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10 U.S.C. § 8331 — Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve: transfer to the retired list; retired pay
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**(a)** When he has completed 30 years of service, or when he is found not physically qualified in an examination under [section 8385 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8385&num=0&edition=prelim), a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve shall be transferred—
(1) to the retired list of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps, as appropriate, if he was a member of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps at the time of his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; or
(2) to the appropriate Retired Reserve, if he was a member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve at the time of his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
**(b)** For the purpose of subsection (a), a member’s years of service are computed by adding—
(1) the years of service credited to him upon his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve;
(2) his years of active and inactive service in the armed forces before his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve not credited to him upon that transfer; and
(3) his years of service, active and inactive, in the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
**(c)** Unless otherwise entitled to higher pay, each member transferred to the retired list or the Retired Reserve under this section is entitled to retired pay at the same rate as the retainer pay to which he was entitled at the time of his transfer to the retired list or the Retired Reserve.
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**(a)** When he has completed 30 years of service, or when he is found not physically qualified in an examination under [section 8385 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8385&num=0&edition=prelim), a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve shall be transferred—
(1) to the retired list of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps, as appropriate, if he was a member of the Regular Navy or the Regular Marine Corps at the time of his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; or
(2) to the appropriate Retired Reserve, if he was a member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve at the time of his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
**(b)** For the purpose of subsection (a), a member’s years of service are computed by adding—
(1) the years of service credited to him upon his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve;
(2) his years of active and inactive service in the armed forces before his transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve not credited to him upon that transfer; and
(3) his years of service, active and inactive, in the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
**(c)** Unless otherwise entitled to higher pay, each member transferred to the retired list or the Retired Reserve under this section is entitled to retired pay at the same rate as the retainer pay to which he was entitled at the time of his transfer to the retired list or the Retired Reserve.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Authority.—** Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratories that are funded out of funds available to the Department of Energy for national security programs are authorized to carry out laboratory-directed research and development.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Energy shall prescribe regulations for the conduct of laboratory-directed research and development at such laboratories.
**(c) Funding.—** Of the funds provided by the Department of Energy to a national security laboratory for national security activities, the Secretary shall provide a specific amount, of not less than 5 percent and not more than 7 percent of such funds, to be used by the laboratory for laboratory-directed research and development.
**(d) Laboratory-directed Research and Development Defined.—** For purposes of this section, the term “laboratory-directed research and development” means research and development work of a creative and innovative nature which, under the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), is selected by the director of a laboratory for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the laboratory in defense-related scientific disciplines.
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**(a)** A member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve may be ordered by competent authority to active duty without his consent—
(1) in time of war or national emergency declared by Congress, for the duration of the war or national emergency and for six months thereafter;
(2) in time of national emergency declared by the President; or
(3) when otherwise authorized by law.
**(b)** In time of peace any member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve may be required to perform not more than two months’ active duty for training in each four-year period.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 8331
section 6333 for provision that retainer pay, in the case
of a member who first became a member of a uniformed
service, as defined in section 1407(a)(2), before Sept. 8,
1980, be at the rate of 21⁄2 percent of the basic pay that
he received at the time of transfer or, in the case of a
member who served as master chief petty officer of the
Navy or sergeant major of the Marine Corps, of the
highest basic pay to which he was entitled while so
serving, if that basic pay is higher than the basic pay
received at the time of transfer, or in the case of a
member who first became a member of a uniformed
service, as defined in section 1407(a)(2), on or after Sept.
8, 1980, be at the rate of 21⁄2 percent of the monthly re-
tainer pay base computed under section 1407(d), which
rates were to be multiplied by the number of years of
active service in the armed forces.
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 99–348, § 203(b)(6)(B), struck out
par. (4) which provided that in no case could a mem-
ber’s retainer pay be more than 75 percent of the basic
pay or monthly retainer pay base upon which computa-
tion of retainer pay was based.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–348, § 305(a)(1), designated ex-
isting provisions as par. (1), struck out provision that
a completed minority enlistment be counted as four
years of active service and an enlistment terminated
within three months before the end of the term be
counted as active service for the full term, and added
pars. (2) and (3).
1983—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–94 substituted ‘‘For the
purposes of subsection (c), each full month of service
that is in addition to the number of full years of service
creditable to a member is counted as one-twelfth of a
year and any remaining fractional part of a month
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