Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 803(a)803(b)803(c)50:553(a).50:553(b).50:553(c).May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 3), 64 Stat. 109. In subsection (a), the words “the provisions of” are omitted as surplusage. The words “no * * * may” are substituted for the words “any * * * shall not”. The word “for” is substituted for the word “of” before the words “five years”. The words “of a State, a Territory, or” are substituted for the words “any State or Territory thereof or of”. The word “court-martial” is substituted for the word “courts-martial”. In subsection (b), the words “Each person” are substituted for the words “All persons”. The words “who is later” are substituted for the word “subsequently”. The words “his discharge is” are substituted for the words “said discharge shall * * * be”. The words “the provisions of” are omitted as surplusage. The word “is” is substituted for the words “shall * * * be”. The words “he is” are substituted for the words “they shall be”. The word “before” is substituted for the words “prior to”. In subsection (c), the words “No * * * may” are substituted for the words “Any * * * shall not”. The word “later” is substituted for the word “subsequent”.
Codification Another
section 1722(f) of Pub. L. 118–31 amended
section 973 of this title.
Amendments
2023—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “or the Space Force” after “reserve component”. 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–484 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Subject to
section 843 of this title (article 43), no person charged with having committed, while in a status in which he was subject to this chapter, an offense against this chapter, punishable by confinement for five years or more and for which the person cannot be tried in the courts of the United States or of a State, a Territory, or the District of Columbia, may be relieved from amenability to trial by court-martial by reason of the termination of that status.” 1986—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–661 added subsec. (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1992 Amendment Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1067, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2506, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by
section 1063, 1064, 1065, and 1066 [amending this section and
section 857, 863, 911, 918, and 920 of this title] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1992] and shall apply with respect to offenses committed on or after that date.”
Effective Date
of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–661 applicable to offenses committed on or after the earlier of (1) the last day of the 120-day period beginning on Nov. 14, 1986; or (2) the date specified in an Executive order, see
section 804(e) and 808 of Pub. L. 99–661, set out as notes under
section 802 of this title.
