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§ 12320. Reserve officers: grade in which ordered to active duty

A reserve officer who is ordered to active duty or full-time National Guard duty shall be ordered to active duty or full-time National Guard duty in his reserve grade, except that a reserve officer who is credited with service under section 12207 of this title and is ordered to active duty and placed on the active-duty list may be ordered to active duty in a reserve grade and with a date of rank and position on the active-duty list determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense based upon the amount of service credited.

(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 106, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2868, § 689; amended Pub. L. 97–22, § 4(g), July 10, 1981, 95 Stat. 127; renumbered § 12320 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1625, 1662(e)(2), 1675(c)(11), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2962, 2992, 3018; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 495.)