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10 U.S.C. § 12201

Reserve officers: qualifications for appointment

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

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Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary concerned shall prescribe physical, mental, moral, professional, and age qualifications for the appointment of persons as Reserves of the armed forces under his jurisdiction. However, no person may be appointed as a Reserve unless he is at least 18 years of age and—

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.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. 96-513(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. 100-180(H.R. 1748)1987-12-04
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • 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. 104-106(S. 1124)1996-02-10
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
    House: 287–129Senate: 56–34
  • Amended byPub. L. 108-375(H.R. 4200)2004-10-28
    Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
    House: 359–14Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-383(H.R. 6523)2011-01-07
    Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011
    House: 341–48Senate: no recorded tally