A prior section 1370, Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 112, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2876; amended Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 522, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(d), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1641, 1671(c)(7)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2968, 3014; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 502(a), (b), (f), (g), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 292, 293; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 544(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2522; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, §§ 512(a), 513(a), 561(d), (o), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2007, 2025, 2026; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1066(a)(9), (b)(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 770, 772; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V, § 571(d)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–134; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, §§ 502, 514, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1080, 1093; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 505, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2533; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 506, Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 501, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3225; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, §§ 506, 507, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1716; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 508(d), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2109; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title V, § 504, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 509, title VIII, § 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1749, 1840; (As amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 509(a), (b), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1346, related to commissioned officers: general rule for retirement with exceptions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, § 508(a)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3574.

Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, § 508(c), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3585, provided that: “In the determination of the retired grade of a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10, United States Code, who retires after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 1, 2021], any reference in a provision of law or regulation to section 1370 of title 10, United States Code, in such determination with respect to such officer shall be deemed to be a reference to section 1370a of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)).”

For provisions relating to the time-in-grade requirement for voluntary retirement of officers not subsequently promoted, see section 629 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 611 of this title.