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5 U.S.C. 3330d: Appointment of military and Department of Defense, Department of State, and intelligence community spouses
Created in 2013 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239). Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2024
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(1), (e)(1), temporarily substituted "military and Department of Defense, Department of State, and intelligence community spouses" for "Appointment of military and Department of Defense civilian spouses" in section catchline. See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amen… (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text
- Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1), amended Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(2), (3). See 2023 Amendment notes below. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(D), (e)(1), temporarily added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which defined "remote work". See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(D), (e)(1), temporarily added par. (4). See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. Former par. (4) temporarily redesignated (6). (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(D), (e)(1), temporarily added par. (5). See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. Former par. (5) temporarily redesignated (7) as probable intent. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(C), (e)(1), temporarily redesignated par. (4) as (6). See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. Former par. (6) temporarily struck out as probable intent. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(B), (e)(1), which directed the temporary striking out of par. (5), was executed by temporarily striking out par. (6) to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(A)(i), which retroactively amended Pub. L. 118–3… (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(A), (e)(1), which directed the temporary redesignation of the second par. (4) relating to a spouse of an employee of the Department of Defense as (7), was executed by temporarily redesignating par. (5) as (7) to reflect the probable intent of Congress an… (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(2)(E), (e)(1), temporarily added par. (8). See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(3)(A), (e)(1), which directed the temporary striking out of "or" at end, could not be executed after the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(B)(ii), which retroactively amended Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(3)(A), so as to direct the same amend… (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(3)(B), (e)(1), which directed the temporary substitution of a semicolon for the period at the end of the first par. (3) relating to a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, was executed by temporarily substituting a semicolon for "; or" at t… (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(3)(D), (e)(1), temporarily inserted ", including to a position in which the spouse will engage in remote work" after "Department of Defense" and substituted "; or" for period at end. See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(3)(C), (e)(1), which directed the temporary redesignation of the second par. (3) relating to a spouse of an employee of the Department of Defense as (4), could not be executed after the intervening amendment by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(B)(iv), which retroactively amend… (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–159, §6612(a)(3)(E), (e)(1), temporarily added par. (5). See Effective and Termination Dates of 2024 Amendment note below. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (b)
2023
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(1), (d), temporarily amended section catchline, inserting "and Department of Defense civilian" after "military". See Termination Date of 2023 Amendment note below. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1112(a)(1)(A), (B), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (a), (4)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(2)(B), (d), as amended by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(A)(ii), temporarily added par. (5). See Termination Date of 2023 Amendment note below. Former par. (5) temporarily redesignated (6). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1112(a)(1)(C), added par. (5). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(2)(A), (d), as amended by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(A)(i), temporarily redesignated par. (5) as (6). See Termination Date of 2023 Amendment note below. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(3)(A), (d), as amended by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(B)(ii), temporarily struck out "or" at end. See Termination Date of 2023 Amendment note below. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(3)(B), (d), as amended by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(B)(iii), temporarily substituted "; or" for period at end. See Termination Date of 2023 Amendment note below. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1112(a)(2), added par. (3). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1119(a)(3)(C), (d), as amended by Pub. L. 118–159, §1102(c)(1)(B)(iv), temporarily added par. (4). See Termination Date of 2023 Amendment note below. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 118–31, §1112(a)(3), substituted "subsection (a)(4)" for "subsection (a)(3)". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024) Law text · (c)
2018
- Pub. L. 115–232, §573(c), amended section catchline generally, substituting "Appointment of military spouses" for "Appointment of certain military spouses". (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text
- Pub. L. 115–232, §573(a)(1), redesignated par. (6) as (3) and struck out former pars. (3) to (5) which defined geographic area of the permanent duty station, permanent change of station, and relocating spouse of a member of the Armed Forces, respectively. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §573(a)(2)–(4), added subsec. (b), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and substituted "subsection (a)(3)" for "subsection (a)(6)" in par. (1), and struck out former subsecs. (b) and (c) relating to appointment authority and special rules regarding relocating spous… (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (b), (c), (d)
2016
- Pub. L. 114–328 added par. (3). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) Law text · (c)
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.