10 U.S.C. § 1161
Commissioned officers: limitations on dismissal
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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No commissioned officer may be dismissed from any armed force except—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017