10 USC § 10212 - Gratuitous services of officers: authority to accept

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title: "10 USC § 10212 - Gratuitous services of officers: authority to accept"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "10212"
section_name: "Gratuitous services of officers: authority to accept"
chapter_number: 1007
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE COMPONENTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2978; amended Pub. L. 103–355, title III, § 3021(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3333.)"
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# § 10212. Gratuitous services of officers: authority to accept

**(a)** Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense may accept the gratuitous services of an officer of a reserve component (other than an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States) in consultation upon matters relating to the armed forces.

**(b)** Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Secretary of a military department may accept the gratuitous services of an officer of a reserve component under the Secretary’s jurisdiction (other than an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States)—

**(1)** in the furtherance of the enrollment, organization, and training of that officer’s reserve component or the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; or

**(2)** in consultation upon matters relating to the armed forces.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2978; amended Pub. L. 103–355, title III, § 3021(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3333.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , prior to repeal by , and in sections 4541 and 9541 of this title, prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

1994— added subsec. (a) and designated existing provisions as subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

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### Effective Date

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