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10 U.S.C. § 971 — Service credit: officers may not count service performed while serving as cadet or midshipman
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**(a) Prohibition on Counting Enlisted Service Performed While at Service Academy or in Navy Reserve.—** The period of service under an enlistment or period of obligated service while also performing service as a cadet or midshipman or serving as a midshipman in the Navy Reserve may not be counted in computing, for any purpose, the length of service of an officer of an armed force or an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
**(b) Prohibition on Counting Service as a Cadet or Midshipman.—** In computing length of service for any purpose, service as a cadet or midshipman may not be credited to any of the following officers:
(1) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps.
(2) A commissioned officer of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force.
(3) An officer of the Coast Guard.
(4) An officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
**(c) Service as a Cadet or Midshipman Defined.—** In this section, the term “service as a cadet or midshipman” means—
(1) service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard Academy; or
(2) service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.
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**(a) Prohibition on Counting Enlisted Service Performed While at Service Academy or in Navy Reserve.—** The period of service under an enlistment or period of obligated service while also performing service as a cadet or midshipman or serving as a midshipman in the Navy Reserve may not be counted in computing, for any purpose, the length of service of an officer of an armed force or an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
**(b) Prohibition on Counting Service as a Cadet or Midshipman.—** In computing length of service for any purpose, service as a cadet or midshipman may not be credited to any of the following officers:
(1) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps.
(2) A commissioned officer of the Army, Air Force, or Space Force.
(3) An officer of the Coast Guard.
(4) An officer in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
**(c) Service as a Cadet or Midshipman Defined.—** In this section, the term “service as a cadet or midshipman” means—
(1) service as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Coast Guard Academy; or
(2) service as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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The Secretary of Defense may use leasing in the acquisition of commercial vehicles and equipment whenever the Secretary determines that such leasing is practicable and efficient.
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**(a) Prohibition on Entering Into Contracts With Covered Entities.—** Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract with an entity, a parent company of such entity, or a subsidiary of such entity if such entity is a party to a contract with a covered lobbyist.
**(b) Exception.—** The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an entity that made reasonable inquires regarding the lobbying activities of another entity and determined such entity was not a covered lobbyist.
**(c) Waiver.—** Upon notification to Congress, the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirements of this section.
**(d) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “covered lobbyist” means an entity that engages in lobbying activities for any entity determined to be a Chinese military company listed in accordance with section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ([10 U.S.C. 113](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113&num=0&edition=prelim) note).
(2) The term “lobbying activities” has the meaning given in section 1045(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ([10 U.S.C. 971](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section971&num=0&edition=prelim) note prec.).
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**(a) Program Required.—** The Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a program, in support of the stockpile stewardship program, to provide for the effective management, modernization, and replacement, as required, of the weapons in the nuclear weapons stockpile. The program shall have the following objectives:
(1) To enhance the performance and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States.
(2) To further reduce the likelihood of the resumption of underground nuclear weapons testing.
(3) To maintain the safety and security of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(4) To optimize the future size of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
(5) To reduce the risk of an accidental detonation of an element of the stockpile.
(6) To reduce the risk of an element of the stockpile being used by a person or entity hostile to the United States, its vital interests, or its allies.
**(b) Program Limitations.—** In carrying out the stockpile management program under subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall ensure that—
(1) any changes made to the stockpile shall be consistent with the objectives identified in subsection (a);
(2) any changes made to the stockpile consistent with the objectives identified in subsection (a) are carried out in a cost effective manner; and
(3) any such changes made to the stockpile shall—
(A) be well understood and certifiable without the need to resume underground nuclear weapons testing;
(B) use the design, certification, and production expertise resident in the nuclear security enterprise to fulfill current mission requirements of the existing stockpile; and
(C) develop future generations of design, certification, and production expertise in t
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**(a) Exchange or Sale of Similar Items.—** When the Secretary of the Navy sells an obsolete service craft or an obsolete boat, or exchanges such a craft or boat in a transaction for which a similar craft or boat is acquired, the Secretary may retain the proceeds of the sale or the exchange allowance from the exchange, as the case may be, and apply the proceeds of sale or the exchange allowance for any of the following purposes:
(1) For payment, in whole or in part, for a similar service craft or boat acquired as a replacement, as authorized by [section 503 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section503&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) For reimbursement, to the extent practicable, of the appropriate accounts of the Navy for the full costs of preparation of such obsolete craft or boat for such sale or exchange.
(3) For deposit to the special account established under subsection (b), to be available in accordance with that subsection.
**(b) Special Account.—** Amounts retained under subsection (a) that are not applied as provided in paragraph (1) or (2) of that subsection shall be deposited into a special account. Amounts in the account shall be available under subsection (c) without regard to fiscal year limitation. Amounts in the account that the Secretary of the Navy determines are not needed for the purpose stated in subsection (c) shall be transferred at least annually to the General Fund of the Treasury.
**(c) Costs of Preparation of Obsolete Service Craft and Boats for Future Sale or Exchange.—** The Secretary may use amounts in the account under subsection (b) for payment, in whole or in part, for the full costs of preparation of obsolete service craft and obsolete boats for future sale or exchange.
**(d) Costs of Prep
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 971
Pub. L. 96–342, title X, § 1002(b), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat.
1119, added item 977.
1979—Pub. L. 96–107, title VIII, § 821(b), Nov. 9, 1979, 93
Stat. 820, redesignated item 975 relating to membership
in military unions as 976.
1978—Pub. L. 95–610, § 2(b), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3088,
added item 975 relating to military unions.
Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 815(b), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat.
1626, added item 975 relating to sale of certain defense
articles.
1968—Pub. L. 90–235, §§ 4(a)(5)(B), 6(a)(6)(B), Jan. 2,
1968, 81 Stat. 759, 762, added items 973 and 974.
1958—Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(20), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1442,
added items 971 and 972.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ENHANCEMENT
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SONAL INTEREST REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XI, § 1117, Dec. 27, 2021, 135
Stat. 1955, provided that:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), in addition to the prohibition set forth in section
208 of title 18, United States Code, an officer or em-
ployee of the Department of Defense may not know-
ingly participate personally and substantially in any
particular matter involving specific parties where any
of the following organizations is a party or represents
a party to the matter:
‘‘(1) Any organization, including a trade organiza-
tion, for which the officer or employee has served as
an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general
partner in the past 2 years.
‘‘(2) Any organization with which the officer or em-
ployee is seeking employment.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—An agency designee may au-
thorize the officer or employee to participate in a mat-
ter described in paragraph (a) based on a determina-
tion, ma
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