Skip to content
LexBuild

42 USC § 7235 - Armed services personnel 

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s7235"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 7235 - Armed services personnel"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7235"
section_name: "Armed services personnel"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Personnel Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 625, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 95–509, title II, § 210, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1779; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(3)(B), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1844.)"
---

# § 7235. Armed services personnel

**(a)** The Secretary is authorized to provide for participation of Armed Forces personnel in carrying out functions authorized to be performed, on August 4, 1977, in the Energy Research and Development Administration and under chapter 869 of title 10. Members of the Armed Forces may be detailed for service in the Department by the Secretary concerned (as such term is defined in section 101 of such title) pursuant to cooperative agreements with the Secretary.

**(b)** The detail of any personnel to the Department under this section shall in no way affect status, office, rank, or grade which officers or enlisted men may occupy or hold or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to, or arising out of, such status, office, rank, or grade. A member so detailed shall not be subject to direction or control by his armed force, or any officer thereof, directly or indirectly, with respect to the responsibilities exercised in the position to which detailed.

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 625, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 95–509, title II, § 210, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1779; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(3)(B), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1844.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a).  substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10”.

1978—Subsec. (b).  struck out requirement that a detailed member be charged to the limitations applicable to the Department and prohibition of such member from being charged to any statutory or other limitation or strengths applicable to the Armed Forces.

## 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 , Armed Forces.