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[CITE: 10USC690]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                         CHAPTER 39--ACTIVE DUTY
 
Sec. 690. Retired members ordered to active duty: limitation on 
        number
        
    (a) General and Flag Officers.--Not more than 15 retired general 
officers of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, and not more than 15 
retired flag officers of the Navy, may be on active duty at any one 
time. For the purposes of this subsection a retired officer ordered to 
active duty for a period of 60 days or less is not counted.
    (b) Limitation by Service.--(1) Not more than 25 officers of any one 
armed force may be serving on active duty concurrently pursuant to 
orders to active duty issued under section 688 of this title.
    (2) In the administration of paragraph (1), the following officers 
shall not be counted:
        (A) A chaplain who is assigned to duty as a chaplain for the 
    period of active duty to which ordered.
        (B) A health care professional (as characterized by the 
    Secretary concerned) who is assigned to duty as a health care 
    professional for the period of the active duty to which ordered.
        (C) Any officer assigned to duty with the American Battle 
    Monuments Commission for the period of active duty to which ordered.
        (D) Any member of the Retiree Council of the Army, Navy, or Air 
    Force for the period on active duty to attend the annual meeting of 
    the Retiree Council.

    (c) Waiver for Periods of War or National Emergency.--Subsection (a) 
does not apply in time of war or of national emergency declared by 
Congress or the President after November 30, 1980. Subsection (b) does 
not apply in time of war or of national emergency declared by Congress 
or the President.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 521(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2516; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 507, Oct. 
5, 1999, 113 Stat. 591.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 690 was renumbered section 12321 of this title.
    Provisions similar to those in subsecs. (a) and (c) of this section 
were contained in section 688(c) of this title prior to repeal by Pub. 
L. 104-201, Sec. 521(a).


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 106-65 added subpar. (D).


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Sept. 30, 1997, see section 521(b) of Pub. L. 104-
201, set out as a note under section 688 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 689 of this title.
