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§12647 Commissioned officers: retention in active status while assigned to Selective Service System or serving as United States property and fiscal officers

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— - Reserve Components › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL GENERALLY › Chapter CHAPTER 1219— - STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION › § 12647

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Despite chs. 843,1407,1409, a reserve commissioned officer (not a commissioned warrant officer) assigned to the Selective Service or under 32 U.S.C. 708 may stay active until age 62.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §12647

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Notwithstanding chapters 843, 1407, and 1409 of this title, a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, who is assigned to the Selective Service System or who is a property and fiscal officer appointed, designated, or detailed under section 708 of title 32, may be retained in an active status in that assignment or position until he becomes 62 years of age.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 100750:1181(1) (as applicable to 50:1202).50:1202.Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, §§ 102(1) (as applicable to § 212), 212, 68 Stat. 1149, 1153. The words “this title” are substituted for the words “this chapter”, since the provisions of this title requiring transfer from an active status are based on the source statute for this section (the Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapters 843, 1407, and 1409” for “chapters 573, 1407, and 1409”. 2008—Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “62 years” for “60 years”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 1675(d)(4), substituted “573, 1407, and 1409” for “337, 363, 573, 837, and 863”. Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(h)(2), renumbered section 1007 of this title as this section. 1960—Pub. L. 86–559 inserted “or serving as United States property and fiscal officers” in section catchline, and inserted provisions in text authorizing retention of reserve commissioned officers who are property and fiscal officers, appointed, designated, or detailed under section 708 of title 32.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by section 1675(d)(4) of Pub. L. 103–337 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 10001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 12647

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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