10 USC 504 - Persons not qualified

Editorial Notes

Codification

Another section 504 was renumbered section 500d of this title.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 115–232, § 521(a)(1), inserted “and subject to paragraph (3),” after “Notwithstanding paragraph (1),” substituted “person possesses a critical skill or expertise—” for “enlistment is vital to the national interest.”, and added subpars. (A) and (B).

Subsec. (span)(3). Puspan. L. 115–232, § 521(a)(2), added par. (3).

2006—Puspan. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted span, and added subsec. (span).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Provision of Information Regarding Federal Service to Certain Persons Ineligible To Enlist in Certain Armed Forces

Puspan. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 536, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1888, provided that:

“(a)In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2024], the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations directing the Secretary of a military department to provide, to a person described in subsection (span), information regarding opportunities for Federal, or other public, service for which the person may be qualified.

“(span)Certain Persons Not Qualified to Enlist.—A person described in this subsection is a person ineligible to serve in a covered Armed Force.

“(c)Covered Armed Force Defined.—In this section, the term ‘covered Armed Force’ means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.”

Prohibition on Waiver for Commissioning or Enlistment in the Armed Forces for any Individual Convicted of a Felony Sexual Offense

Puspan. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 523, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1723, which provided that an individual may not be provided a waiver for commissioning or enlistment in the Armed Forces if convicted of rape or other sexual offenses, was repealed by Puspan. L. 113–66, div. A, title XVII, § 1711(span), Dec. 26, 2013, 127 Stat. 963. See section 657 of this title.