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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part B · Chapter 84 — Department of Energy

§ 7235. Armed services personnel

Statutory text

(a)

The Secretary is authorized to provide for participation of Armed Forces personnel in carrying out functions authorized to be performed, on , in the Energy Research and Development Administration and under chapter 869 of title 10. Members of the Armed Forces may be detailed for service in the Department by the Secretary concerned (as such term is defined in section 101 of such title) pursuant to cooperative agreements with the Secretary.

(b)

The detail of any personnel to the Department under this section shall in no way affect status, office, rank, or grade which officers or enlisted men may occupy or hold or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to, or arising out of, such status, office, rank, or grade. A member so detailed shall not be subject to direction or control by his armed force, or any officer thereof, directly or indirectly, with respect to the responsibilities exercised in the position to which detailed.

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. Department of Energy Organization Act

    Pub. L. 95–91 title VI § 625 · 91 Stat. 565

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7235

    Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 625, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 625, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 625. armed services personnel. (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide for participation of Armed Forces personnel in carrying out functions authorized to be performed, on the date of enactment of this Act, in the Energy Research and Development Administration and under chapter 641 of 10 USC 7421 et seq. title 10, United States Code. Members of the Armed Forces may be detailed for service in the Department by the Secretary concerned (as such term is defined in section 101 of such title) pursuant to cooperative agreements with the Secretary. (b) The. detail of any personnel to the Department under this section shall in no way affect status, office, rank, or grade which officers or enlisted men may occupy or hold or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to. or arising out of, such status, office, rank, or grade. Any member so detailed shall not be charged against any statutory or other limitation or strengths applicable to the Armed Forces, but shall be charged to such limitations as may be applicable to the Department. A member so detailed shall not be subject to direction or control by his armed force, or any officer thereof, directly or indirectly, with respect to the responsibilities exercised in the position to which detailed.

  2. Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1979

    Pub. L. 95–509 title II § 210 · 92 Stat. 1775

    Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 7235(b)

    Pub. L. 95–509 struck out requirement that a detailed member be charged to the limitations applicable to the Department and prohibition of such member from being charged to any statutory or other limitation or strengths applicable to the Armed Forces

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–509 struck out requirement that a detailed member be charged to the limitations applicable to the Department and prohibition of such member from being charged to any statutory or other limitation or strengths applicable to the Armed Forces.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 210. requirement for military personnel detailed to the department of energy to be included in authorized end strengths Section 625 (b) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (91 Stat. 598) is amended by striking out the second sentence.

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

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 809(n)(3)(B) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7235(a)

    Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 3311(d)(2) of such title 38 USC 3311. is amended by striking “section 4348, 6959, or 9348 of title 10” and inserting “section 7448, 8459, or 9448 of title 10”.

    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 Title 10, Armed Forces.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1978–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10”.

1978

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–509 struck out requirement that a detailed member be charged to the limitations applicable to the Department and prohibition of such member from being charged to any statutory or other limitation or strengths applicable to the Armed Forces.

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 Title 10, Armed Forces.

Credits

1977–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 1977Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 625, , 91 Stat. 598
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–509, title II, § 210, , 92 Stat. 1779
  3. 2018Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(3)(B), , 132 Stat. 1844.
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(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 625, , 91 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 95–509, title II, § 210, , 92 Stat. 1779; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(3)(B), , 132 Stat. 1844.)

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