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[CITE: 10USC1150]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
    CHAPTER 58--BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR 
                           RECENTLY SEPARATED
 
Sec. 1150. Affiliation with Guard and Reserve units: waiver of 
        certain limitations
        
    (a) Preference for Certain Persons.--A person who is separated from 
the armed forces during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and 
ending on December 31, 2001, and who applies to become a member of a 
National Guard or Reserve unit within one year after the date of such 
separation shall be given preference over other equally qualified 
applicants for existing or projected vacancies within the unit to which 
the member applies.
    (b) Limited Waiver of Strength Limitations.--Under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a person covered by subsection 
(a) who enters a National Guard or Reserve unit pursuant to an 
application described in such subsection may be retained in that unit 
for up to three years without regard to reserve-component strength 
limitations so long as the individual maintains good standing in that 
unit.
    (c) Coast Guard.--This section shall apply to the Coast Guard in the 
same manner and to the same extent as it applies to the Department of 
Defense. The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations to 
implement this section for the Coast Guard.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 502(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1557; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title V, Sec. 514, Oct. 
23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2406; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 561(j), 
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1668; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 542(a)(9), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2768; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 561(p), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2027; Pub. L. 106-398, 
Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 571(o)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 
1654A-135.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``December 31, 2001'' 
for ``September 30, 2001''.
    1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-261 substituted ``during the period 
beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on September 30, 2001'' for 
``during the nine-year period beginning on October 1, 1990''.
    1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-337 added subsec. (c).
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``nine-year period'' 
for ``five-year period''.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-484 struck out ``involuntarily'' 
after ``who is''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-337 applicable only to members of the Coast 
Guard who are separated after Sept. 30, 1994, see section 542(e) of Pub. 
L. 103-337, set out as a note under section 1141 of this title.
