33 USC 853l: Retirement for length of service upon application
Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 33-NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERSCHAPTER 17-NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEYSUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
§853l. Retirement for length of service upon application
When any commissioned officer has completed twenty years of service, he may at any time thereafter, upon his own application, in the discretion of the President, be placed on the retired list.
(June 3, 1948, ch. 390, §14, formerly §13,
Prior Provisions
A prior section 14 of act June 3, 1948, was classified to section 853m of this title prior to repeal by act Oct. 12, 1949.
Amendments
1961-
Delegation of Functions
Functions of the President under this section delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, see section 1(f) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.