10 USC § 649j - Other administrative authorities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s649j"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 649j - Other administrative authorities"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "649j"
section_name: "Other administrative authorities"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ALTERNATIVE PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS IN DESIGNATED COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1748; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(18), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1813.)"
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# § 649j. Other administrative authorities

The following provisions of this title shall apply to officers in competitive categories of officers designated for purposes of this subchapter:

**(1)** Section 638b, relating to voluntary retirement incentives.

**(2)** Section 639, relating to continuation on active duty to complete disciplinary action.

**(3)** Section 640, relating to deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1748; amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(18), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1813.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019— struck out “(a) .—” before “The” in introductory provisions.