5 USC § 8319 - Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment

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title: "5 USC § 8319 - Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "8319"
section_name: "Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "RETIREMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FORFEITURE OF ANNUITIES AND RETIRED PAY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 564.)"
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# § 8319. Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment

**(a)** The President may drop from the rolls a member of a uniformed service who is deprived of retired pay under this subchapter.

**(b)** The President may restore—

**(1)** military status to an individual dropped from the rolls to whom retired pay is restored under this subchapter or under section 2 of the Act of September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 648); and

**(2)** all rights and privileges to the individual and his beneficiaries of which he or they were deprived because his name was dropped from the rolls.

**(c)** If the individual restored was a commissioned officer, the President alone may reappoint him to the grade and position on the retired list held when his name was dropped from the rolls.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 564.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes at Large |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 2287. | Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–299, § 1 “Sec. 8”, 75 Stat. 646. |

The words “and ” are omitted as unnecessary.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

(), referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out as a note under .