§ 302. Enlistments, reenlistments, and extensions

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. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 601 · 70A Stat. 601

   Enacted · 32 U.S.C. § 302

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 601

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 601

2. 1961

   Pub. L. 87–378 § 5(1) · 75 Stat. 807

   Changed · 32 U.S.C. § 302

   Pub. L. 87–378 permitted original enlistments for any specified term, not less than three years, for persons who have not served in an armed force, authorized reenlistments for any specified period, or if the person last served in one of the highest five enlisted grades, for an unspecified period, extensions of enlistments or reenlistments at the request of the member for any period not less than six months after termination of the emergency

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 87–378 permitted original enlistments for any specified term, not less than three years, for persons who have not served in an armed force, authorized reenlistments for any specified period, or if the person last served in one of the highest five enlisted grades, for an unspecified period, extensions of enlistments or reenlistments at the request of the member for any period not less than six months after termination of the emergency.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) 70A Stat. 601. Section 302 is amended to read as follows: “§ 302. Enlistments, reenlistments, and extensions “(a) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, original enlistments in the National Guard may be accepted for— “(1) any specified term, not less than three years, for persons who have not served in an armed force; or “(2) any specified term, not less than one year, for persons who have served in any armed force. “(b) Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, reenlistment in the National Guard may be accepted for any specified period, or, if the person last served in one of the highest five enlisted grades, for an unspecified period. “(c) Enlistments or reenlistments in the National Guard may be extended— “(1) under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary concerned, at the request of the member, for any period not less than six months; or “(2) by proclamation of the President, if Congress declares an emergency, until six months after termination of that emergency.”

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 87–378, § 6, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 808, provided that: “The amendments made by sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Act [amending this section and sections 3261 and 8261 of Title 10, Armed Forces] shall not affect any enlistment, reenlistment, or appointment entered into or made before the effective date of this Act [Oct. 4, 1961].”

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