(a)
A Reserve officer who has been appointed under this subchapter is considered to have accepted the appointment unless delivery thereof cannot be effected.
(b)
A Reserve officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5, is not required to take a new oath of office upon appointment in a higher grade.
(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1012, § 735; renumbered § 3746, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)