not more than 12, by twice the monthly basic pay to 
which he is entitled at the time of separation. 
"(b) The severance pay of a regular warrant officer of the Coast 
Guard who is separated under section 1166 of title 10 is computed by 
multiplying his years of active service that could be credited to him 
under section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as 
amended, but not more than 12, by the monthly basic pay to which he 
is entitled at the time of separation. 
"(c) For the purposes of this section, a part of the year that is six 
months or more is counted as a whole year, and a part of a year that is 
less than six months is disregarded. 
Retirement pay 
"(d) The acceptance of severance pay under this section does not 
deductions. 
deprive a person of any retirement benefits from the United States. 
However, there shall be deducted from each of his retirement 
payments so much thereof as is based on the service for which he has 
received severance pay under this section, until the total deductions 
equal the amount of such severance pay. However, no person is 
entitled to severance pay under this section in an amount that is 
more than $15,000.". 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 286 the 
following new item: 
"286a. Regular warrant officers: severance pay.". 
(b) Section 438 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "1167, 1255" and inserting in lieu thereof "1166'\ 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 506. Title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
37 use 101. 
(1) Section 101(18) is amended by striking out "duty on the 
active list,". 
(2) The item relating to section 202 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 3 is amended to read as follows: 
"202. Pay grades: assignment to; rear admirals (upper half) of the Coast Guard.". 
(3) The table contained in section 201(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Environmental Science Services Ad-
ministration" in the heading of the third column and insert-
' r
f 
ing in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration"; 
(B) by striking out "Rear admiral (upper half)" in the third 
column and inserting in lieu thereof ' Rear admiral (Navy) 
and Rear admiral (upper half) (Coast Guard and National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)"; and 
(C) by striking out "Rear admiral (lower half) and commo-
dore" in the third column and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Commodore admiral (Navy) and Rear admiral (lower half) 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2919 
and commodore (Coast Guard and National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration)". 
(4) Section 204(a) is amended by striking out "Except for 37 USC 204. 
members covered by section 202(i) of this title, the" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "The". 
(5) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking out the items relating to sections 302c and 
318; and 
(B) by striking out the item relating to section 311 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"311. Special pay: continuation pay for dentists in the armed forces.". 
(6) Section 303a is amended— 
(A) by striking out "302c, 303, 311, and 313" in subsection 
(a) and inserting in lieu thereof "303, and 311"; 
(B) by striking out "302c," in the first sentence of subsec-
tion (b); and 
(C) by inserting "separation pay," after "retired pay," in 
the second sentence of subsection 0)). 
(7) Section 406 is amended— 
(A) by inserting "separation pay or" before "severance 
pay" in subsections (d)(2) and (g)(2); and 
(B) by inserting "separation pay or" before "readjustment 
pay" in subsections (d)(2) and (g)(2). 
(8) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 904 and 
905 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"905. Reserve officers of the Navy or Marine Corps not on the active-duty list: effec-
tive date of pay and allowances.". 
(9) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 19 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new items: 
"1010. Commissioned officers: promotions; effective date for pay and allowances. 
"1011. Mess operations: reimbursement of expenses.". 
AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
SEC. 507. (a) Section 101(12) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by striking out "duty on the active list,". 
(b) Section 502(a) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1651(a)(8)) is amended by striking out paragraph (8). 
(c) Section 6(d) of the Act entitled "An Act to establish an Office of 
Selective Service Records to liquidate the Selective Service System 
following the termination of its functions on March 31, 1947, and to 
preserve and service the Selective Service records, and for other 
purposes", approved March 31, 1947 (50 U.S.C. App. 326(d)), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "on the active or retired list of the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or of any Reserve compo-
nent thereof," and inserting in lieu thereof "of the Armed 
Forces" and 
(2) by striking out "in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast 
Guard or Reserve component thereof," and inserting in lieu 
thereof "of the Armed Forces". 
(d) Section 10(b)(4) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 4600t))(4)) is amended— 
94 STAT. 2920 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
(1) by striking out "on the active or retired list of the armed 
forces, or any reserve component thereof with his consent," and 
inserting in Heu thereof "of the armed forces" and 
(2) by striking out "or reserve component thereof,". 
Repeal. 
(e) Section 302 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Au-
thorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93-155; 87 Stat. 607) is repealed. 
(f)(1) Section 3(a)(3) of the Act of August 10, 1956 (70A Stat. 619; 33 
U.S.C. 857a(a)(3)), is amended by inserting "1370," after "except 
sections' 
(2) Section 221(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
213a(a)(3)) is amended by inserting "1370," after "except sections". 
PART B—AMENDMENTS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS IN TITLES 
10, 32, AND 37 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE OTHER THAN CORREC-
TIONS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 511. Subtitle A is amended as follows: 
10 use 123. 
(1) Section 123 is amended by striking out "3847," "8370,", and 
"8847,". 
(2) Section 126(b) is amended by striking out "Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget" and inserting in lieu thereof "President". 
(3) Section 133(b) is amended by striking out "section 401 of 
title 50" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 2 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401)". 
(4) Section 138(f) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "(71 Stat. 556)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "(42 U.S.C. 1594i)"; and 
(B) by striking out "In subsection (f)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "In subsection (e)". 
(5) Section 139(a) is amended by striking out "section 11 of title 
31" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 201 of the Budget and 
Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11)". 
(6) Section 176 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking out "Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Secretary of Health and Human Services"; and 
(B) in subsection Ot))(l)(A), by inserting "of this title" after 
"section 177". 
(7) Section 270 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out "Secretary of the 
Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Trans-
portation"; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out "the enactment of this 
subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 4, 1961". 
(8) Section 272 is amended by striking out "Secretary of the 
Treasury" 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof 
"Secretary 
of 
Transportation''. 
(9) Section 274(1) is amended by striking out "section 232" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "section 291". 
(10) Section 280 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "3685," and "8685,"; and 
(B) by striking out "Secretary of the Treasury" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Secretary of Transportation". 
(11)(A) Section 335 is amended to read as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2921 
'*§ 335. Guam and Virgin Islands included as 'State' 
"For purposes of this chapter, the term 'State' includes the unin-
corporated territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands.". 
(B) Section 336 is repealed, 
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(C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 15 is ^^ use 336. 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 334 the 
following new item: 
"335. Guam and Virgin Islands included as 'State'.". 
(12) Section 351(c) is amended by striking out "Section 463 of 
title 22" and inserting in lieu thereof "Section 16 of the Act of 
March 4,1909 (22 U.S.C. 463)". 
(13) Section 5100t>)(l) is amended by striking out "chapter 12 of 
title 8" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)". 
(14) Section 511(d) is amended by striking out "Military Selec-
tive Service Act of 1967 (50 App. U.S.C. 451-473)" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 
et seq.)". 
(15) Section 512 is amended by striking out "sections 451-473 of 
title 50, appendix" both places it appears and inserting in lieu 
thereof "the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et 
seq.)". 
(16) Section 591(b) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "except as provided in section 454(i)(7) 
of title 50, appendix,"; and 
(B) by striking out "chapter 12 of title 8" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101 et seq.)". 
(17) Section 595(a) is amended by striking out "sections 451-473 
of title 50, appendix" both places it appears and inserting in lieu 
thereof "the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et 
seq.)". 
(18) Section 651(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "section 456(dXl) of title 50, appendix" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "section 6(dXl) of the Military 
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 456(dXl))"; and 
(B) by striking out "Secretary of the Treasury" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Secretary of Transportation". 
(19) Section 679(c) is amended by striking out "Secretary of the 
Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Transpor-
tation". 
(20) Section 702(b) is amended by striking out "Sections 701, 
702(a), 703, and 704 of this chapter and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Sections 701, 703, and 704 of this title and subsection (a)". 
(21) Section 711a is amended by striking out "(a)". 
(22) Section 717 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "the Treasury" each place it appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation"; 
(B) by striking out "subsections (d), (e), and (f)" in subsec-
tion (c) and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections (c), (d), and 
(e)";and 
(C) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as 
subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively. 
(23)(A) Section 7l9 is amended by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
94 STAT. 2922 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
"§719. Department of Commerce: assignment or detail of members 
of the armed forces to National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 41 is amended to read as follows: 
"719. Department of Commerce: assignment or detail of members of the armed 
forces to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.". 
10 use 802. 
(24) Section 802(a)(8) is amended by striking out "Environmen-
tal Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". 
(25) Sections 865(c) and 888 are amended by striking out "the 
Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation". 
(26) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 48 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: 
"955. Prisoners transferred to or from foreign countries.". 
(27) Section 951(d) is amended by striking out "as" the second 
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "at". 
(28) Section 955(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "said" both places it appears and 
inserting in lieu thereof "such''; 
(B) by striking out "Said" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Such"; and 
(C) by striking out", United States Code". 
(29) The items relating to chapter 51 in the table of chapters at 
the beginning of subtitle A, and in the table of chapters at the 
beginning of part II of such subtitle, are amended to read as 
follows: 
"51. Reserve Components: Standards and Procedures for Retention and 
Promotion 
1001". 
(30) Section 1006(e) is amended by striking out "the Act 
enacting this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "Public Law 
85-861". 
(31) Section 1037(c) is amended by striking out "Department of 
the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department of 
Transportation''. 
(32) Subsection (d) of the first section 1040 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Secretary of the Treasury" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Secretary of Transportation"; and 
(B) by striking out "Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Health 
and Human Services". 
(33)(A) The second section 1040 (added by Public Law 90-235) is 
redesignated as section 1041. 
(B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 53 is amended to read as follows: 
"1041. Replacement of certificate of discharge.". 
(34)(A) Sections 1071, 1072, 1073, and 1084 are amended by 
striking out "sections 1071-1087 of this title" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "this chapter". 
(B) The heading of section 1071 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 1071. Purpose of this chapter". 
(C)(i) The heading of section 1073 is amended to read as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2923 
"§1073. Administration of this chapter". 
(ii) Such section is further amended by striking out "those 
sections" and "them" and inserting in lieu thereof "this 
chapter". 
(D)(i) The item relating to section 1071 in the table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 55 is amended to read as follows: 
"1071. Purpose of this chapter.". 
(ii) The item relating to section 1073 in such table is amended 
to read as follows: 
"1073. Administration of this chapter.". 
(iii) The item relating to section 1086 in such table is amended 
to read as follows: 
"1086. Contracts for health benefits for certain members, former members, and 
their dependents.". 
(35) Section 1072(1) and 1073 are amended by striking out lo use 1072, 
"Environmental 
Science 
Services 
Administration" 
and i^'^^-
inserting in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration". 
(36) Sections 1072(2)(E)(iii), 1073, 1074, 1076, 1078, 1079, 1080, 
1081, 1083, 1084, 1085, and 1086 are amended by striking out 
"Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" each place it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Health and 
Human Services". 
