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[CITE: 10USC12641]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                      PART II--PERSONNEL GENERALLY
 
   CHAPTER 1219--STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION
 
Sec. 12641. Standards and procedures: Secretary to prescribe

    (a) The Secretary concerned shall, by regulation, prescribe--
        (1) standards and qualifications for the retention and promotion 
    of members of the reserve components under his jurisdiction; and
        (2) equitable procedures for the periodic determination of the 
    compliance of each such Reserve with those standards and 
    qualifications.

    (b) If a Reserve fails to comply with the standards and 
qualifications prescribed under subsection (a), he shall--
        (1) if qualified, be transferred to an inactive reserve status;
        (2) if qualified, be retired without pay; or
        (3) have his appointment or enlistment terminated.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 79, Sec. 1001; renumbered Sec. 12641 
and amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(h)(2), (4)(A), 
Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1001(a)...............................  10:1036c (1st sentence).             Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 708, Sec.  304
                                        34:440k (1st sentence).               (
less last sentence), 62 Stat.
1001(b)...............................  10:1036c (2d sentence).               1
088.
                                        34:440k (2d sentence).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``As soon as may be practicable after 
the effective date of sections 1036-1036i [440h-440q] of this title'' 
are omitted as executed. The words ``not inconsistent with said sections 
or any other Act'' and ``appropriate'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 renumbered section 1001 of this title as this 
section and substituted ``Standards and procedures: Secretary to 
prescribe'' for ``Secretary to prescribe'' as section catchline.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as 
otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103-337, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1001, 12307, 12734 of this 
title.
