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Sec. 501. Definition. 502. Enlistment oath: who may administer. 503. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns; compilation of directory information. 504. Persons not qualified. 505. Regular components: qualifications, term, grade. 506. Regular components: extension of enlistments during war. 507. Extension of enlistment for members needing medical care or hospitalization. 508. Reenlistment: qualifications. 509. Voluntary extension of enlistments: periods and benefits. 510. Enlistment incentives for pursuit of skills to facilitate national service. 511. College First Program. [512. Renumbered.] 513. Enlistments: Delayed Entry Program. 514. Bounties prohibited; substitutes prohibited. 515. Reenlistment after discharge as warrant officer. 516. Effect upon enlisted status of acceptance of appointment as cadet or midshipman. 517. Authorized daily average: members in pay grades E–8 and E–9. 518. Temporary enlistments. 519. Temporary enlistments: during war or emergency. 520. Limitation on enlistment and induction of persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level. [520a. Repealed.] 520b. Applicants for enlistment: authority to use funds for the issue of authorized articles. 520c. Recruiting functions: provision of meals and refreshments.

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 551(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1911, added item 511.
2003—Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1031(a)(8)(B), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1597, substituted “provision of meals and refreshments” for “use of funds” in item 520c.
2002—Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 531(a)(2), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2544, added item 510.
2000—Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1076(g)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–282, struck out item 520a “Criminal history information for military recruiting purposes”.
1996—Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title III, § 361(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2491, added item 520c.
1994—Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1671(b)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3013, as amended by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(a)(8)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 495, struck out items 510 “Reserve components: qualifications”, 511 “Reserve components: terms”, and 512 “Reserve components: transfers”.
1989—Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title V, § 501(a)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1435, added item 513.
1985—Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1303(a)(4)(B), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 738, substituted “enlistment” for “enlistments” in item 520b.
1984—Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2614, added item 520b.
1982—Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, § 1114(b)(3), (c)(2), Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 749, 750, inserted “; compilation of directory information” in item 503, and added item 520a.
1980—Pub. L. 96–342, title III, § 302(b)(2), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1083, added item 520.
1968—Pub. L. 90–623, § 2(2), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1314, struck out “or national emergency” after “extension of enlistments during war” in item 506.
Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(1)(C), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 755, redesignated item 501 as 502, and added items 501, 503 to 509, 518 and 519.
1962—Pub. L. 87–649, § 2(2), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 492, added item 517.
1958—Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(9)(B), (C), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1440, struck out item 513 “Reserve components: promotions” and added item 516.


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