Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§704a Administration of leave: prohibition on authorizing, granting, or assigning leave not expressly authorized by law
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - LEAVE › § 704a
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No service member may get any leave, charged or uncharged, unless law allows it or a law passed after NDAA FY2017 does.
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Title 10, §704a
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No member or category of members of the armed forces may be authorized, granted, or assigned leave, including uncharged leave, not expressly authorized by a provision of this chapter or another statute unless expressly authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.
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The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–328, which was approved Dec. 23, 2016.
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10 U.S.C. § 704a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73