(37) Sections 1074(b) and 1085 are amended by striking out 
"Bureau of the Budget" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"President". 
(38) Section 1079 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out "that:" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "that—"; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking out "per centum" both 
places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "percent"; 
(C) in subsection (e), by striking out the period in the 
matter preceding clause (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "as 
follows:'; and 
(D) in subsection (g), by striking out ", United States 
Code,". 
(39) Section 1086 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking out "per centum" each 
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "percent"; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out "title I of the Social Ante, p. 2908. 
Security Amendments of 1965 (79 Stat. 286)" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395c etseq.)". 
(40) Section 1124(h) is amended by striking out "Environmen-
tal Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". 
(41) Section 1164 is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as 
subsection (b). 
(42) Section 1208(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Environmental Science Services 
Administration" in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion"; and 
(B) by striking out "Environmental Science Services 
Administration includes active service as a member" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
94 STAT. 2924 
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Administration includes active service as a member of the 
Environmental Science Services Administration and". 
10 use 1212. 
(43) Section 1212(a)(2)(B) is amended by striking out "Secretary 
of the Treasurv" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of 
Transportation'. 
(44) Section 1213 is amended by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration ' and inserting in lieu thereof 
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". 
(45) Section 1216(d) is amended by striking out "Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health and Environment" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs". 
(46) Section 1263(a) is amended by striking out "section 311 of 
title 37" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 511 of the Career 
Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (70 Stat. 114; 10 U.S.C. 
564 note)". 
(47) Section 1331 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking out "Secretary of the 
Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Trans-
portation"; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking out "United States Code,". 
(48) Section 1332(a)(4) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Coast and Geodetic Survey" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (including active commissioned service in 
the Environmental Science Services Administration and in 
the Coast and Geodetic Survey)"; and 
(B) by striking out "pursuant to" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "under". 
(49) Section 1401 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "of this title) on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 
Ante, p. 1077. 
1981" in the heading in column 1 of the table contained in 
such section and inserting in lieu thereof ") after September 
7,1980"; 
(B) by striking out "1255" under the column headed "For 
sections" in such table; and 
(C) by striking out "senior enlisted advisor of the Navy" in 
footnote 4 of such table and inserting in lieu thereof "master 
chief petty officer of the Navy". 
(50) Section 1402 is amended by striking out "the armed forces 
before the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1981" in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "a uniformed service (as defined in 
section 1407(a)(2) of this title) before September 8,1980". 
(51)(A) Section 1402a is amended by striking out "on or after 
the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authori-
zation Act, 1981" in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "after September 7,1980". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 1402a. Recomputation of retired or retainer pay to reflect later 
active duty of members who Hrst became members 
after September 7, 1980". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 71 is amended to read as follows: 
"1402a. Recomputation of retired or retainer pay to reflect later active duty of mem-
bers who first became members after September 7, 1980.". 
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94 STAT. 2925 
(52)(A) Section 1403 is amended by striking out "title 26" and 10 USC 1403. 
inserting in lieu thereof "the Internal Revenue Code of 1954". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§1403. Disability retired pay; treatment under Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 71 is amended to read as follows: 
"1403. Disability retired pay; treatment under Internal Revenue Code of 1954.". 
(53) Section 1407(a) is amended by striking out "on or after the 
date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, 1981" and inserting in lieu thereof "after September 7, Ante, p. 1077. 
1980". 
(54)(A) The heading of chapter 73 is amended to read as follows: 
"CHAPTER 73—ANNUITIES BASED ON RETIRED OR 
RETAINER PAY". 
(B) The items relating to such chapter in the table of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle A, and in the table of chapters at the 
beginning of part II of such subtitle, are amended to read as 
follows: 
"73. Annuities Based on Retired or Retainer Pay 
1431". 
(55) Section 1431(b) is amended by striking out "the date of 
enactment of this amendment" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"August 13,1968,". 
(56) Section 1434 is amended by striking out "per centum" each 
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "percent". 
(57) Section 1437(b) is amended by striking out "prior to the 
effective date of this subsection" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"before November 1,1968". 
(58) Section 1444 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Environmental Science Services 
Administration" and inserting in lieu thereof "National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"; and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). 
(59) Section 1475(a)(5)(B) is amended by striking out "Universal 
Military Training and Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 451 et seq.)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.)". 
(60) Section 1552(a) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of 
Transportation". 
(61) Section 1586 is amended by striking out "United States 
Civil Service Commission" in subsections (c)(5) and (e)(2) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Office of Personnel Management". 
(62) Section 2107 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Miilitary" in ^subsection (e) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Military"; and 
(B) by striking out "section 2107 of this title" in subsection 
(h) and inserting in lieu thereof "this section". 
(63) Section 2112(a) is amended by striking out "10 years after 
the date of the enactment of this chapter" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "September 21,1982". 
94 STAT. 2926 
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2113. 
Ante, p. 2925. 
(64) Sections 2112(a), 2113(a), and 2113(d) are amended by 
10 use 2112, 
inserting "in this chapter" after "hereinafter". 
(65) Section 2114(b) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare" both places it appears and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Health and Human 
Services". 
(66) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 105 is 
amended by striking out the first semicolon in the item relating 
to section 2123 and the semicolons in the items relating to 
sections 2124, 2125, 2126, and 2127 and inserting in lieu thereof 
colons. 
(67) Sections 2123(e) and 2127(d) are amended by striking out 
"Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Secretary of Health and Human Services". 
(68) Section 2131 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "armed force" in subsection (a) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "armed forces"; 
(B) by inserting "of this title" in subsection Ot>)(2) after 
"section 2132"; and 
(C) by striking out "Commissioner of Education, Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsection (d) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Education". 
(69) Section 2132 is amended by inserting "of this title" after 
"section 2131" each place it appears. 
(70) Section 2133(a) is amended by inserting "of this title" after 
"section 2131" and after "section 2107". 
(71) Section 2205 is amended by striking out "section 686 of 
title 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Act of March 4, 1915 
(31 U.S.C. 686)". 
(72) Section 221003) is amended by striking out "Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget" and inserting in lieu thereof "President". 
(73) Section 2211 is amended by striking out "section 2392(d) of 
title 22" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 632(d) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2392(d))". 
(74) Section 2302(1) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Trans-
portation". 
(75) The item relating to section 2304 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 137 is amended to read as follows: 
"2304. Purchases and contracts: formal advertising; exceptions.". 
(76)(A) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 2304(f) are amended to read 
as follows: 
"(1) The Act entitled 'An Act to provide conditions for the 
purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United 
States, and for other purposes', approved June 30, 1936 
(commonly referred to as the 'Walsh-Healy Act') (41 U.S.C. 
35-45). 
"(2) The Act entitled 'An Act relating to the rate of wages for 
laborers and mechanics employed on public buildings of the 
United States and the District of Columbia by contractors and 
subcontractors, and for other purposes', approved March 3, 1931 
(commonly referred to as the 'Davis-Bacon Act') (40 U.S.C. 276a— 
276a-5).". 
(B) Clause (3) of such section is repealed. 
(77)(A) Subsection (f) of section 2306 is amended— 
(i) by inserting "(1)" after "(f)"; 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2927 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4) as clauses 
(A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively; 
(iii) by striking out "Prior" each place it appears and 
inserting in lieu thereof "prior"; 
(iv) by striking out "(3) above" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"clause (€)"; 
(v) by inserting "(2)" before "Any prime contract" in the 
first undesignated paragraph in such subsection; and 
(vi) by inserting "(3)" before "For the purpose o f in the 
second undesignated paragraph in such subsection. 
(B) Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 
(i) by striking out "that:" in paragraph (1) and inserting in 
lieu thereof "that—"; 
(ii) by striking out "the" at the beginning of clause (A) of 
paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof "The"; 
(iii) by striking out "consideration" at the beginning of 
clauses (B) and (C) of paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Consideration'; and 
(iv) by striking out "from:" in paragraph (3) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "from—". 
(78) Section 2314 is amended by striking out "Sections 5, 6, 6a, 10 USC 2314. 
and 13 of title 41" and inserting in lieu thereof "Sections 3709 
and 3735 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5 and 13)". 
(79) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 2383. 
(80) Section 2390 is amended by striking out "(a)" before "The 
Secretary". 
(81) Section 2543(a) is amended by striking out "section 721 of 
title 36" and inserting in lieu thereof "the first section of the 
Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 721)". 
(82) Section 2572 is amended by striking out "section 486 of 
title 40, the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary 
of the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 205 of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
U.S.C. 486), the Secretary of a military department or the 
Secretary of Transportation". 
(83)(A) Section 2573 is repealed. 
Repeal. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 153 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 2573. 
(84) Section 2575 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out "Secretary of the 
Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Trans-
portation"; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out "the Soldiers' Home" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "the United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home". 
(85) Section 2576(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "pursuant to" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "under"; and 
(B) by striking out "(63 Stat. 377), as amended" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "(40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)". 
(86) Section 2601(b)(4) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of 
Transportation". 
(87) Section 2633 is amended by striking out "section 628 of 
title 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 3678 of the Revised 
Statutes (31 U.S.C. 628)". 
94 STAT. 2928 
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10 use 2635. 
(88) Section 2635(a) is amended by striking out "Department of 
Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Department of Health and Human Services". 
(89) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 2680. 
(90) Section 2664(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "the Federal Maritime Board" both 
places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Federal 
Maritime Commission"; and 
(B) by striking out "by 1950 Reorganization Plan No. 21, 
effective May 24, 1950 (64 Stat. 1273)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "under Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1961, effective 
August 12,1961 (75 Stat. 840)". 
(91) Section 2665 is amended by striking out "Federal Maritime 
Board" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Federal Maritime Commission". 
(92) Section 2667 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "section 472 of title 40" in subsection 
(a)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof "section 3 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
472)"; 
(B) by striking out "section 303b of title 40" in subsection 
(b)(4) and inserting in lieu thereof "section 321 of the Act 
entitled 'An Act making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1933, and for other purposes', approved June 30,1932 (40 
U.S.C. 303b),"; 
(C) by striking out "act of Congress" in subsection (e) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Act of Congress"; and 
(D) in subsection (f)— 
(i) by striking out "The Secretary" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "the Secretary"; and 
•y^ 
(ii) by striking out "The Administrator of the General 
, ^ ~~ 
Services Administration" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"the Administrator of General Services''. 
(93) Section 2681(a) is amended by striking out "Director of the 
Bureau of the Budget" and inserting in lieu thereof "President". 
(94) Section 2733(f) is amended by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". 
(95) Section 2734(g) is amended by striking out "Department of 
the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department of 
Transportation". 
(96) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 165 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 2772. 
(97) Section 2771 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion"; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out "Department of the 
Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department of 
Transportation". 
(98) Section 2774(a) is amended by striking out "the effective 
date of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 2, 
1972". 
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94 STAT. 2929 
(99) The items relating to chapter 107 in the tables of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle A, and at the beginning of part III of 
such subtitle, are each amended to read as follows: 
"107. Educational Assistance for Persons Enlisting for Active Duty 
2141". 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE B OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 512. Subtitle B is amended as follows: 
(1) The items relating to chapter 303 in the table of chapters at 
the beginning of subtitle B, and in the table of chapters at the 
beginning of part I of such subtitle, are amended to read as 
follows: 
"303. Department of the Army 
3010". 
(2) The items relating to sections 3035 and 3036 in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 305 are amended to read as 
follows: 
"3035. Vice Chief of Staff, Deputy Chiefs of Staff, and Assistant Chiefs of Staff: suc-
cession to duties of Chief of Staff. 
"3036. Chiefs of branches: appointment; duties.". 
(3) Section 3253 is amended by striking out "chapter 12 of title 10 USC 3253. 
8" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)". 
(4) Section 3360 is amended by striking out "the Act enacting 
this section" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Public Law 85-861". 
(5)(A) Section 3534 is amended by striking out "Commissioner" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Mayor". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§3534. Corps of Engineers: detail of officers to assist Mayor of 
District of Columbia". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 343 is amended to read as follows: 
"3534. Corps of Engineers: detail of officers to assist Mayor of District of Columbia.". 
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 349 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 3632, 3633, 
and 3636. 
(7) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 353 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 3689. 
(8) Sections 3848(c)(2) and 3851(c)(2) are amended by striking 
out", United States Code,". 
(9) Section 3853 is amended by striking out "the Act enacting 
this section" both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Public Law 85-861". 
(10) The tables contained in sections 3991 and 3992 are each 
amended by striking out "on or after the date of the enactment of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981" in the Ante, p. 1077. 
heading for column 1 and inserting in lieu thereof "after Septem-
ber 7,1980". 
(11) Section 4314 is amended by striking out "Commissioner of 
Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Education". 
(12) Section 4331(a) is amended by striking out "New York, in 
this chapter called the 'Academy' " and inserting in lieu thereof 
"New York (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 
'Academy')". 
94 STAT. 2930 
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10 use 4342. 
(13) Section 4342(h) is amended by striking out "Effective 
beginning with nominations for appointment to the Academy in 
the calendar year 1964, the" and inserting in lieu thereof "The". 
(14) Section 4537 is amended by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration", 
(15) Section 4538(b) is amended by striking out "section 486 of 
title 40" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 205 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
486)". 
(16) Section 4540(c) is amended by striking out "5101-5115, 
5331-5338, 5341, 5342, and 7204 of title 5 and subchapter VI of 
chapter 53 of such title 5" and inserting in lieu thereof "and 7204, 
chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of 
title 5". 
(17) Section 4621(f) is amended by striking out "sections 772, 
773, or 3612" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 772 or 773". 
(18)(A) Section 4624(c) is amended by striking out "Soldiers' 
Home" and inserting in lieu thereof "United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home". 
(B) The heading of section 4624 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 4624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Army; Ameri-
can National Red Cross; Soldiers' and Airmen's Home". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 439 is amended to read as follows: 
"4624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Army; American National Red 
Cross; Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.". 
(19) Sections 4681, 4682, 4684, and 4686 are amended by 
striking out "section 486 of title 40" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486)". 
(20) Section 4712 is amended by striking out "Soldiers' Home" 
in subsections (a)(2) and (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "United 
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home". 
(21)(A) Section 4713(a) is amended by striking out "Soldiers' 
Home" and inserting in lieu thereof "United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home". 
(B) The heading of section 4713 is amended to read as follows: 
"§4713. Disposition of effects of deceased persons by Soldiers' 
and Airmen's Home". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 445 is amended to read as follows: 
"4713. Disposition of effects of deceased persons by Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.". 
(22) Section 4745(a) is amended by striking out "chairman of 
the Federal Maritime Board" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Secretary of Commerce". 
(23) The heading of section 4777 is amended to read as follows: 
"§4777. Permits: military reservations; landing ferries, erecting 
bridges, driving livestock". 
(24)(A) Section 4837 is amended by striking out "(d)". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2931 
"§4837. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of 
indebtedness of enlisted members". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 453 is amended to read as follows: 
"4837. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of enlisted 
members.". 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE C OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 513. Subtitle C is amended as follows: 
(1) The items relating to chapter 641 in the table of chapters at 
the beginning of subtitle C, and in the table of chapters at the 
beginning of part IV of such subtitle, are amended to read as 
follows: 
"641. Naval Petroleum Reserves 
7420". 
(2) Section 5001(a)(3) is amended by striking out ", male or 10 USC 5001. 
female,". 
(3) Section 5032(a) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
the Treasury" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of 
Transportation". 
(4) Section 5036(c) is amended by striking out "section 6" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "section 3347". 
(5)(A) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 507 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5062. 
(B) The item in such table relating to section 5064 is amended 
to read as follows: 
"5064. Office of Budget and Reports: Director; Assistant Director.". 
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 513 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5134. 
(7)(A) The item relating to section 5202 in the table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 515 is amended to read as follows: 
"5202. Assistant Commandant: detail; succession to duties.". 
(B) The heading of section 5202 is amended to read as follows: 
*'§ 5202. Assistant Commandant: detail; succession to duties". 
(8)(A) The item relating to section 5414 in the table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 531 is amended to read as follows: 
"5414. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: officers in an active status in 
grades above chief warrant officer, W-4.". 
(B) The heading of section 5414 is amended to read as follows: 
"§5414. Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: officers in an 
active status in grades above chief warrant officer, W-4". 
(9)(A) The items relating to sections 5457 and 5458 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 533 are amended to read 
as follows: 
"5457. Naval Reserve: officers in an active status in grades above chief warrant 
officer, W-4. 
"5458. Marine Corps Reserve: officers in an active status in grades above chief war-
rant officer, W-4.". 
(B) The heading of section 5457 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 5457. Naval Reserve: officers in an active status in grades above 
chief warrant officer, W-4". 
(C) The heading of section 5458 is amended to read as follows: 
94 STAT. 2932 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
"§5458. Marine Corps Reserve: ofHcers in an active status in 
grades above chief warrant officer, W-4". 
(10) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 535 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5507. 
(11) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 549 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 5907. 
(12) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 559 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 6111. 
(13) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 561 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 6141,6142, 
6143,6144,6145,6146, and 6147. 
10 use 6201. 
(14) Section 6201(b) is amended by striking out "section 16 of 
title 24" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 4812 of the Revised 
Statutes (24 U.S.C. 16)". 
(15)(A) The item relating to section 6221 in the table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 565 is amended to read as follows: 
"6221. United States Navy Band.". 
(B) Such table of sections is further amended by striking out 
the item relating to section 6224. 
(16) Section 6221 is amended to read as follows: 
"§6221. United States Navy Band 
"There is a Navy band known as the United States Navy Band.". 
(17) The following sections are each amended by striking out 
"the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense 
Ante p 1077 
Authorization Act, 1981" each place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof "September 8, 1980": sections 6151(b), 6151(c), 
6322(c), 6323(e), 6325(aX2), 6325(bX2), 6326(cX2), 6330(c), and 
6383(cX2). 
(18) Subsections (f) and (g) of section 6222 are redesignated as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively. 
(19) Sections 6326(cX2XA) and 6330(cXlXA) are amended by 
striking out "senior enlisted advisor of the Navy" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "master chief petty officer of the Navy". 
(20) Section 6913(a) is amended by striking out "section 
6023(b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 2003". 
(21) Subsections (g), (h), and (i) of section 6915 are redesignated 
as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively. 
(22) Section 7043(b) is amended by striking out "provided for 
grade 18 of the general schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended" and inserting in lieu thereof "authorized for grade 
5 use 5332 note. 
GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5". 
(23) Section 7045 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "and Treasury" both places it appears 
and inserting in lieu thereof "and Transportation'; and 
(B) by striking out "the Treasury" in subsection (b) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation". 
(24) Sections 7204(aXlXD), 7205(aX4), and 7211(a)(4) are 
amended by striking out "Environmental Science Services Ad-
ministration" and inserting in lieu thereof "National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration". 
(25) Section 7212(a) is amended by striking out "5101-5115, 
5331-5338, 5341, 5342, and 7204 of title 5 and subchapter VI of 
chapter 53 of such" and inserting in lieu thereof "and 7204, 
chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of. 
(26) Section 7299 is amended by striking out "the Act of June 
30,1936, chapter 881 (49 Stat. 2036)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2933 
"the Act entitled 'An Act to provide conditions for the purchase 
of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and 
for other purposes', approved June 30, 1936 (commonly referred 
to as the 'Walsh-Healy Act') (41 U.S.C. 35-45)". 
(27) Section 7305 is amended by striking out ", as amended" in 10 USC 7305. 
subsections (a) and (k). 
(28) Section 7307(b) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "the date of enactment of this para-
graph" both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
"August 5,1974"; and 
(B) by striking out "of enactment" after "such date". 
(29) Section 7308(a) is amended by striking out "section 474 of 
title 40" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections (c) and (d) of 
section 602 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474)". 
(30) Section 7420 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "(a)" before "In this chapter"; 
(B) by striking out "Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 
4" and all that follows through "Naval Petroleum Reserves 
Production Act of 1976);" in paragraph (2); and 
(C) by striking out "Secretary of the Navy" in paragraph 
(4) and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Energy". 
(31) Section 7422(c) is amended— 
(A) by striking out paragraph (1)(B) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(B) to produce such reserves at the maximum efficient rate 
consistent with sound engineering practices for a period ending 
not later than April 5,1982;"; 
(B) by striking out "hereinafter provided" in paragraph 
(1)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof "provided in section 7430 
of this title"; 
(C) by striking out "discrimiation" in the second sentence 
of 
paragraph 
(1) 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof 
"discrimination"; 
(D) by striking out ", chapter 307 (46 Stat. 1421; 40 U.S.C. 
258(a))' in the fourth sentence of paragraph (1) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "(40 U.S.C. 258a-258e)"; 
(E) by striking out "At the conclusion of the six-year 
production period authorized by paragraph (1)(B) of this 
subsection" in paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"After April 5,1982,"; and 
(F) by striking out "within ninety days after the date of 
enactment of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act 
of 1976" in paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof "by 
July 4,1976". 
(32)(A) Sections 7424(a)(2), 7425(a), and 7426(a) are amended by 
striking out "naval petroleum reserve numbered 1" each place it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Naval Petroleum Reserve 
Numbered 1". 
