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[CITE: 10USC14907]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
  PART III--PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-
                               STATUS LIST
 
 CHAPTER 1411--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION
 
Sec. 14907. Army National Guard of the United States and Air 
        National Guard of the United States: discharge and withdrawal of 
        Federal recognition of officers absent without leave
        
    (a) Authority To Withdraw Federal Recognition.--If an officer of the 
Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of 
the United States has been absent without leave for three months, the 
Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as appropriate, 
may--
        (1) terminate the reserve appointment of the officer; and
        (2) withdraw the officer's Federal recognition as an officer of 
    the National Guard.

    (b) Discharge From Reserve Appointment.--An officer of the Army 
National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the 
United States whose Federal recognition as an officer of the National 
Guard is withdrawn under section 323(b) of title 32 shall be discharged 
from the officer's appointment as a reserve officer of the Army or the 
Air Force, as the case may be.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2960.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
sections 3820(a), (b) and 8820 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
103-337, Sec. 1629(a)(2), (c)(2).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12683 of this title.
