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10 U.S.C. 1405: Years of service

Created in 1958 by Public Law 85-422. Changed by 12 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

8 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 1175, 10 U.S.C. 1414, 10 U.S.C. 7361, 10 U.S.C. 7362, 10 U.S.C. 9361.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2021

    • Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ", Air Force, or Space Force" for "or Air Force". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c)

    2001

    • Pub. L. 107–107 substituted "October 5, 1994," for "the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995,". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002) Law text · (c)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–106, as amended by Pub. L. 104–201, substituted "Made Up or Excluded" for "Made Up" in heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted "section 972(a) of this title, or required to be made up by an enlisted member of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard u… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996) Law text · (c)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–337, §1662(j)(3), substituted "12733" for "1333" and "12731" for "1331". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 103–337, §635(d), added subsec. (c). · (c)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–348 designated existing provision as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and in provision preceding par. (1) substituted "the computation of the years of service of a member of the armed forces under a provision of this title providing for such computation to be made under this section, the y…

    1982

    • Pub. L. 97–295, §1(17), substituted "3991 (formula A), 3992 (formula B)" for "3991 (formula B)", struck out "or" first time appearing, and substituted "8991 (formula A), or 8992 (formula B)" for "8991 (formula B)".

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–513 struck out provisions that permitted the crediting of certain periods of constructive service in computing the retired pay of medical and dental officers and provided that members would compute their years of service for retirement pay by adding (1) years of active service, (2) years…

    1967

    • Pub. L. 90–130 struck out references to section 6399(c)(2) of this title.

    1962

    • Pub. L. 87–651 struck out references to sections 6391(h) and 6394(g)(2) of this title and inserted a reference to section 6394(h) of this title.
    • Pub. L. 87–649 substituted "section 205(a)(7) and (8) of title 37" for "section 233(a)(7) of title 37" in cl. (2).

    1958

    • Pub. L. 85–861 inserted references to sections 6323(e) and 6391(h) of this title.

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.