10 USC § 12647 - Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers

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title: "10 USC § 12647 - Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers"
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section_name: "Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers"
chapter_number: 1219
chapter_name: "STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(22)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1445, § 1007; amended Pub. L. 86–559, § 1(3)(B), June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 265; renumbered § 12647 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1662(h)(2), 1675(d)(4), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996, 3018; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 514(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4441; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1840.)"
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# § 12647. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers

section 708 of title 32

Notwithstanding chapters 843, 1407, and 1409 of this title, a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, who is assigned to the Selective Service System or who is a property and fiscal officer appointed, designated, or detailed under , may be retained in an active status in that assignment or position until he becomes 62 years of age.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(22)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1445, § 1007; amended Pub. L. 86–559, § 1(3)(B), June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 265; renumbered § 12647 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1662(h)(2), 1675(d)(4), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2996, 3018; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 514(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4441; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1840.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1007 | 50:1181(1) (as applicable to 50:1202).50:1202. | Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, §§ 102(1) (as applicable to § 212), 212, 68 Stat. 1149, 1153. |

The words “this title” are substituted for the words “this chapter”, since the provisions of this title requiring transfer from an active status are based on the source statute for this section (the Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954).

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “chapters 843, 1407, and 1409” for “chapters 573, 1407, and 1409”.

2008— substituted “62 years” for “60 years”.

1994—, substituted “573, 1407, and 1409” for “337, 363, 573, 837, and 863”.

, renumbered  as this section.

1960— inserted “or serving as United States property and fiscal officers” in section catchline, and inserted provisions in text authorizing retention of reserve commissioned officers who are property and fiscal officers, appointed, designated, or detailed under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .