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10 U.S.C. § 8372

Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps; officers designated for limited duty: retirement for length of service or failures of selection for promotion; discharge for failures of selection for promotion; reversion to prior status; retired grade; retired pay

United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective

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10 U.S.C. § 8372, Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps; officers designated for limited duty: retirement for length of service or failures of selection for promotion; discharge for failures of selection for promotion; reversion to prior status; retired grade; retired pay, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/435709
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Except as provided in subsection (k), each regular officer of the Navy designated for limited duty who is serving in the grade of commander, has failed of selection for promotion to the grade of captain for the second time, and is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of captain shall— Each officer retired under subsection (a) or (b)— An officer described in this paragraph is an officer who—

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 96-342(H.R. 6974)1980-09-08
    Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-513(S. 1918)1980-12-12
    An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-94(S. 675)1983-09-24
    Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-525(H.R. 5167)1984-10-19
    Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-348(H.R. 4420)1986-07-01
    Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-510(H.R. 4739)1990-11-05
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
    House: 270–156Senate: 80–17
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-484(H.R. 5006)1992-10-23
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
    House: 304–100Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-160(H.R. 2401)1993-11-30
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
    House: 273–135Senate: 77–22
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-337(S. 2182)1994-10-05
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
    House: 280–137Senate: 80–18
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-261(H.R. 3616)1998-10-17
    Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
    House: 373–50Senate: 96–2
  • Amended byPub. L. 115-232(H.R. 5515)2018-08-13
    John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
    House: 359–54Senate: 87–10
  • Amended byPub. L. 118-31(H.R. 2670)2023-12-22
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
    House: 310–118Senate: 87–13
  • Amended byPub. L. 118-159(H.R. 5009)2024-12-23
    Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025
    House: 281–140Senate: no recorded tally