1. U.S. Code
  2. title 10
  3. subtitle E
  4. part II
  5. chapter 1209
  6. § 12305
  7. notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments

2001—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 107–107 added subsec. (c).

1994—Puspan. L. 103–337, § 1662(e)(2), renumbered section 673c of this title as this section.

Subsecs. (a), (span). Puspan. L. 103–337, § 1675(c)(3), substituted “12301, 12302, or 12304” for “672, 673, or 673span”.

1984—Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 98–525 inserted “of this title” after “673span”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Puspan. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title.

Executive Documents
Ex. Ord. No. 12728. Delegating President’s Authority To Suspend any Provision of Law Relating to Promotion, Retirement, or Separation of Members of Armed Forces

Ex. Ord. No. 12728, Aug. 22, 1990, 55 F.R. 35029, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 13286, § 38, Fespan. 28, 2003, 68 F.R. 10626, provided:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 673c [now 12305] of title 10 of the United States Code and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby order:

Section 1. The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy, are hereby designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority vested in the President by section 673c [now 12305] of title 10 of the United States Code (1) to suspend any provision of law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the armed forces determined to be essential to the national security of the United States, and (2) to determine, for the purposes of said section, that members of the armed forces are essential to the national security of the United States.

Sec. 2. The authority delegated to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security by this order may be redelegated and further subdelegated to subordinates who are appointed to their offices by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Sec. 3. This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.

CITE AS: 10 USC 12305