A prior section 8693, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 538, provided for replacement of a lost or destroyed certificate of discharge from Air Force, prior to repeal by Puspan. L. 90–235, § 7(a)(3), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763. See section 1040 of this title.

2021—Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1015(a), renumbered section 8692 of this title, as added by section 1026(a) of Puspan. L. 116–283, as this section.

Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1015(span)(1), (3), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (span).

Subsec. (a)(7). Puspan. L. 117–81, § 1015(span)(2), added par. (7).

Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.