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[CITE: 10USC2104]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
          CHAPTER 103--SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
 
Sec. 2104. Advanced training; eligibility for

    (a) Advanced training shall be provided to eligible members of the 
program and, if the institution concerned so requests, to eligible 
applicants for membership in the program.
    (b) To be eligible for continuation, or initial enrollment, in the 
program for advanced training, a person must--
        (1) be a citizen of the United States;
        (2) be selected for advanced training under procedures 
    prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned;
        (3) enlist in a reserve component of an armed force under the 
    jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned 
    for the period prescribed by the Secretary;
        (4) contract, with the consent of his parent or guardian if he 
    is a minor, with the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
    or his designated representative, to serve for the period required 
    by the program;
        (5) agree in writing that he will accept an appointment, if 
    offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or 
    Marine Corps, as the case may be, and that he will serve in the 
    armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary;
        (6) either--
            (A) complete successfully--
                (i) the first two years of a four-year Senior Reserve 
            Officers' Training Corps course; or
                (ii) field training or a practice cruise of a duration 
            which is prescribed by the Secretary concerned as a 
            preliminary requirement for admission to the advanced 
            course; or

            (B) at the discretion of the Secretary concerned, agree in 
        writing to complete field training or a practice cruise, as 
        prescribed by the Secretary concerned, within two years after 
        admission to the advanced course; and

        (7) execute a certificate of loyalty in such form as the 
    Secretary of Defense prescribes or take a loyalty oath as prescribed 
    by the Secretary.

    (c) A member of the program who is ineligible under subsection (b) 
for advanced training shall be released from the program.
    (d) This section does not apply to cadets and midshipmen appointed 
under section 2107, or foreign students enrolled under section 2103(b), 
of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 88-647, title II, Sec. 201(1), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 
1065; amended Pub. L. 98-94, title X, Sec. 1003(a)(2), Sept. 24, 1983, 
97 Stat. 656; Pub. L. 98-525, title V, Sec. 543(a), title XIV, 
Sec. 1401(h), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2530, 2619; Pub. L. 104-106, div. 
A, title V, Sec. 544, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 317.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in subsec. (b)(7) of this section were 
contained in the following appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(h) [title VIII, Sec. 8018], Oct. 
12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1926.
    Pub. L. 98-212, title VII, Sec. 722, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1442.
    Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title VII, Sec. 722], Dec. 21, 
1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1854.
    Pub. L. 97-114, title VII, Sec. 722, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1582.
    Pub. L. 96-527, title VII, Sec. 723, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3085.
    Pub. L. 96-154, title VII, Sec. 723, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1156.
    Pub. L. 95-457, title VIII, Sec. 823, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1248.
    Pub. L. 95-111, title VIII, Sec. 822, Sept. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 903.
    Pub. L. 94-419, title VII, Sec. 722, Sept. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1295.
    Pub. L. 94-212, title VII, Sec. 722, Feb. 9, 1976, 90 Stat. 172.
    Pub. L. 93-437, title VIII, Sec. 822, Oct. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 1228.
    Pub. L. 93-238, title VII, Sec. 723, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1042.
    Pub. L. 92-570, title VII, Sec. 723, Oct. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 1200.
    Pub. L. 92-204, title VII, Sec. 723, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 731.
    Pub. L. 91-668, title VIII, Sec. 823, Jan. 11, 1971, 84 Stat. 2034.
    Pub. L. 91-171, title VI, Sec. 623, Dec. 29, 1969, 83 Stat. 484.
    Pub. L. 90-580, title V, Sec. 522, Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1133.
    Pub. L. 90-96, title VI, Sec. 622, Sept. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 246.
    Pub. L. 89-687, title VI, Sec. 622, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 995.
    Pub. L. 89-213, title VI, Sec. 622, Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 877.
    Pub. L. 88-446, title VI, Sec. 522, Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 478.
    Pub. L. 88-149, title V, Sec. 522, Oct. 17, 1963, 77 Stat. 267.
    Pub. L. 87-577, title V, Sec. 522, Aug. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 332.
    Pub. L. 87-144, title VI, Sec. 622, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 379.
    Pub. L. 86-601, title V, Sec. 522, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 353.
    Pub. L. 86-166, title V, Sec. 622, Aug. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 382.
    Pub. L. 85-724, title VI, Sec. 624, Aug. 22, 1958, 72 Stat. 728.
    Pub. L. 85-117, title VI, Sec. 625, Aug. 2, 1957, 71 Stat. 327.
    July 2, 1956, ch. 488, title VI, Sec. 625, 70 Stat. 471.
    July 13, 1955, ch. 358, title VI, Sec. 629, 69 Stat. 320.
    June 30, 1954, ch. 432, title VII, Sec. 731, 68 Stat. 356.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(6)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``a 
duration'' for ``not less than six weeks' duration''.
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 543(a)(1), struck out ``, 
who have at least two academic years remaining at such educational 
institution'' after ``in the program''.
    Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 543(a)(2), inserted initial 
word ``either'', redesignated existing subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) 
and (ii) of subpar. (A), and added subpar. (B).
    Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 98-525, Sec. 1401(h), added par. (7).
    1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-94 substituted ``who have at least two 
academic years'' for ``who have two academic years''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Section 543(b) of Pub. L. 98-525 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] do not constitute 
authority for the enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal year 
beginning before October 1, 1984.''
    Amendment by section 1401(h) of Pub. L. 98-525 effective Oct. 1, 
1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98-525, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 520b of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1475, 1478, 2103, 2105, 
2106, 2109 of this title; title 37 section 209.
