10 USC § 8582 - Deferred annuity policy required

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title: "10 USC § 8582 - Deferred annuity policy required"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8582"
section_name: "Deferred annuity policy required"
chapter_number: 857
chapter_name: "RETIREMENT OF CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING STAFFS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 439, § 7082; renumbered § 8582, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8582. Deferred annuity policy required

Each civilian member, as a part of his contract of employment, shall carry, during his employment, a deferred annuity policy, having no cash surrender or loan provision, in a joint-stock life insurance corporation that is incorporated under the laws of a State and has a charter restriction that its business must be conducted without profit to its stockholders.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 439, § 7082; renumbered § 8582, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7082 | 34 U.S.C. 1073. | Jan. 16, 1936, ch. 3, § 1, 49 Stat. 1092. |

The words “whose employment commences from and after the date of approval of this act” are omitted as surplusage. Under § 4 of the Act, members already employed when the Act was approved were given 60 days in which to decide whether or not they wished to participate in the benefits provided by the Act. Those who chose not to participate are excluded from the application of this chapter by .

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8582, , , provided that a retired officer has no right to command except when on active duty, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .