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; amended Pub. L. 100–370, § 1(a)(2), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 840.)

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.

Prior Provisions

A prior section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 180; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(71), 72 Stat. 1464, provided for extension of enlistment of members of the Army needing medical care or hospitalization, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(2)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 756.

Amendments

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