Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§12641 Standards and Procedures: Secretary to Prescribe
Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART II — PERSONNEL GENERALLY › CHAPTER 1219 — STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR RETENTION AND PROMOTION › § 12641
Summary
The Secretary must set standards and procedures for keeping and promoting reserve members and must make fair checks to see if each reserve meets them. If a member fails and is eligible, the Secretary must transfer them to inactive reserve, retire them without pay, or end their appointment or enlistment.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §12641
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(a)The Secretary concerned shall, by regulation, prescribe—
(1)standards and qualifications for the retention and promotion of members of the reserve components under his jurisdiction; and
(2)equitable procedures for the periodic determination of the compliance of each such Reserve with those standards and qualifications.
(b)If a Reserve fails to comply with the standards and qualifications prescribed under subsection (a), he shall—
(1)if qualified, be transferred to an inactive reserve status;
(2)if qualified, be retired without pay; or
(3)have his appointment or enlistment terminated.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1001(a) 1001(b)10:1036c (1st sentence).34:440k (1st sentence).10:1036c (2d sentence).34:440k (2d sentence).June 29, 1948, ch. 708, § 304 (less last sentence), 62 Stat. 1088. In subsection (a), the words “As soon as may be practicable after the
Effective Date
of section 1036–1036i [440h–440q] of this title” are omitted as executed. The words “not inconsistent with said sections or any other Act” and “appropriate” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 1001 of this title as this section and substituted “Standards and procedures: Secretary to prescribe” for “Secretary to prescribe” as section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an
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note under section 10001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 12641
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102