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[CITE: 10USC6915]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                    PART III--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
                CHAPTER 601--OFFICER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 6915. Reserve student aviation pilots; reserve aviation 
        pilots: appointments in commissioned grade
        
    (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, 
enlisted members of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve may 
be designated as student aviation pilots.
    (b) A member who is not a qualified civilian aviator may not be 
designated as a student aviation pilot unless he agrees in writing, with 
the consent of his parent or guardian if he is a minor, to serve on 
active duty for a period of two years after successfully completing 
flight training, unless sooner released. Such a student aviation pilot 
may be released from active duty or discharged at any time by any 
administrative authority prescribed by the Secretary.
    (c) If he is a qualified civilian aviator, a student aviation pilot 
may be given a brief refresher course in flight training.
    (d) While he is in flight training, a student aviation pilot shall 
have uniforms and equipment issued to him at Government expense.
    (e) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a student 
aviation pilot of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve may be 
designated an aviation pilot upon successfully completing flight 
training.
    (f) In time of peace, an aviation pilot who is obligated under 
subsection (b) to serve on active duty for a period of two years may 
serve, with his consent, for an additional period of not more than two 
years.
    (g) An aviation pilot of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps 
Reserve may be released from active duty or discharged at any time by 
any administrative authority prescribed by the Secretary.
    (h) An aviation pilot of the Naval Reserve or the Marine Corps 
Reserve may, if qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, 
be appointed an ensign in the Naval Reserve or a second lieutenant in 
the Marine Corps Reserve, as appropriate.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 427; Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14c(51), 
Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 513(21), Dec. 
12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2932.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6915..................................  34 U.S.C. 841a-841e.                 No
v. 5, 1941, ch. 468, Secs.  1-5,
                                                                              5
5 Stat. 759.
                                        34 U.S.C. 841h.                      No
v. 5, 1941, ch. 468, Sec.  8;
                                                                              a
dded Aug. 4, 1942, ch. 547, Sec.
                                                                              1
5(h), 56 Stat. 740.
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    In subsection (a) the authority to designate student aviation pilots 
is expressly set forth.
    The portion of 34 U.S.C. 841h that provides that student aviation 
pilots who are qualified civilian aviators shall be given a brief 
refresher course in flight training is contained in subsection (c). The 
remainder of 34 U.S.C. 841h, which provides that such pilots shall not 
be considered as having been designated pursuant to 34 U.S.C. 841a-841h, 
is reflected in subsection (b) by making that subsection applicable only 
to student aviation pilots who are not qualified civilian aviators. No 
other consequences attach to designation as student aviation pilots 
under the particular provisions. In subsection (b) the word 
``continuous'' is omitted as covered by the word ``period'', and the 
subsection is written as a condition precedent to designation, because 
it is so interpreted.
    In subsection (c) the words ``enlisted in or transferred to pilot 
ratings'' are omitted as surplusage.
    Subsection (e) states expressly the authority to designate aviation 
pilots, which is implied in 34 U.S.C. 841a, 841b, and 841d.
    In subsection (f) the words ``pay grade E-5'' are substituted for 
the words ``third grade'' in 34 U.S.C. 841b to conform to the 
terminology of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 231 et 
seq.).
    In subsection (h) the words ``of the Naval Reserve or the Marine 
Corps Reserve'' are substituted for the words ``designated as such in 
accordance with sections 841a and 841b of this title'' for uniformity.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsecs. (f) to (i). Pub. L. 96-513 redesignated subsecs. (g), 
(h), and (i) as (f), (g), and (h), respectively.
    1962--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 87-649 repealed subsec. (f) which 
provided that while on active duty, an aviation pilot of the Naval 
Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve is entitled to the pay of an 
enlisted member in pay grade E-5 or that of his grade, whichever is 
greater. See section 201 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the 
Uniformed Services.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 
of Pub. L. 87-649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 
101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
