Volume 75
Public Law 87–143
To amend sections 3253 and 8253 of title 10, United States Code.
Approved August 17, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend sections 3253 and 8253 of title 10, United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
Section 3253(c) is amended to read as follows:
“(c) In time of peace, no person may be accepted for original enlistment in the Army unless he is a citizen of the United States or has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence
under the applicable provisions of chapter 12 of title 8.”
Section 8253(c) is amended to read as follows:
“(c) In time of peace, no person may be accepted for original enlistment in the Air Force unless he is a citizen of the United States or has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the applicable provisions of chapter 12 of title 8.”
Approved August 17, 1961.