(B) The heading of section 7426 is amended to read as follows: 
"§7426. Cooperative or unit plans affecting Naval Petroleum Re-
serve Numbered 1". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 641 is amended to read as follows: 
"7426. Cooperative or unit plans affecting Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.". 
79-194 
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94 STAT. 2934 
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10 use 7427. 
(33) Section 7427 is amended by striking out "section 226e of 
title 30" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 17(j) of the Act of 
February 25,1920 (30 U.S.C. 226(j))". 
(34) Section 7430 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "per centum" in subsections (c) and 
(dX3) and inserting in lieu thereof "percent"; 
(B) by striking out "(83 Stat. 841)" in subsection (e) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "(50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.)"; 
(C) by inserting "of this title" in subsection (f) after 
"section 7422(c)" and after "section 7431(aX3)"; 
(D) by striking out clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) in 
subsection (i) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); 
"(2) the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.); 
"(3) the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.); 
"(4) sections 73 and 74 of the Wilson Tariff Act (15 U.S.C. 8 and 
9); and 
"(5) sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of June 19, 1936 (commonly 
referred to as the 'Robinson-Patman Act') (15 U.S.C. 13a, 13b, and 
21a)."; and 
(E) by inserting "(15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.)" in subsection 0') 
after "the Natural Gas Act". 
(35) Section 7432(aXl) is amended by striking out the semicolon 
and inserting in lieu thereof a period. 
(36) Section 7434 is amended by striking out "of the Navy". 
(37) Section 7438 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking out "The Administrator of the Energy 
Research and Development Administration" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "The Secretary"; and 
(ii) by striking out "; chapter 172 (58 Stat. 190), as 
amended" and inserting in lieu thereof "(30 U.S.C. 321 
et seq.)"; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking out "The Adminis-
trator of the Energy Research and Development Admin-
istration" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Secretary", 
and by striking out "above" after "subsection (a)"; 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking out "the Admin-
istrator" and all that follows through "subsection (a) 
above" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Secretary may 
use or lease for use by institutions, organizations, or 
individuals, public or private, the facility described in 
subsection (a)"; and 
(iii) in the third sentence, by striking out "The Admin-
istrator" and all that follows through "the Secretary" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "The Secretary may, after 
consultation'; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking out "herein contained" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "in this chapter". 
(38) Section 7522(b) is amended by striking out "Section 529 of 
title 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "Section 3648 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)". 
(39) Sections 7541, 7541a, 7542(a), and 7545(a) are amended by 
striking out "section 486 of title 40" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486)". 
,. . 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2935 
(40) Section 7545(b) is amended by striking out "section 366" 10 USC 7545. 
and inserting in lieu thereof "section 3301". 
(41) Sections 7571(a)(3), 7572(a)(3), and 7576(a)(3) are amended 
by striking out "Environmental Science Services Administra-
tion" and inserting in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration". 
(42) Section 7605 is amended by striking out "sections 521 and 
543 of title 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 3639 and 
3651 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 521 and 543)". 
(43) Section 7721 is amended by striking out "sections 781-790 
of title 46" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Act of March 3,1925 
(commonly referred to as the 'Public Vessels Act') (46 U.S.C. 
781-790)". 
AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE D OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 514. Subtitle D is amended as follows: 
(1) The items relating to chapter 803 in the table of chapters at 
the beginning of subtitle D, and in the table of chapters at the 
beginning of part I of such subtitle, are amended to read as 
follows: 
"803. Department of the Air Force 
8010". 
(2) Section 8253 is amended by striking out "chapter 12 of title 
8" and inserting in lieu thereof "the Immigration and National-
ity Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)". 
(3) The heading of section 8375 is amended to read as follows: 
"§8375. Commissioned officers; brigadier general or major gener-
al; procedure on reassignment". 
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 849 is 
amended by striking out the items relating to sections 8632,8633, 
and 8636. 
(5) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 853 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 8689. 
(6) The item relating to section 8852 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 863 is amended to read as follows: 
"8852. Thirty-five years or five years in grade: reserve major generals.". 
(7) Sections 8848(c) and 8851(c) are amended by striking out ", 
United States Code,". 
(8) The tables contained in sections 8991 and 8992 are each 
amended by striking out "on or after the date of the enactment of 
the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981" in the 
heading for column 1 and inserting in lieu thereof "after Septem-
ber 7,1980". 
(9) Section 9315(c) is amended by striking out "Commissioner of 
Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Education". 
(10) Section 9331(a) is amended by striking out ", in this 
chapter called the 'Academy'," and inserting in lieu thereof 
"(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 'Academy')". 
(11) Section 9342(h) is amended by striking out "Effective 
beginning with the nominations for appointment to the Academy 
in the calendar year 1964, the" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"The". 
(12) Section 9441(b) is amended— 
94 STAT. 2936 
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(A) by striking out "section 202 of title 36" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "section 2 of the Act of July 1, 1946 (36 U.S.C. 
202)"; and 
(B) by striking out "the Travel Expense Act of 1949 (5 
U.S.C. 835 et seq.)" in clause (7) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5". 
10 use 9537. 
(13) Section 9537 is amended by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration", 
(14) Section 9538(b) is amended by striking out "section 486 of 
title 40" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 205 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
486)". 
(15) Section 9540(c) is amended by striking out "5101-5115, 
5331-5338, 5341, 5342, and 7204 of title 5 and subchapter VI of 
chapter 53 of such title 5" and inserting in lieu thereof "and 7204, 
chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of 
title 5". 
(16) Section 9621(f) is amended by striking out "773, or 8612" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "or 773". 
(17)(A) Section 9624(c) is amended by striking out "Soldiers' 
Home" and inserting in lieu thereof "United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home". 
(B) The heading of section 9624 is amended to read as follows: 
"§9624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Air Force; 
American National Red Cross; Soldiers' and Airmen's 
Home". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 939 is amended to read as follows: 
"9624. Medical supplies: civilian employees of the Air Force; Americsin Nation2d Red 
Cross; Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.". 
(18) Sections 9681, 9682, 9684, and 9686 are amended by 
striking out "section 486 of title 40" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (40 US.C. 486)". 
(19) Section 9712 is amended by striking out "Soldiers' Home" 
in subsections (a)(2) and (f) and inserting in lieu thereof "United 
States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home". 
(20)(A) Section 9713(a) is amended by striking out "Soldiers' 
Home" and inserting in lieu thereof "United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
"§9713. Disposition of effects of deceased persons by Soldiers* 
and Airmen's Home". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 945 is amended to read as follows: 
"9713. Disposition of effects of deceased persons by Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.". 
(21) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 949 is 
amended by striking out the item relating to section 9772. 
(22)(A) Section 9837 is amended by striking out "(d)". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2937 
"§9837. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of 
indebtedness of enlisted members". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 953 is amended to read as follows: 
"9837. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of enlisted 
members.". 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 32, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 515. Title 32 of the United States Code is amended as follows: 
(1) The item relating to section 307 in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 3 is amended to read as follows: 
"307. Federal recognition of officers: examination; certificate of eligibility." 
(2) Subsection (d) of section 303 is redesignated as subsection 32 USC 303. 
(c). 
(3) Section 334(e) is amended by striking out "title 32" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "this title". 
(4) Clauses (2) and (3) of section 708(b) are redesignated as 
clauses (1) and (2), respectively. 
(5) Section 709(f) is amended by striking out ", United States 
Code,". 
(6) Section 709(g) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "6102 of title 5, United States Code," 
both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "6101(a) 
of title 5"; 
(B) by striking out "section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 5332 of title 5"; 
and 
(C) by striking out "5543 of title 5, United States Code," 
and inserting in lieu thereof "5543 of title 5". 
(7) Section 709(h) is amended by striking out ", except that" 
and all that follows in such section and inserting in lieu thereof a 
period. 
(8) Section 710(d) is amended by striking out "section 
725c(b)(22) of title 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 
4(b)(22) of the Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act, 1934 (31 
U.S.C. 725c(b)(22))". 
(9) Section 716(a) is amended by striking out "the effective date 
of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 2, 1972". 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE 
SEC. 516. Title 37 of the United States Code is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 101 is amended— 
37 USC 101. 
(A) in paragraphs (3) and (5)(E), by striking out "Environ-
mental Science Services Administration" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration"; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(F), by striking out "Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "Secretary of Health and Human Services". 
(2) Section 201(f) is amended by striking out "subsections (e) 
and (0" and inserting in lieu thereof "subsections (d) and (e)". 
(3) Section 205(a) is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Environmental Science Services 
Administration" in clause (5) and in the last sentence and 
94 STAT. 2938 
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inserting in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration"; and 
(B) by inserting "Environmental Science Services Admin-
istration or the' in the last sentence before "Coast and 
Geodetic Survey". 
37 use 209. 
(4) Section 209(a) is amended by striking out "section 456(d)(1) 
of title 50, appendix" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 6(d)(1) 
of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 456(d)(1))". 
(5) Section 301 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2XB), by striking out "clause (A) 
above" and inserting in lieu thereof "subclause (A) of this 
clause"; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking out "clause (B) 
above" and inserting in lieu thereof "subclause (B) of this 
clause"; and 
(C) in subsection (f), by striking out "subsection (a)(l)-(12)" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (a)". 
(6) Section 301a(a)(3) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Secretary of Health and Human Services". 
(7) Section 311(c) is amended by striking out "Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Secretary of Health and Human Services". 
(8) Section 312(a) is amended by redesignating clauses (3), (4), 
and (5) as clauses (2), (3), and (4), respectively. 
(9) Section 312c is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out "301a of this title: 
Provided, That—" and inserting in lieu thereof "301a of this 
title. However—"; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking out "House and Senate 
Armed Services Committees" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives". 
(10) Section 403 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Environmental Science Services 
Administration" in subsection (e) and inserting in lieu there-
of "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"; 
and 
(B) by striking out "words" in subsection (j) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "terms". 
(11) Section 406b is amended— 
(A) by striking out "Uniformed Services" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "uniformed services"; 
(B) by striking out "of this chapter" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "of this title"; and 
(C) by striking out "later: Provided, however. That" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "later. However,". 
(12) Section 411(d) is amended by striking out "words" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "term". 
(13) The heading of section 416 is amended to read as follows: 
"§ 416. Uniform allowance: officers; additional allowances". 
(14) Section 501 is amended— 
(A) by striking out "the first day of the second calendar 
month following the month in which the Department of 
Defense 
Appropriation 
Authorization 
Act, 
1977, was 
enacted" both places it appears and inserting in lieu 
thereof "September 1,1976"; 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2939 
(B) by striking out "unusued" in subsection (d) and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "unused"; 
(C) by inserting "of this section" in subsection (f) after 
"subsection (b), (d), or (g)"; and 
(D) by striking out "Surgeon General" in subsection (g) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Health and 
Human Services". 
(15) Sections 502(a) and 503 are amended by striking out 37 USC 502, 503. 
"Environmental Science Services Administration" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration". 
(16) Section 558 is amended by striking out "title 26" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "the Internal Revenue Code of 1954". 
(17) Section 602(b)(4) is amended by striking out "Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Department of Health and Human Services". 
(18)(A) The text of section 706 is amended by striking out 
"Environmental Science Services Administration" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration". 
(B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: 
*
*
§ 706. Allotments: commissioned officers of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration". 
(C) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 13 is amended to read as follows: 
"706. Allotments: commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.". 
(19) Section 707 is amended by striking out "(a)". 
(20) Section 801 is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and 
(B) by striking out "Environmental Science Services 
Administration" both places it appears and inserting in 
lieu 
thereof 
"National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration". 
(21) The item relating to section 1005 in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 19 is amended to read as 
follows: 
"1005. Army and Air Force: prompt payments required.". 
(22) Section 1001 is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking out "Environmental 
Science Services Administration" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion"; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out "Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare ' and inserting in lieu thereof "Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services". 
(23) Section 1006(h) is amended by striking out "section 529 of 
title 31" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 3648 of the Revised 
Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529)". 
(24) Section 1009 is amended— 
(A) by striking out ", United States Code," in subsection 
(a); and 
(B) by striking out "section 8 of the Act of December 16, 
1967 (Public Law 90-207; 81 Stat. 654), section 402 or 403 of 
this title," in subsection (b)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof 
"section 402 or 403 of this title". 
94 STAT. 2940 
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TITLE VI—TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
PART A—TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO THE ARMY AND 
AIR FORCE 
REGULAR OFFICERS SERVING IN A HIGHER TEMPORARY GRADE BELOW 
LIEUTENANT 
GENERAL 
OR RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION TO A 
HIGHER GRADE 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 601. (a) Except as provided in sections 603 and 604, any regular 
Post, p. 2941. 
officer of the Army or Air Force who on the effective date of this Act 
is on active duty and— 
(1) is serving in a temporary grade below lieutenant general 
that is higher than his regular grade; 
(2) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to a 
temporary grade below lieutenant general; or 
(3) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to a 
regular grade higher than the grade in which he is serving; 
shall be considered to have been recommended by a board convened 
Ante, p. 2851. 
under section 611(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this 
Act, for promotion to the regular grade equivalent to the grade in 
which he is serving or for which he has been recommended for 
promotion, as the case may be. 
Ot)) An officer referred to in clause (1) of subsection (a) who is not 
promoted to the grade to which he is considered under such subsec-
tion to have been recommended for promotion because his name is 
removed from a list of officers who are considered under such 
paragraph to have been recommended for promotion shall be consid-
erate, p. 2850. 
ered under chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this 
Act, for promotion to the regular grade equivalent to the temporary 
grade in which he was serving on the effective date of this Act as if he 
were serving in his regular grade. 
Ante, p. 2869. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 741(d) of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by this Act, the date of rank of an officer referred to in 
subsection (a)(1) who is promoted to the temporary grade in which he 
is serving on the effective date of this Act is the date of his temporary 
appointment in that grade. 
RESERVE OFFICERS SERVING IN A HIGHER TEMPORARY GRADE BELOW 
UEUTENANT GENERAL OR RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION TO A 
HIGHER GRADE 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 602. (aXD Except as provided in subsection (b) and sections 605 
and 606, any reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who on the 
effective date of this Act is subject to placement on the active-duty list 
of his armed force and— 
(A) is serving in a temporary grade below lieutenant general 
that is higher than his reserve grade; or 
(B) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to a 
temporary grade below lieutenant general that is the same as or 
higher than his reserve grade; 
shall be considered to have been recommended by a board convened 
Ante, p. 2851. 
under section 611(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this 
Act, for promotion to the reserve grade equivalent to the grade in 
which he is serving or for which he has been recommended for 
promotion, £is the case may be. 
Ante, p. 2869. 
(2) Notwithstanding section 741(d) of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by this Act, the date of rank of an officer referred to in 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2941 
paragraph (IXA) who is promoted to the grade to which he is 
considered under such paragraph to have been recommended for 
promotion is the date of his temporary appointment in that grade, 
(b) A reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who on the effective 
date of this Act— 
(1) is subject to placement on the active-duty list of his armed 
force; 
(2) is serving on active duty in a temporary grade; and 
(3) holds a reserve grade higher than the temporary grade in 
which he is serving, 
shall while continuing on active duty retain such temporary grade 
and shall be considered for promotion under chapter 36 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by this Act, to a grade equal to or lower ^nte, p. 2850. 
than his reserve grade as if such temporary grade is a permanent 
grade. If such officer is recommended for promotion under such 
chapter to such a grade, his appointment to such grade shall be a 
temporary appointment. 
REGULAR OFFICERS ONCE FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION 
SEC. 603. (a) An officer of the Army or Air Force who on the lO use 611 note. 
effective date of this Act— 
(1) holds the regular grade of first lieutenant, captain, or 
major; and 
(2) has been considered once but not recommended for promo-
tion to the next higher regular grade by a selection board 
convened under the laws in effect on the day before the effective 
date of this Act, 
shall, within one year after the effective date of this Act, be consid-
ered for promotion to the next higher regular grade by a selection 
board convened by the Secretary concerned under the laws in effect 
on the day before the effective date of this Act. 
(bXlXA) An officer described in subsection (a) who is recommended 
for promotion by the selection board which considers him pursuant to 
such subsection shall be considered to have been recommended for 
promotion to the next higher regular grade or the grade in which he 
is serving, whichever grade is higher, by a board convened under 
section 611(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act. Ante, p. 2851. 
Notwithstanding section 741(d) of title 10, United States Code, as Ante, p. 2869. 
added by this Act, the date of rank of an officer referred to in the 
preceding sentence who was serving in the temporary grade equiva-
lent to the grade to which he is considered to have been recommended 
for promotion and who is promoted to that grade is the date of his 
temporary appointment in that grade. 
(2) An officer described in subsection (a) who is not recommended 
for promotion by such board shall, unless continued on active duty 
under section 637 of such title, as added by this Act, be retired, if Ante, p. 2863. 
eligible to retire, be discharged, or be continued on active duty until 
eligible to retire and then be retired, under the laws applicable on the 
day before the effective date of this Act. 
REGULAR OFFICERS TWICE FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION 
SEC. 604. An officer of the Army or Air Force who on the day before 10 USC 611 note. 
the effective date of this Act— 
(1) holds the regular grade of first lieutenant, captain, or 
major; and 
94 STAT. 2942 
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(2) has twice failed of selection for promotion to the next higher 
regular grade, 
shall, unless continued on active duty under section 637 of title 10, 
Ante, p. 2863. 
United States Code, as added by this Act, be retired, if eligible to 
retire, be discharged, or be continued on active duty until eligible to 
retire and then be retired, under the laws in effect on the day before 
the effective date of this Act. 
RESERVE OFFICERS ONCE FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 605, (a) A reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who on the 
effective date of this Act— 
(1) is on active duty and subject to placement on the active-duty 
list of his armed force; 
(2) holds the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or 
major; and 
(3) has been considered once but not selected for promotion to 
the next higher reserve grade under section 3366, 3367, 8366, or 
8367, as appropriate, of title 10, United States Code, 
shall, unless sooner promoted, be considered again for promotion to 
that grade by a selection board convened under section 3366, 3367, 
8366, or 8367, as appropriate, of such title. 
(b)(1) An officer described in subsection (a) who is serving on active 
duty in a temporary grade higher than his reserve grade on the 
effective date of this Act and who is recommended by the selection 
board which considers him pursuant to such subsection for promotion 
to the reserve grade equivalent to the temporary grade in which he is 
serving on such date shall be considered as having been recom-
mended for promotion to that reserve grade in the report of a 
selection board convened under section 611(a) of title 10, United 
Ante, p. 2851. 
States Code, as added by this Act. Notwithstanding section 741(d) of 
Ante, p. 2869. 
title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act, the date of rank of 
an officer referred to in the preceding sentence who is promoted to 
the reserve grade equivalent to the temporary grade in which he is 
serving on such date is the date of his temporary appointment in that 
grade. 
(2) An officer described in subsection (a) who is serving on active 
duty in a temporary grade equivalent to or lower than his reserve 
grade on the effective date of this Act and who is recommended by the 
selection board which considers him pursuant to such subsection for 
promotion to a reserve grade higher than the temporary grade in 
which he was serving on such date shall be considered as having been 
recommended for promotion to that reserve grade in the report of a 
selection board convened under section 3366, 3367, 8366, or 8367, as 
appropriate, of such title. If such an officer is not ordered to active 
duty in his reserve grade, he shall while continuing on active duty 
retain such temporary grade and shall be considered for promotion 
Ante, p. 2850. 
under chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act, 
to a grade equal to or lower than his reserve grade as if such 
temporary grade is a permanent grade. If such officer is recom-
mended for promotion under such chapter to such a grade, his 
appointment to such grade shall be a temporary appointment to such 
grade. 
(3) An officer described in subsection (a) who is not recommended 
for promotion by the selection board which considers him pursuant to 
such subsection shall be governed by section 3846 or 8846, as appro-
priate, of title 10, United States Code, as a deferred officer. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2943 
RESERVE OFFICERS TWICE FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION 
SEC. 606. An officer of the Army or Air Force who on the day before 10 use 611 note, 
the effective date of this Act— 
(1) was on active duty and subject to placement on the active-
duty list of his armed force; and 
(2) held the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major; 
and 
(3) was considered to have twice failed of selection for promo-
tion to the next higher reserve grade, 
shall be governed by section 3846 or 8846, as appropriate, of title 10, 
United States Code, as a deferred officer. 
ENTITLEMENT TO SEVERANCE PAY OR SEPARATION PAY OF OFFICERS 
SEPARATED OR DISCHARGED PURSUANT TO THIS PART 
SEC. 607, (a) An officer who is discharged in accordance with section 10 use 611 note. 
603(bX2) or 604 is entitled, at his election, to— 
(1) the severance pay to which he would have been entitled 
under the laws in effect before the effective date of this Act; or 
(2) separation pay, if eligible therefor, under section 1174(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act. 
Ante, p. 2870. 
(b) An officer who is separated in accordance with section 605(bX3) 
or 606 is entitled, at his election, to— 
(1) readjustment pay under section 687 of title 10, United 
States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of A.nte, p. 2870. 
this Act; or 
(2) separation pay, if eligible therefor, under section 1174(c) of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act. 
Ante, p. 2870. 
SPECIAL TENURE PROVISIONS FOR OFFICERS SERVING IN TEMPORARY 
GRADES OF BRIGADIER GENERAL AND MAJOR GENERAL 
SEC. 608. (a) Notwithstanding section 635 or 636 of title 10, United 10 use 611 note. 
