10-U.S.C.-630

§630 – Discharge of Commissioned officers With Less Then Six Years of Active Commissioned Service Or Found Not Qualified For Promotion For First Lieutenant Or Lieutenant (Junior Grade)

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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part II > Chapter 36 > Subchapter III > Section 630

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• Reference: Section 630
• Legend: §630 – Discharge of Commissioned officers With Less Then Six Years of Active Commissioned Service Or Found Not Qualified For Promotion For First Lieutenant Or Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense—

(1) may discharge any officer on the active-duty list who—

(A) has less than six years of active commissioned service; or

(B) is serving in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign and has been found not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade); and

(2) shall, unless the officer has been promoted, discharge any officer described in paragraph (1)(B) at the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date on which the officer is first found not qualified for promotion.

(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2861; amended Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, §1405(11), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, §505(d)(2), (4)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, §505(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, §503(a)(1), (2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95.)

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–181, §503(a)(2), substituted six years for five years in section catchline.

Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 110–181, §503(a)(1), substituted six years for five years.

2003—Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted paragraph for clause.

2001—Pub. L. 107–107, §505(d)(4)(A), struck out regular before commissioned officers in section catchline.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 107–107, §505(d)(2), struck out regular before officer in introductory provisions and before grade of first lieutenant in subpar. (B).

1984—Par. (2). Pub. L. 98–525 substituted 18-month for eighteen-month.

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