10 USC § 704a - Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law
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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s704a"
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title: "10 USC § 704a - Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "704a"
section_name: "Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "LEAVE"
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. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 521(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2115.)"
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# § 704a. Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law
No member or category of members of the armed forces may be authorized, granted, or assigned leave, including uncharged leave, not expressly authorized by a provision of this chapter or another statute unless expressly authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 521(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2115.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of , which was approved .