States Code, as added by this Act, but subject to subsection (b), a Ante, p. 2863. 
regular officer of the Army or Air Force— 
(1) who on the effective date of this Act is serving in the 
temporary grade of brigadier genergd or major general; 
(2) whose regular grade on such date is below such temporary 
grade; and 
(3) who is promoted pursuant to section 601(a) to the regular Ante, p. 2849. 
grade equivalent to such temporary grade, 
shall be subject to mandatory retirement for years of service in 
accordance with the laws applicable on the day before the effective 
date of this Act to officers in the permanent grade he held on such 
date. However, such an officer shall not be subject to a mandatory 
retirement date which is earlier than the first day of the month 
following the month of the thirtieth day after he completes 30 years 
of service as computed under section 3927(a) or 8927(a), as appropri-
ate, of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the Ante, p. 2886. 
effective date of this Act. 
(bXD The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, 
as appropriate, may convene selection boards under this section for 
the purpose of recommending from among officers described in 
subsection (a) officers to be selected to be subject to mandatory 
retirement for years of service in accordance with the laws applicable 
on the day before the effective date of this Act to officers in the 
permanent grade to which such officers were promoted pursuant to 
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Ante, p. 2849. 
section 601(a) or to officers in a lower permanent grade higher than 
the permanent grade held by such officers on the day before the 
effective date of this Act. 
(2) Upon the recommendation of a selection board convened under 
this section, the Secretary concerned may select officers described in 
subsection (a) to be subject to mandatory retirement in accordance 
with the provisions of section 3922, 3923, 8922, or 8923, as appropri-
Ante, p. 2886. 
ate, of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this Act, rather than in the manner described in 
subsection (a). 
(3) Any selection board convened under this section shall be 
convened in accordance with the provisions of section 3297 or 8297, as 
Ante, p. 2880. 
appropriate, of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day 
before the effective date of this Act. 
(c) This section does not apply to an officer who— 
(1) is sooner retired or separated under another provision of 
law; 
(2) is promoted to the permanent grade of brigadier general 
pursuant to section 601(a) and is subsequently promoted to the 
permanent grade of major general under chapter 36 of title 10, 
Ante, p. 2850. 
United States Code, as added by this Act; or 
Ante, p. 2863. 
(3) is Continued on active duty under section 637 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by this Act. 
RIGHT OF MAJORS AND COLONELS TO COMPLETE YEARS OF SERVICE 
ALLOWED UNDER PRIOR LAW 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 609. (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an officer of the Army or 
Air Force who on the effective date of this Act— 
(A) holds the regular grade of major; or 
(B) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the 
regular grade of major, 
shall be retained on active duty until he completes twenty-one years 
Ante, p. 2886. 
of service as computed under section 3927(a) or 8927(a), as appropri-
ate, of title 10, United States Code (as in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this Act), and then be retired under the provisions of 
Ante, p. 2886. 
section 3913 or 8913 of such title (as in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this Act) on the first day of the month after the 
month in which he completes that service. 
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an officer who— 
(A) is sooner retired or separated under another provision of 
law; 
(B) is promoted to the regular grade of lieutenant colonel; or 
(C) is continued on active duty under section 637 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by this Act. 
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an officer of the Army or Air Force 
who on the effective date of this Act— 
(A) holds the regular grade of colonel; or 
(B) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the 
regular grade of colonel, 
Ante, p. 2886. 
shall be retired under section 3921 or 8921, as appropriate, of such 
title (as in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act). 
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to an officer who— 
(A) is sooner retired or separated under another provision of 
law; 
(B) is promoted to the regular grade of brigadier general; or 
(C) is continued on active duty under section 637 of title 10, 
Ante, p. 2863. 
United States Code, as added by this Act. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2945 
REGULAR OFFICERS WHOSE RETIREMENT HAS BEEN DEFERRED 
SEC. 610. A regular officer of the Army or Air Force serving on 10 USC 611 note. 
active duty on the effective date of this Act whose retirement under 
chapter 367 or 867 of title 10, United States Code, has been deferred 10 USC 3911 et 
before that date— 
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(1) under a provision of such chapter; or 
(2) by virtue of a suspension, under any provision of law, of 
provisions of such chapter which would otherwise require such 
retirement, 
may continue to serve on active duty to complete the period for which 
his retirement W£is deferred or until such suspension is removed. 
PART B—TRANSITION PROVISIONS RELATING ONLY TO THE NAVY AND 
MARINE CORPS 
OFFICERS SERVING I N A TEMPORARY GRADE BELOW VICE ADMIRAL OR 
UEUTENANT GENERAL OR RECOMMENDED FOR PROMOTION 
SEC. 611. (a) Subject to subsection O
t
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)
, any regular officer of the 10 USC 611 note. 
Navy or Marine Corps, and any reserve officer of the Navy and 
Marine Corps who on the effective date of this Act is subject to 
placement on the active-duty list, who on the effective date of this 
Act— 
(1) is serving on active duty in a temporary grade below vice 
admiral or lieutenant general that is higher than his permanent 
grade; or 
(2) is on a promotion list, 
shall be considered to have been recommended for promotion to the 
permanent grade equivalent to the grade in which he is serving or for 
which he has been recommended for promotion, as the case may be, 
by a board convened under section 611(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by this Act. 
O
t
>
) This section does not apply to an officer— 
(1) serving in a temporary grade which, by its own terms, is 
limited in duration; 
(2) designated for limited duty in a grade to which he was 
appointed under section 5596 of title 10, United States Code, Ante, p. 2894. 
before the effective date of this Act; or 
(3) recommended for promotion or promoted to a grade under 
section 5787 of such title, as in effect before the effective date of 
this Act. 
OFFICERS FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION 
SEC. 612. An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who on the 10 USC 611 note. 
effective date of this Act is considered to have failed of selection for 
promotion one or more times to a grade below the grade of captain, in 
the case of an officer of the Navy, or below the grade of colonel, in the 
case of an officer of the Marine Corps, is subject to chapter 36 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by this Act, as if such failure or Ante, p. 2850. 
failures had occurred under the provisions of such chapter. 
RIGHT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS TO RETIRE UNDER PRIOR LAW 
SEC. 613. (aXD Subject to paragraph (2), an officer who on the lO use 611 note. 
effective date of this Act— 
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(A) holds the grade of lieutenant commander, commander, or 
captain in the Regular Navy or the grade of major, lieutenant 
colonel, or colonel in the Regular Marine Corps; or 
(B) is on a promotion list to any such grade, 
shall be retired on the date provided under the laws in effect on the 
day before the effective date of this Act. 
(2) This subsection does not apply to an officer— 
(A) sooner retired or separated under another provision of law; 
(B) promoted to a higher grade in the Regular Navy or Regular 
Marine Corps; or 
(C) continued on active duty under section 637 of title 10, 
Ante, p. 2863. 
United States Code, as added by this Act. 
Ot>)(l) An officer of the Navy who on the effective date of this Act— 
(A) has the grade of rear admiral in the Regular Navy; or 
(B) was on a promotion list to such grade, 
shall be continued on active duty or retired in accordance with the 
laws in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act. 
(2) An officer of the Marine Corps who on the effective date of this 
Act— 
(A) has the grade of brigadier general in the Regular Marine 
Corps; or 
(B) was on a promotion list to such grade, 
shall be retired in accordance with the laws in effect on the day before 
the effective date of this Act. 
TRANSITION PROVISIONS TO NEW COMMODORE ADMIRAL GRADE 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 614. (a)(1) An officer of the Navy who on the day before the 
effective date of this Act— 
(A) was serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral and 
was receiving the basic pay of a rear admiral of the upper half; or 
(B) was serving on active duty in the grade of admiral or vice 
admiral and would have been entitled to receive the basic pay of 
a rear admiral of the upper half had he not been serving in such 
grade on such date, 
shall after such date hold the permanent grade of rear admiral. 
(2) An officer of the Navy who on the day before the effective date of 
this Act— 
(A) was serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral and 
was receiving the basic pay of a rear admiral of the lower half; or 
(B) was serving on active duty in the grade of admiral or vice 
admiral and would have been entitled to receive the basic pay of 
a rear admiral of the lower half had he not been serving in such 
grade on such date, 
shall after such date hold the permanent grade of commodore 
admiral, but shall retain the title of rear admiral. 
(3) An officer who on the day before the effective date of this Act 
was on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of 
rear admiral shall, upon promotion, hold the grade of commodore 
admiral with the title of rear admiral. 
(b) An officer who on the day before the effective date of this Act— 
(1) was serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral and 
was entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the lower half; 
or 
(2) was on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the 
grade of rear admiral, 
shall, on and after the effective date of this Act, or in the case of an 
officer on such a list, upon promotion to the grade of commodore 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2947 
admiral, be entitled to wear the uniform and insignia of a rear 
admiral. 
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, an officer of the Navy who 
on the day before the effective date of this Act held the grade of rear 
admiral on the retired list or the temporary disability retired list 
retains the grade of rear admiral and is entitled after such date to 
wear the uniform and insignia of a rear admiral. Such an officer, 
when ordered to active duty— 
(1) holds the grade and has the right to wear the uniform and 
insignia of a rear admiral; and 
(2) ranks among commissioned officers of the armed forces as 
and is entitled to the basic pay of— 
(A) a commodore admiral, if his retired pay was based on 
the basic pay of a rear admiral of the lower half on the day 
before the effective date of this Act; or 
(B) a rear admiral, if his retired pay was based on the basic 
pay of a rear admiral of the upper half on the day before the 
effective date of this Act. 
(d)(1) An officer of the Navy who— 
(A) on the effective date of this Act— 
(i) was serving on active duty in the grade of rear admiral 
and was entitled to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the 
lower half or was serving on active duty in the grade of 
admiral or vice admiral and would have been entitled to 
receive the basic pay of a rear admiral of the lower half had 
he not been serving in such grade on such date; or 
(ii) was on a list of officers recommended for promotion to 
the grade of rear admiral; and 
(B) after such date holds the permanent grade of commodore 
admiral pursuant to subsection (a), 
shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 36 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by this Act, relating to selection for promotion Ante, p. 2850. 
and promotion to the next higher grade. 
(2) Officers to whom this subsection applies become entitled to hold 
the permanent grade of rear admiral under the circumstances 
prescribed for entitlement to the basic pay of a rear admiral of the 
upper half under the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of 
section 202 of title 37, United States Code, as in effect on the day 
before the effective date of this Act. For the purposes of this 
subsection, officers serving in the permanent grade of rear admiral or 
commodore admiral in accordance with subsection (a) shall be consid-
ered as serving in the grade of rear admiral, as such grade was in 
effect on the day before the effective date of this Act. 
