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10 U.S.C. 7142: Army: percentage of high-school graduatesText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
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§7142. Army: percentage of high-school graduates

Notwithstanding section 520(b) of this title, of the males with no prior military service who are enlisted or inducted into the Army during any fiscal year, the number who are not high-school graduates may not exceed, as of the end of the fiscal year, 35 percent of all such persons.

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IV, § 402(a) , Nov. 14, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3859 , § 3262; amended Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(a)(2) , July 19, 1988 , 102 Stat. 840 ; renumbered § 7142, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(2) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1838 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

1988 Act

Amendment of section is based on Pub. L. 93–307, title IV, § 401, June 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 234, as amended by Pub. L. 93–365, title VII, § 705, Aug. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 406.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018⁠—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3262 of this title as this section.

1988⁠—Pub. L. 100–370 substituted “Notwithstanding section 520(b) of this title, of” for “Of”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.