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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 733 — Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits

§ 7252. Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service

Statutory text

An enlisted member of the Regular Army is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Army as enlisted service for all purposes.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684 · 70A Stat. 211

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7252

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684

  2. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(b)(9) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7252

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (9) Chapter 353.— Sections 3681, 3684, and 3691 are redesignated as sections 7251, 7252, and 7253, respectively.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
368410:631a (last proviso).July 14, 1939, ch. 267, § 1 (last proviso); restated May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(b) (last proviso), 68 Stat. 166.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684
  2. 2018renumbered § 7252, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(9), , 132 Stat. 1838.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684; renumbered § 7252, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(9), , 132 Stat. 1838.)

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