(e) Unless entitled to a higher grade under another provision of 
law, an officer of the Navy who on the day before the effective date of 
this Act— 
(1) was serving on active duty; and 
(2) held the grade of rear admiral; 
and who retires on or after the effective date of this Act, retires in the 
grade of rear admiral and is entitled to wear the uniform and insignia 
of a rear admiral. If such an officer is ordered to active duty after his 
retirement, he is considered, for the purposes of determining his pay, 
uniform and insignia, and rank among other commissioned officers, 
as having held the grade of rear admiral on the retired list on the day 
before the effective date of this Act. 
(f) A reserve officer of the Navy who on the day before the effective 
date of this Act was in an active status and was serving in the grade of 
rear admiral or was on a list of reserve officers recommended for 
94 STAT. 2948 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
promotion to the grade of rear admiral is not subject to subsection (f) 
Ante, p. 2900. 
of section 6389 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this Act. 
FEMALE OFFICERS 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC, 615. (a) Except as provided under subsection (c), each regular 
officer who on the effective date of this Act is serving on the active list 
in the line of the Navy or on the active list of the Marine Corps under 
an appointment made under section 5590 of title 10, United States 
Ante, p. 2903. 
Code, shall be reappointed in the line of the Navy or in the Marine 
Corps, as appropriate, in the grade and with the date of rank held by 
such officer immediately before such reappointment. Each such 
reappointment shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 
such title as amended by this Act but notwithstanding any limitation 
otherwise applicable with regard to age, grade, or physical standards. 
Ot)) Each officer of the Navy who on the effective date of this Act is 
serving in a staff corps under an appointment made under section 
5590 of title 10, United States Code, shall be reappointed in that corps 
in the grade and with the date of rank held by such officer 
immediately before such reappointment. Each such reappointment 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of such title as 
amended by this Act but notwithstanding any limitation otherwise 
applicable with regard to age, grade, or physical standards. 
(c) Any officer who on the effective date of this Act is serving on the 
active list in the line of the Navy under an appointment made under 
section 5590 of title 10, United States Code, and who meets the 
qualifications for appointment in a staff corps of the Navy may, in 
lieu of being reappointed in the line of the Navy under subsection (a), 
be appointed in that staff corps. 
(d) Each officer reappointed in a staff corps pursuant to subsection 
Ot)) or appointed in a staff corps under subsection (c) shall be 
considered for all purposes as having been originally appointed in 
such staff corps in accordance with the provisions of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by this Act. 
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all provisions 
of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and retire-
ment which are applicable to male officers of the Regular Navy or 
Regular Marine Corps, as appropriate, apply to officers reappointed 
pursuant to subsection (a) or Ot)) or appointed under subsection (c). 
(fXD As soon as practicable after completion of the appointments 
and reappointments provided for in subsections (a), Ot)), and (c), the 
name of each officer so appointed or reappointed shall be entered on 
the appropriate active-duty list of the Navy or the Marine Corps in a 
position among officers of her grade determined in accordance with 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. Such officers 
shall be placed on the appropriate active-duty list without change in 
their relative positions held on the lineal list or any list for promotion 
established for them while they were serving under an appointment 
under any provision of title 10, United States Code, repealed by this 
Act. 
(2) Any female officer— 
(A) who, by virtue of her date of rank and other considerations, 
would be placed on a list of officers eligible for consideration for 
promotion in a position senior to an officer who has failed of 
selection for promotion one or more times; and 
(B) who is considered to have failed of selection for promotion 
once or is considered to have never fguled of selection for 
promotion. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2949 
shall, for purposes of determining her eligibility for consideration for 
promotion to the next higher grade, be considered with those officers 
who are considered to have failed of selection for promotion once, or 
who are considered never to have failed of selection for promotion, as 
the case may be. 
(3) A female officer who is considered to have failed of selection for 
promotion one or more times and whose position on the active-duty 
list is junior to the position of any male officer who is considered to 
have failed of selection for promotion a fewer number of times or not 
at all may not derive any advantage in the selection process by virtue 
of such position on the active-duty list. 
(g) Except as provided in section 638 of title 10, United States Code, ^nte, p. 2864. 
as added by this Act, a regular officer of the Navy or Marine Corps 
appointed under section 5590 of such title who— 
Ante, p. 2903. 
(1) before the effective date of this Act had not twice failed of 
selection for promotion to the next higher grade; and 
(2) is not selected for promotion to a higher regular grade on or 
after such effective date, 
may not be retired earlier than such officer would have been retired 
had this Act not been enacted. 
(h)(1) Any officer who— 
(A) on the effective date of this Act is a lieutenant in the Navy 
or a captain in the Marine Corps; 
(B) under section 6396(c) or 6401 of title 10, United States Code 
(as in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act), would 
have been discharged on June 30 of the fiscal year in which that 
officer (i) was not on a promotion list, and (ii) had completed 13 
years of active commissioned service; and 
(C) because of the enactment of this Act, is subject to discharge 
under section 632 of such title because such officer has twice Ante, p. 2862. 
failed of selection for promotion, 
shall, if such officer has not completed 13 years of active commis-
sioned service at the time otherwise prescribed for the discharge of 
such officer under such section and such officer so requests, not be 
discharged until June 30 of the fiscal year in which the officer 
completes 13 years of active commissioned service. 
(2) Any officer who— 
(A) on the effective date of this Act is a lieutenant (junior 
grade) in the Navy or a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps; 
(B) under section 6396(d) or 6402 of title 10, United States Code 
(as in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act), would 
have been discharged on June 30 of the fiscal year in which that 
officer (i) was not on a promotion list, and (ii) had completed 7 
years of active commissioned service; and 
(C) because of the enactment of this Act, is subject to discharge 
under section 631 of such title because such officer has twice Ante, p. 2861. 
failed of selection for promotion, 
shall, if that officer has not completed 7 years of active commissioned 
service at the time otherwise prescribed for such discharge under 
such section and such officer so requests, not be discharged until June 
30 of the fiscal year in which the officer completes 7 years of active 
commissioned service. 
LIMITED-DUTY OFFICERS 
SEC. 616. An officer of the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps 10 USC 611 note. 
who on the effective date of this Act is an officer who was designated 
for limited duty before that date under section 5589 of title 10, United 
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94 STAT. 2950 
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Ante, pp. 2893, 
States Code, is subject to section 6383 of such title (as in effect on the 
^^^^- 
day before the effective date of this Act), unless promoted to a higher 
Ante, p. 2850. 
permanent grade under chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by this Act. 
CERTAIN NAVY UEUTENANTS HOLDING TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN 
THE GRADE OF UEUTENANT COMMANDER 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 617. Any officer who on the effective date of this Act holds a 
temporary appointment in the grade of lieutenant commander under 
section 5787d of title 10, United States Code, shall on and after such 
date be considered to be serving in such grade as if such appointment 
had been made under section 5721 of such title, as added by this Act. 
DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND REPORTS OF THE NAVY 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 618. (a) An officer of the Navy who on the day before the 
effective date of this Act was serving on active duty and entitled to 
rank and privileges of retirement under section 5064 of title 10, 
United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of 
this Act, shall have his rank and retirement privileges determined 
under the laws in effect on such date. 
PART C—GENERAL TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
ESTABUSHMENT OF INITIAL ACTIVE-DUTY USTS 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 621. (aXD Not later than 6 months after the effective date of 
this Act, all officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps 
who are required to be placed on the active-duty list for their armed 
Ante, p. 2850. 
force under chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this 
Act, shall be placed on such list with the same relative seniority 
which they held on the day before the effective date of this Act. An 
officer placed on an active-duty list under this section shall be 
considered to have been placed on such list as of the effective date of 
this Act. 
Ante, p. 2855. 
(2) Regulations prescribed under section 620 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by this Act, shall be applicable to the placement 
of officers on the active-duty list under paragraph (1). 
O
b
) In order to maintain the relative seniority sunong officers of the 
Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as it existed on the day 
before the effective date of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned may, during the 1-year period beginning on 
the effective date of this Act, adjust the date of rank of any officer of 
such armed force who was serving on active duty on such effective 
date. The authority of the Secretary concerned under this section 
shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense which shall apply uniformly among the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, and Marine Corps. 
OFFICERS SERVING IN THE SAME TEMPORARY GRADE AND PERMANENT 
GRADE; DATE OF RANK 
10 use 611 note. 
SEC. 622. (a) Any officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps who on the effective date of this Act is serving on active duty in 
a temporary grade which is the same as his permanent grade shall on 
such date be serving in such grade subject to this title and the 
amendments made by this Act. The date of rank of such officer in that 
grade is the date of his temporary appointment to that grade. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2951 
OFFICERS SERVING IN GRADES ABOVE MAJOR GENERAL OR REAR 
ADMIRAL 
SEC. 623. (a) Any officer who on the day before the effective date of 10 use 611 note. 
this Act held a temporary appointment in the grade of lieutenant 
general or general under section 3066,5232, or 8066 of title 10, United 
States Code, or a temporary appointment in the grade of vice admiral Ante, pp. 2878, 
or admiral under section 5231 of such title, shall on and after such ^^^^• 
date be considered to be serving in such grade as if such appointment 
" ^' ^' 
had been made under section 601 of such title, as added by this Act. Ante, p. 2849. 
ObXl) Any designation of a position as a position of importance and 
responsibility made by the President under section 3066 or 8066 of 
title 10, United States Code, before the effective date of this Act, shall 
remain in effect, unless changed by the President, as a designation of 
such position as a position of importance and responsibility under 
section 601 of such title, as added by this Act. 
Ante, p. 2849. 
(2) Any position held by an officer under section 5231 or 5232 of title 
10, United States Code, on the effective date of this Act shall, unless Ante, p. 2896. 
changed by the President, be deemed to be a position of importance 
and responsibility designated by the President under section 601 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
Ante, p. 2849. 
(c) Any officer who before the effective date of this Act served in the 
grade of lieutenant general, general, vice admiral, or admiral but was 
not serving in such grade on the day before the effective date of this 
Act shall for the purposes of section 1370(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by this Act, be deemed to have held such position Ante, p. 2876. 
under an appointment made under section 601 of such title, as added 
by this Act. 
Ante, p. 2849. 
YEARS OF SERVICE FOR INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OR DISCHARGE 
SEC. 624. (a) In determining whether any officer of the Army, Navy, 10 USC 611 note. 
Air Force, or Marine Corps who was on active duty on the day before 
the effective date of this Act is subject to involuntary retirement or 
discharge under chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as added Ante, p. 2850. 
by this Act, the years of service of the officer for such purpose shall be 
computed by adding— 
(1) the amount of service creditable to such officer on the day 
before the effective date of this Act for the purpose of determin-
ing whether the officer is subject to involuntary retirement or 
discharge; and 
(2) all subsequent active commissioned service of such officer. 
