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[CITE: 10USC8252]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                        CHAPTER 833--ENLISTMENTS
 
Sec. 8252. Regular Air Force: gender-free basis for acceptance 
        of original enlistments
        
    In accepting persons for original enlistment in the Regular Air 
Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may not--
        (1) set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who may be 
    accepted for such an enlistment according to gender for skill 
    categories or jobs; or
        (2) in any other way base the acceptance of a person for such an 
    enlistment on gender.

(Added Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title V, Sec. 522(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 
102 Stat. 1973; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1052(40), 
Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2501.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8252, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 503, 
provided that temporary enlistments could be made only in Air Force 
without specification of component, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90-235, 
Sec. 2(a)(4)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 756.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-484 substituted ``In'' for ``(a) Except as 
provided in subsection (b), in'' and struck out subsec. (b) which read 
as follows: ``Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an 
enlistment specified as being for training leading to designation in a 
skill category involving duty assignments to which, under section 8549 
of this title, female members of the Air Force may not be assigned.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 522(c) of Pub. L. 100-456 provided that: ``Such section [10 
U.S.C. 8252] shall apply with respect to persons accepted for original 
enlistment in the Regular Air Force after September 30, 1989.''


                             Implementation

    Section 522(b) of Pub. L. 100-456 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
the Air Force shall develop a methodology for implementing section 8252 
of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later 
than October 1, 1989.''
