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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 841 — Voluntary Retirement

§ 8324. Officers: creditable service

Statutory text

For the purpose of this chapter, service as a nurse in the armed forces before , is considered as commissioned service.

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. 394, § 6324 · 70A Stat. 394

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8324

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 394, § 6324

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 394, § 6324

  2. Pub. L. 86–197 § 1(6) · 73 Stat. 425

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8324

    Pub. L. 86–197 substituted “a regular officer or a reserve officer” for “an officer”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 86–197 substituted “a regular officer or a reserve officer” for “an officer”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 1332(a) (1) is amended— 70A Stat. 102. Computation of service. (a) by inserting the following new clause after clause (C): “(D) the National Guard after June 14, 1933, if his service therein was continuous from the date of his enlistment in the National Guard, or his Federal recognition as an officer therein, to the date of his enlistment or appointment, as the case may be, in the National Guard of the United States, the Army National Guard of the United States, or the Air National Guard of the United States;”; (b) by redesignating clauses (D), (E), and (F) as clauses “(E)”, “(F)”, and “(G)”, respectively; and (c) by striking out the word “and” at the end of clauses (E) and (F) and adding the following new clauses: “(H) the Army Nurse Corps, the Navy Nurse Corps, the Nurse Corps Reserve of the Army, or the Nurse Corps Reserve of the Navy, as it existed at any time after February 2, 1901; “(I) the Army under an appointment under the Act of December 22, 1942 (ch. 805, 56 Stat. 1072); and “(J) an active full-time status, except as a student or apprentice, with the Medical Department of the Army as a civilian employee— “(i) in the dietetic or physical therapy categories, if the service was performed after April 6, 1917, and before April 1, 1943; or “(ii) in the occupational therapy category, if the service was performed before appointment in the Army Nurse Corps or the Women’s Medical Specialist Corps and before January 1, 1949, or before appointment in the Air Force before January 1, 1949, with a view to designation as an Air Force nurse or medical specialist; and”.

  3. Pub. L. 89–609 § 1(15) · 80 Stat. 852

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8324

    Pub. L. 89–609 substituted “the person’s” for “her” in introductory text in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–609 substituted “the person’s” for “her” in introductory text in two places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 3069 is amended— (A) by striking out the period at the end of the third sentence and the word “She” at the beginning of the fourth sentence and inserting “, and” in place thereof; and (B) by striking out “her regular grade, she” in the fifth sentence and inserting the words “the regular grade held, the Chief” in place thereof.

  4. Pub. L. 90–130 § 1(23)(A) · 81 Stat. 374

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8324

    Pub. L. 90–130 substituted provision reciting simply that service as a nurse in the armed forces before April 16, 1947, is considered as commissioned service for purposes of this chapter for provisions making specific reference to service under an appointment or contract or as a commissioned officer in the Nurse Corps of the Army or the Navy or as a commissioned officer of the Air Force designated as an Air Force Nurse

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–130 substituted provision reciting simply that service as a nurse in the armed forces before April 16, 1947, is considered as commissioned service for purposes of this chapter for provisions making specific reference to service under an appointment or contract or as a commissioned officer in the Nurse Corps of the Army or the Navy or as a commissioned officer of the Air Force designated as an Air Force Nurse.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 123 (a) is amended by striking out “3391,”.

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

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(b)(15) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8324

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6324 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6324 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (15) Chapter 571.— Each section in chapter 571 10 USC 8321–8336. is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 2,000.

    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.

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
632434 U.S.C. 43g(h).Apr. 16, 1947, ch. 38, § 207(i), 61 Stat. 50; redesignated (h), Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 434(d), 61 Stat. 882.

The words “or the reserve components thereof” are omitted because “Army”, “Navy”, and “Air Force”, as defined in this title, include the reserve components.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1959–2018 · 4 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6324 of this title as this section.

1967

Pub. L. 90–130 substituted provision reciting simply that service as a nurse in the armed forces before , is considered as commissioned service for purposes of this chapter for provisions making specific reference to service under an appointment or contract or as a commissioned officer in the Nurse Corps of the Army or the Navy or as a commissioned officer of the Air Force designated as an Air Force Nurse.

1966

Pub. L. 89–609 substituted “the person’s” for “her” in introductory text in two places.

1959

Pub. L. 86–197 substituted “a regular officer or a reserve officer” for “an officer”.

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.

Authority of Military Department Secretaries To Convene Boards To Recommend Deferment of Retirement or Separation of Nurses

Secretaries authorized until , to convene boards of officers to consider and recommend deferment of separation or retirement of officers of the Army Nurse Corps, officers of the Navy Nurse Corps, and Air Force nurses, as needs of the service require, see section 4(f) of Pub. L. 90–130, set out as a note under section 7069 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 5 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 394, § 6324
  2. 1959Pub. L. 86–197, § 1(6), , 73 Stat. 426
  3. 1966Pub. L. 89–609, § 1(15), , 80 Stat. 853
  4. 1967Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(23)(A), , 81 Stat. 380
  5. 2018renumbered § 8324, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(15), , 132 Stat. 1836.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 394, § 6324; Pub. L. 86–197, § 1(6), , 73 Stat. 426; Pub. L. 89–609, § 1(15), , 80 Stat. 853; Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(23)(A), , 81 Stat. 380; renumbered § 8324, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(15), , 132 Stat. 1836.)

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