(h) In the case of an officer for whom no means of computing service 
creditable in determining whether the officer is subject to involun-
tary retirement or discharge existed under the law in effect on the 
day before the effective date of this Act, the amount of creditable 
service of such officer for such purpose for the period before the 
effective date of this Act shall be determined under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, except that such an officer 
may not be credited with an amount of service less than the amount 
of his active commissioned service. 
SAVINGS PROVISION FOR CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED 
SEC. 625. (a) The amendments made by this Act do not affect the 10 USC 611 note, 
crediting of years of service to any person who on the day before the 
effective date of this Act— 
seq. 
94 STAT. 2952 
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(1) had been credited with years of service upon an original 
appointment as an officer or after such an appointment; or 
(2) was participating in a program leading to an appointment 
as an officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps and 
the crediting of years of service. 
G))(l) Any officer who on the effective date of this Act is an officer of 
the Army or Navy in the Medical or Dental Corps of his armed force, 
an officer of the Air Force designated as a medical or dental officer, or 
an officer of the Public Health Service commissioned as a medical or 
dental officer is entitled to include in the years of service creditable to 
him for the computation of basic pay and retired pay the years of 
service creditable to him for such purposes under clauses (7) and (8) of 
section 205(a) of title 37, United States Code, as in effect on the day 
before the effective date of this Act. 
(2) Any person who on the day before the effective date of this Act 
was enrolled in the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
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Sciences under chapter 104 of this title or the Armed Forces Health 
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Professions Scholarship Program under chapter 105 of this title and 
who on or after the effective date of this Act graduates from such 
University or completes such program, as the case may be, and is 
appointed in one of the categories specified in paragraph (1) is 
entitled to include in the years of service creditable to him for the 
computation of basic pay and retired pay the years of service that 
would have been credited to him under clauses (7) and (8) of section 
205(a) of title 37, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this Act, had such clauses not been repealed by this 
Act. 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO YEARS OF SERVICE 
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SEC. 626. (a) For the purpose of computing the years of service for 
pay and allowances of an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps, including retired pay, severance pay, readjustment 
pay, separation pay, and basic pay, the total years of service of such 
officer shall be computed by adding to that service so creditable on 
the day before the effective date of this Act all subsequent service as 
computed under title 10, United States Code, as amended by this Act. 
(b) An officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who 
was on active duty on the effective date of this Act and who is retired 
Ante, p. 2850. 
under any provision of chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by this Act, shall be entitled to retired pay in an amount equal 
to not less than 50 percent of the basic pay upon which his retired pay 
is based. 
(c) The service that an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
Marine Corps has in a particular grade is the sum o
f
— 
(A) the years, months, and days of service in that grade accrued 
under the laws in effect before the effective date of this Act; and 
(B) the years, months, and days of service in that grade accrued 
under the laws in effect on and after the effective date of this Act. 
TRANSITION TO OFFICER GRADE-STRENGTH TABLES DURING FISCAL YEAR 
1981 
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SEC. 627. For the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1981, the 
maximum number of officers authorized to be serving on active duty 
as of the end of such fiscal year in each of the grades of major, 
lieutenant colonel, and colonel for the Army, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps, and in each of the grades of lieutenant commander. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2953 
commander, and captain for the Navy, under section 523 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by this Act, is increased by the number ^«^«. P- 2842. 
equal to one-half the difference between (1) the actual number of 
officers of that armed force serving on active duty in that grade on 
September 30, 1980 (excluding officers in categories specified in 
subsection (h) of such section), and (2) the number specified in the 
table contained in such section for such armed force and grade based 
upon the total number of commissioned officers of such armed force 
on active duty on September 30,1981 (excluding officers in categories 
specified in subsection (b) of such section). 
RIGHT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH PERMANENT ENLISTED OR 
WARRANT OFFICER STATUS TO RETIRE IN HIGHEST ENLISTED OR WAR-
RANT OFFICER GRADE HELD 
SEC. 628. (a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine l
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Corps who— 
(1) on the day before the effective date of this Act had a 
permanent status as an enlisted member or as a warrant officer 
(or had a statutory right to be enlisted or to be appointed as a 
warrant officer) and was serving as an officer under a temporary 
appointment; and 
(2) on or after the effective date of this Act and before 
completing 10 years of commissioned service for purposes of 
retirement eligibility under section 3911, 6323, or 8911 of title 10, 
United States Code, completes 20 years of total service, as 
determined under section 1405 of such title, 
Ante, p. 2877. 
is entitled to retire or transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine 
Corps Reserve in the highest grade he held as an enlisted member or 
a warrant officer. 
SAVINGS PROVISION FOR RETIRED GRADE FOR OFFICERS NOT SUBSE-
QUENTLY PROMOTED 
SEC. 629. In applying section 1370(a)(2) of 
title 10, United States Code, l
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as added by this Act, to an officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or ^"*^' P
- ^^^^• 
Marine Corps who was on active duty on the day before the effective 
date of this Act and who on or after the effective date of this Act is not 
promoted to a grade higher than the grade he held on the day before 
the effective date of this Act or, in the case of an officer who was on a 
list of officers recommended for promotion on such date, is not 
promoted to a grade higher than the grade to which he was recom-
mended for promotion, "two years" shall be substituted for "three 
years". 
EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS FROM SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 630. An officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps lO use 611 note. 
who was recommended for continuation on the active list under the 
Act entitled "An Act to provide improved opportunity for promotion 
for certain officers in the naval service, and for other purposes", 
approved August 11,1959 (Public Law 86-155; 10 U.S.C. 5701 note), or 
under section 10 of the Act entitled "An Act relating to the promotion 
and separation of certain officers of the regular components of the 
armed forces", approved July 12, 1960 (Public Law 86-616; 10 U.S.C. 
3297 note), is not subject to section 638 of title 10, United States Code, Ante. p. 2864. 
as added by this Act, relating to selective early retirement. 
94 STAT. 2954 
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SAVINGS PROVISION FOR ENTITLEMENT TO READJUSTMENT PAY OR 
SEVERANCE PAY UNDER PRIOR PROVISIONS OF LAW 
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SEC. 631. (a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine 
Corps who— 
(1) w£is on active duty (other than for training) on the day 
before the effective date of this Act; and 
(2) after such date is involuntarily discharged or released from 
active duty under any provision of title 10, United States Code, as 
in effect on or after such date, 
is entitled to receive any readjustment payment or severance pay to 
which he would have been entitled under laws in effect on the day 
before the effective date of this Act. 
OJ) If a member to whom subsection (a) applies is eligible to receive 
Ante, p. 2870. 
separation pay under section 1174 of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by this Act, the member may not receive both a readjustment 
payment or severance pay under laws in effect on the day before the 
effective date of this Act and separation pay under such section, but 
shall elect which he will receive. If the member fails to make an 
election in a timely manner, he shall be paid the amount which is 
more favorable to him. 
OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN GRADE ABOVE GENERAL 
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SEC. 632. Section 1251 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
Ante, p. 2875. 
^j^jg ^^.^^ relating to mandatory retirement for age, shall not apply to 
any officer who on the effective date of this Act was on active duty in 
a grade above general. 
DEFINITIONS 
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SEC. 633. For the purposes of this title: 
(1) The term "officer" does not include warrant officers. 
(2) The term "active-duty list" means the active-duty list 
established by the Secretary of the military department con-
Ante, p. 2855. 
cerned pursuant to section 620 of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by this Act. 
PART D—ADJUSTMENTS TO TRANSITION PROVISIONS FOR HEALTH 
PROFESSIONALS SPECIAL PAY 
PRESERVATION OF ENTITLEMENT FOR RESERVE MEDICAL OFFICERS 
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SEC. 641. Any person-
C
D who before June 30,1980, served on active duty for not less 
than one year as a reserve officer of the Medical Corps of the 
Army or the Medical Corps of the Navy, as a reserve officer of the 
Air Force designated as a medical officer, or as a reserve medical 
officer of the Public Health Service; and 
(2) who after having so served on active duty for not less than 
one year received special pay under section 302 of title 37, United 
States Code, as in effect during the period beginning on May 6, 
1974, and ending on June 30, 1980, for service performed during 
such period, 
shall be considered to have been entitled to such pay as if that part of 
such section, as in effect during such period, which read "who is on 
active duty for a period of at least one year" read "who has served on 
active duty for not less than one year". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
94 STAT. 2955 
PRESERVATION OF LEVEL OF PAY FOR SENIOR DENTAL OFFICERS 
SEC. 642. (a) Any officer of the Dental Corps of the Army or the 1
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C 611 note. 
Dental Corps of the Navy, and any officer of the Air Force designated 
as a dental officer, who was serving on active duty as such an officer 
on September 30,1979, and who completes 20 years of active service 
after such date is entitled, while serving on active duty, to receive for 
any period after he completes such 20 years of service a total amount 
of basic pay and special pay paid under section 311 of title 37, United 
States Code, in an amount not less than the sum o
f
— 
(1) the amount of 
basic pay which such officer would be entitled 
to receive if the rates of basic pay in effect on October 1,1979, had 
continued in effect; and 
(2) the amount of special pay under section 311 of such title 
which such officer would be entitled to receive under the regula-
tions of the Secretary of Defense in effect on September 30,1979, 
if such regulations had continued in effect. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, special pay under section 311 of 
title 37, United States Code, shall be determined— 
(1) on a monthly, rather than an annual, basis; and 
(2) based on the rates of basic pay in effect on October 1,1979. 
TITLE Vn—EFFECTIVE DATES AND GENERAL SAVINGS 
PROVISIONS 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 701. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the lo use loi note. 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on September 15, 
1981. 
(bXD The authority to prescribe regulations under the amend-
ments made by titles I through FV and under the provisions of title VI 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The amendment made by section 415 shall take effect as of Ante, p. 2906. 
July 1,1980. 
(3) The amendments made by part B of title V shall take effect on Ante, p. 2920. 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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of 
this Act. 
PRESERVATION OF SUSPENDED STATUS OF LAW IN SUSPENDED STATUS 
ON EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 702. If a provision of law that is in a suspended status on the lo use loi note. 
day before the effective date of this Act is amended by this Act, the 
suspended status of that provision is not affected by that amendment. 
94 STAT. 2956 
PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980 
GENERAL SAVINGS PROVISION 
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SEC. 703. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act do not affect rights 
and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceed-
ings that were begun before the effective date of this Act. 
Approved December 12, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1462 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-375 (Comm. on Armed Services). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): Nov. 30, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 126 (1980): Nov. 17, considered and passed House, amended. 
Nov. 21, Senate concurred in House amendment.