§ 771a. Disposition on discharge

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. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–235 § 8(1)(A) · 81 Stat. 753

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 771a

   Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 8(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 8(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) by inserting the following new section after section 771: “§ 771a. Disposition on discharge “(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession that were issued to him, other than those that he may wear from the place of discharge to his home under section 772(d) of this title, shall be retained for military use. “(b) When an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably— “(1) the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be retained for military use; “(2) under such regulations as the Secretary concerned prescribes, a suit of civilian clothing and an overcoat when necessary, both to cost not more than $30, may be issued to him; and “(3) if he would be otherwise without funds to meet his immediate needs, he may be paid an amount, fixed by the Secretary concerned, of not more than $25. “(c) When an enlisted member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard who has been called into Federal service is released from that service, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be accounted for as property issued to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, of the State or territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia of whose Army National Guard or Air National Guard he is a member, 70A Stat. 614. as prescribed in section 708 of title 32.”; and

2. 1988

   National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989

   Pub. L. 100–456 div. A title XII § 1234(a)(1) · 102 Stat. 1918

   Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 771a(c)

   Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Sections 101(3), 101(10), 101(12), 269(g), 281, 594(b), 672(d), 771a(c), 802(a)(11), 802(a)(12), 936(a), 1002(c), 3040(a), 3218, 3225, 3259, 3352(a), 3363(b), 3390(a), 3392, 3500 (first sentence), 3501(a), 3501(b), 3845, 3848(c)(1), 3851(a), 3851(d)(1), 3852(a), 4301(c), 8218, 8225, 8259, 8352(a), 8360(b), 8363(a), 8381(a), 8392, 8500 (first sentence), 8501(a), 8501(b), 8845, 8851(a), 8852(a), and 9301(c) are each amended by striking out “the Canal Zone,” each place it appears.

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