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5 U.S.C. 8440e: Members of the uniformed services

Created in 1999 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65). Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 1409, 10 U.S.C. 12739, 14 U.S.C. 2504, 37 U.S.C. 211, 37 U.S.C. 356.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (2).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2015

    • Pub. L. 114–92, §632(a)(1), added pars. (1) to (4) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which defined "member" and "basic pay", respectively. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 114–92, §632(a)(2), amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) read as follows: "Except as provided in section 211(d) of title 37, no contribution under section 8432(c) of this title may be made for the benefit of a member making contributions to the Thrift … (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016) Law text · (e)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–469 substituted "as provided under section 8432(b)" for "only during a period provided under section 8432(b), subject to the same conditions as prescribed under paragraph (2) (A)–(D) thereof". Law text · (b)

    2000

    • Pub. L. 106–398 substituted "as of the effective date that applies with respect to such individual under section 663 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000" for "as of the effective date described in paragraph (1) of section 663(a) of the National Defen… (Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, §138(a)(6)(A)], substituted "the maximum percentage of such member's basic pay for such pay period allowable under section 8440f." for "5 percent of such member's basic pay for such pay period." (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, §138(a)(6)(B)], substituted "the maximum percentage of such member's compensation for such pay period (received under such section 206) allowable under section 8440f." for "5 percent of such compensation, payable to such member for such… (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) Law text · (d)

    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.