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HR 4536 102th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Officer personnel

To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement enacted in Public Law 102-190 that service academy graduates be initially commissioned in a Reserve grade.

Introduced: March 20, 1992 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Mar 27, 1992
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 20, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 20, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals a Federal requirement which states that, after September 30, 1996, no person may receive an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such person has completed one year of active-duty service as a commissioned officer of a reserve component.

What's happening now March 27, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 20, 1992
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 20, 1992
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4536: To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement enacted in Public Law 102-190 that service academy graduates be initially commissioned in a Reserve grade.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4536/
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"H.R. 4536: To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement enacted in Public Law 102-190 that service academy graduates be initially commissioned in a Reserve grade.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4536/.
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H.R. 4536, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4536/.
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[H.R. 4536: To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement enacted in Public Law 102-190 that service academy graduates be initially commissioned in a Reserve grade.](https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4536/)
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