10 U.S.C. § 12683
Reserve officers: limitation on involuntary separation
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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An officer of a reserve component who has at least five years of service as a commissioned officer may not be separated from that component without his consent except—
Subsection (a) does not apply to any of the following:
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.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
- Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999