10 U.S.C. § 671a — Members: service extension during war

Page 654 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 671 1989—Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title V, § 502(a)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1436, added item 687. 1987—Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1231(4), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1160, amended analysis by transferring item 686 from the end to a position immediately below item 685. 1986—Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IV, § 412(b)(2), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3862, added item 686 at end of analysis. 1983—Pub. L. 98–94, title X, §§ 1017(b)(4), 1021(b), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 669, 670, substituted ‘‘Retired mem- bers’’ for ‘‘Regular components: retired members’’ in item 688, and added item 673c. 1980—Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 501(8), Dec 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2907, struck out item 687 ‘‘Non-Regulars: readjust- ment payment upon involuntary release from active duty’’ and added items 688 and 689. 1979—Pub. L. 96–107, title III, § 303(a)(2), Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 806, struck out item 686 ‘‘Reports to Congress’’. 1976—Pub. L. 94–286, § 1, May 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 517, added item 673b. 1968—Pub. L. 90–235, § 1(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 753, added items 671a and 671b. 1967—Pub. L. 90–40, § 6(2), June 30, 1967, 81 Stat. 106, added item 673a. 1962—Pub. L. 87–651, title I, § 102(b), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 508, added item 687. 1958—Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(16), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1441, added items 684 and 685. § 671. Members not to be assigned outside United States before completing training (a) A member of the armed forces may not be assigned to active duty on land outside the United States and its territories and possessions until the member has completed the basic train- ing requirements of the armed force of which he is a member. (b) In time of war or a national emergency de- clared by Congress or the President, the period of required basic training (or its equivalent) may not (except as provided in subsection (c)) be less than 12 weeks. (c)(1) A period of basic training (or equivalent training) shorter than 12 weeks may be estab- lished by the Secretary concerned for members of the armed forces who have been credentialed in a medical profession or occupation and are serving in a health-care occupational specialty, as determined under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2). Any such period shall be es- tablished under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2) and may be established notwith- standing section 4(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3803(a)). (2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Sec- retary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a serv- ice in the Navy, shall prescribe regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1). The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall apply uniformly to the military departments. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 27; Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, § 802(b), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title V, § 501, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3863; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 511, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1648; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, § 1081(b)(1)(A)(v), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2418.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 671 .......... 50 App.:454(a) (words be- tween semicolon and proviso of 6th par.). June 24, 1948, ch. 625, § 4(a) (words between semicolon and proviso of 6th par.); restated June 19, 1951, ch. 144, § 1(d) (words between semicolon and proviso of 6th par.), 65 Stat. 78. The words ‘‘four months of basic training or its equivalent’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘the equiva- lent of at least four months of basic training’’. The words ‘‘who is enlisted, inducted, appointed, or ordered to active duty after the date of enactment of the 1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act [June 19, 1951]’’ and ‘‘at any installation lo- cated’’ are omitted as surplusage. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2016—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 114–328 substituted ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3803(a))’’ for ‘‘(50 U.S.C. App. 454(a))’’. 2002—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ for ‘‘of Transportation’’. 1993—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–160, § 511(1), inserted ‘‘(except as provided in subsection (c))’’ after ‘‘may not’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–160, § 511(2), added subsec. (c). 1986—Pub. L. 99–661 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘No member of an armed force may be assigned to active duty on land outside the United States and its Territories and pos- sessions, until he has had twelve weeks of basic train- ing or its equivalent.’’ 1975—Pub. L. 94–106 reduced minimum period of basic training from four months to twelve weeks. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. § 671a. Members: service extension during war Unless terminated at an earlier date by the Secretary concerned, the period of active service of any member of an armed force is extended for the duration of any war in which the United States may be engaged and for six months there- after. (Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 1(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 753.) § 671b. Members: service extension when Con- gress is not in session (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the President determines that the na- tional interest so requires, he may, if Congress is not in session, having adjourned sine die, au- thorize the Secretary of Defense to extend for not more than six months enlistments, appoint- ments, periods of active duty, periods of active duty for training, periods of obligated service, or other military status, in any component of the armed forces, that expire before the thirtieth day after Congress next convenes or reconvenes. (b) An extension under this section continues until the sixtieth day after Congress next con- venes or reconvenes or until the expiration of