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[CITE: 10USC5451]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                   CHAPTER 533--DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE
 
Sec. 5451. Suspension: preceding sections

    The President, during a war or national emergency, may suspend any 
provision of the preceding sections of this chapter. Such a suspension 
may not continue beyond September 30 of the fiscal year following that 
in which the war or national emergency ends.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 312; Pub. L. 94-273, Sec. 2(3), Apr. 
21, 1976, 90 Stat. 375; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 503(22), Dec. 12, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2913; Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, Sec. 1061(a)(21), 
Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5451(a)...............................  34 U.S.C. 3e.                        Au
g. 7, 1947, ch. 512, Sec.
                                                                              4
26(c); added June 30, 1951, ch.
                                                                              1
96, Sec.  1(h), 65 Stat. 109.
5451(b)...............................  34 U.S.C. 5a-1.                      Ma
y 5, 1954, ch. 180, Sec.  403 68
                                                                              S
tat. 70.
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                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-190 substituted ``The President'' for ``(a) Except 
as provided in subsection (b), the President'' and struck out subsec. 
(b) which authorized President to suspend provisions of sections 5442, 
5443, and 5444 of this title only during war or national emergency 
declared by Congress or President after May 5, 1954.
    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-513 struck out ``relating to officers 
serving in grades above lieutenant in the Navy or captain in the Marine 
Corps'' after ``and 5444 of this title''.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-273 substituted ``September'' for 
``June''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 
701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
