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[CITE: 10USC712]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
   CHAPTER 41--SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 712. Foreign governments: detail to assist

    (a) Upon the application of the country concerned, the President, 
whenever he considers it in the public interest, may detail members of 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to assist in military 
matters--
        (1) any republic in North America, Central America, or South 
    America;
        (2) the Republic of Cuba, Haiti, or Santo Domingo; and
        (3) during a war or a declared national emergency, any other 
    country that he considers it advisable to assist in the interest of 
    national defense.

    (b) Subject to the prior approval of the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, a member detailed under this section may accept 
any office from the country to which he is detailed. He is entitled to 
credit for all service while so detailed, as if serving with the armed 
forces of the United States. Arrangements may be made by the President, 
with countries to which such members are detailed to perform functions 
under this section, for reimbursement to the United States or other 
sharing of the cost of performing such functions.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 32; Pub. L. 85-477, ch. V, 
Sec. 502(k), June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 275.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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712(a)................................  10:540 (less provisos).              Ma
y 19, 1926, ch. 334, 44 Stat,
                                        34:441a (less provisos).              5
65; May 14, 1935, ch. 109, 49
712(b)................................  10:540 (provisos).                    S
tat. 218; Oct. 1, 1942, ch. 571,
                                        34:441a (provisos).                   5
6 Stat. 763.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``and the Commonwealth of the 
Philippine Islands'', in the Act of May 19, 1926, ch. 334, added by the 
Act of May 14, 1935, ch. 109, 49 Stat. 218, are not contained in 10:540 
or 34:441a. They are also omitted from the revised section, since 
Proclamation No. 2695, effective July 4, 1946, 60 Stat. 1352 (48 U.S.C. 
1240 (note)), proclaimed the independence of the Philippine Islands. 
Similar provisions relating to the Philippines are now contained in 
section 5 of the Act of June 26, 1946, ch. 500, 60 Stat. 315. The word 
``members'' is substituted for the words ``officers and enlisted men'', 
in 10:540 and 34:441a.
    In subsection (b), the words ``entitled to credit for all service'' 
are substituted for the words ``and shall be allowed the same credit for 
longevity, retirement, and for all other purposes'', in 10:540 and 
34:441a.


                               Amendments

    1958--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-477 struck out provisions which 
authorized members of the armed forces to accept compensation or 
emoluments from countries to which they are detailed, and inserted 
provisions permitting arrangements for reimbursement or other sharing of 
cost.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Section 502(k) of Pub. L. 85-477 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective nine months after June 30, 1958.
