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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 2670 (EAS) — 117 HR 2670 EAS: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 · Sec. 533

Sec. 533. Primacy of needs of the service in determining individual duty assignments

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Chapter 39 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 674 the following new section: The Secretaries of the military departments shall make duty assignments of individual members based on the needs of the military services. A servicemember’s opinion on State laws shall not take precedence over the needs of the military services in determining individual duty assignments. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the Secretaries of the military departments from considering the general preferences of members of the armed forces in making determinations about individual duty assignments. .
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 674 the following new item: 675. Primacy of needs of the service in determining individual duty assignments. .
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