Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§704a Administration of Leave: Prohibition on Authorizing, Granting, or Assigning Leave Not Expressly Authorized by Law
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 40 — LEAVE › § 704a
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Service members may not get any leave, even uncharged leave, unless Congress specifically allows it in a law passed after the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2017.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102