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10 U.S.C. § 1169 — Regular enlisted members: limitations on discharge
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No regular enlisted member of an armed force may be discharged before his term of service expires, except—
(1) as prescribed by the Secretary concerned;
(2) by sentence of a general or special court martial; or
(3) as otherwise provided by law.
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No regular enlisted member of an armed force may be discharged before his term of service expires, except—
(1) as prescribed by the Secretary concerned;
(2) by sentence of a general or special court martial; or
(3) as otherwise provided by law.
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**(a) Repair, Maintenance, or Overhaul of Naval Vessels: Rate for Progress Payments.—** The Secretary of the Navy shall provide that the rate for progress payments on any contract awarded by the Secretary for repair, maintenance, or overhaul of a naval vessel shall be not less than—
(1) 95 percent, in the case of a firm considered to be a small business; and
(2) 90 percent, in the case of any other firm.
**(b) Authority to Advance Funds for Immediate Salvage Operations.—** The Secretary of the Navy may advance to private salvage companies such funds as the Secretary considers necessary to provide for the immediate financing of salvage operations. Advances under this subsection shall be made on terms that the Secretary considers adequate for the protection of the United States.
**(c) Security for Construction and Conversion of Naval Vessels.—** The Secretary of the Navy shall provide, in each contract for construction or conversion of a naval vessel, that, when partial, progress, or other payments are made under such contract, the United States is secured by a lien upon work in progress and on property acquired for performance of the contract on account of all payments so made. The lien is paramount to all other liens.
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall procure and sell, for cash or credit—
(A) articles designated by the Secretary to members of the Navy and Marine Corps; and
(B) items of individual clothing and equipment to members of the Navy and Marine Corps, under such restrictions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) An account of sales on credit shall be kept and the amount due reported to the Secretary. Except for articles and items acquired through the use of working capital funds under [section 2208 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2208&num=0&edition=prelim), sales of articles shall be at cost, and sales of individual clothing and equipment shall be at average current prices, including overhead, as determined by the Secretary.
**(b)** The Secretary shall sell subsistence supplies to members of other armed forces at the prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
**(c)** The Secretary may sell serviceable supplies, other than subsistence supplies, to members of other armed forces for the buyers’ use in the service. The prices at which the supplies are sold shall be the same prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
**(d)** A person who has been discharged honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the Department of Veterans Affairs may buy subsistence supplies and other supplies, except articles of uniform, at the prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
**(e)** Under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, exterior articles of uniform may be sold
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1169
‘‘(a) MODIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall modify the Certificate of Release or Dis-
charge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to—
‘‘(1) be machine readable and electronically trans-
ferable; and
‘‘(2) include a specific block explicitly identified as
the location in which a member of the Armed Forces
may provide one or more email addresses by which
the member may be contacted after discharge or re-
lease from active duty.
‘‘(b) DEADLINE FOR MODIFICATION.—The Secretary of
Defense shall release a revised Certificate of Release or
Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), modified
pursuant to subsection (a), not later than four years
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20,
2019].
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report to Congress regarding the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) What systems of the Department of Defense re-
quire an individual to manually enter information
from DD Form 214.
‘‘(2) What activities of the Department of Defense
require a veteran or former member of the Armed
Forces to provide a physical copy of DD Form 214.
‘‘(3) The order of priority for modernizing items
identified under paragraphs (1) and (2) as determined
by the Secretary.
‘‘(4) The estimated cost, as determined by the Sec-
retary, to automate items identified under para-
graphs (1) and (2).’’
MODIFICATION OF CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR
DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214)
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 596, Jan. 28, 2008, 122
Stat. 139, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
shall modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge
from Active Duty (DD Form 21
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