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[CITE: 10USC3921]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 367--RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 3921. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United 
        States Military Academy
        
    Upon the termination of the detail of an officer to the position of 
Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, the Secretary of 
the Army shall retire the officer under any provision of this chapter 
under which that officer is eligible to retire.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(a)(1)(A), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 602.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3921, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226; 
Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 3, 80 Stat. 1115, provided for 
retirement of a promotion-list colonel, except as provided by section 
8301 of title 5, on the 30th day after he completes 30 years of service 
or the 5th anniversary of the date of his appointment in that regular 
grade, whichever is later, with authority for the Secretary of the Army 
to defer retirement in certain cases. See section 634 of this title, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-513, title II, Sec. 217(a), title VII, 
Sec. 701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981.


  Application of Section to Superintendents Serving on October 5, 1999

    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(a)(5), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 604, provided that: ``The amendments made by this subsection 
[enacting this section and sections 4333a, 6371, 6951a, 8921, and 9333a 
of this title] shall not apply to an officer serving on the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1999] in the position of Superintendent 
of the United States Military Academy, Superintendent of the United 
States Naval Academy, or Superintendent of the United States Air Force 
Academy for so long as that officer continues on and after that date to 
serve in that position without a break in service.''
