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10 U.S.C. 2126: Members of the program: service credit

Created in 1972 by Public Law 92-426. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 2114, 10 U.S.C. 12732.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–65, §544(1), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "Service credited under paragraph (1) counts only for the following purposes: (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 106–65, §544(1), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: "For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), a member may be credited in accordance with paragraph (1) with not more than 50 points for each year of participation in a course of study that the member… (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 106–65, §544(2), (3), added par. (5) and redesignated former par. (5) as (6). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (b), (6)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–201 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted "Except as provided in subsection (b), service performed" for "Service performed", and added subsec. (b). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) Law text

    1980

    • Cl. (2). Pub. L. 96–513 struck out ", other than subsection (a)(7) and (8)," after "section 205".

    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.