§ 906. Extension of enlistment: effect on pay and allowances

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. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–649 · 76 Stat. 451

   Enacted · 37 U.S.C. § 906

   Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 489

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 489

2. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–235 § 2(c) · 81 Stat. 753

   1. Struck · 37 U.S.C. § 906

      Pub. L. 90–235 struck out provisions formerly set out as subsec. (a) which provided that a member of the Army or Air Force who had extended his enlistment was entitled to the same pay as though he had reenlisted

   2. Redesignated · 37 U.S.C. § 906

      Pub. L. 90–235 redesignated as entire section provisions formerly set out as subsec. (b)

   3. Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 906

      Pub. L. 90–235 substituted “Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard” for “Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps”

   4. Substituted · 37 U.S.C. § 906

      Pub. L. 90–235 substituted “section 509 of title 10” for “section 5539 of title 10”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 90–235 struck out provisions formerly set out as subsec. (a) which provided that a member of the Army or Air Force who had extended his enlistment was entitled to the same pay as though he had reenlisted, redesignated as entire section provisions formerly set out as subsec. (b) and substituted “Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard” for “Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps” and “section 509 of title 10” for “section 5539 of title 10”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Section 906 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read 76 Stat. 489. as follows: “§ 906. Extension of enlistment: effect on pay and allowances “A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, who extends his enlistment under section 509 of title 10 is entitled to the same pay and allowances as though he Ante, p. 755. had reenlisted. For the purposes of determining entitlement to reenlistment bonus or to travel and transportation allowances upon discharge, all such extensions of an enlistment are considered one continuous extension.”

3. 2021

   William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

   Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title IX § 925(j) · 134 Stat. 3388

   Inserted · 37 U.S.C. § 906

   Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “Space Force,” after “Marine Corps,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “Space Force,” after “Marine Corps,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (j) Effect on Pay of Extension of Enlistment.— Section 906 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting “Space Force,” after “Marine Corps,”.

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