US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 2124

Members of the program: numbers appointed

(a)

Authorized Number of Members of the Program .—

The number of persons who may be designated as members of the program for training in each health profession shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, except that the total number of persons so designated may not, at any time, exceed 6,300.
(b)

Mental Health Professionals .—

section 2121(a)(1)(B) of this titleOf the number of persons designated as members of the program at any time, 300 may be members of the program described in .

Pub. L. 92–426, § 2(a)86 Stat. 718Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 672(i)99 Stat. 664Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VII101 Stat. 1108Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VII, § 725(g)103 Stat. 1480Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VII, § 717105 Stat. 1404Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title V, § 524(b)123 Stat. 2285(Added , , ; amended , , ; , §§ 711(a)(2), 712(b)(1), , , 1112; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 111–842009— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “6,300” for “6,000”, and added subsec. (b).

Pub. L. 102–1901991— substituted “except that the total number of persons so designated may not, at any time, exceed 6,000.” for “except that—

“(1) the total number of persons so designated in all of the programs authorized by this subchapter shall not, at any time, exceed 6,000; and

“(2) after , of the total number of persons so designated, at least 2,500 shall be persons—

“(A) who are in the final two years of their course of study; and

“(B) who have agreed to accept, if offered, residency training in a health profession skill which has been designated by the Secretary as a critically needed wartime skill.”

Pub. L. 101–1891989—Par. (2). inserted “after ,” after “(2)”.

Pub. L. 100–180, § 712(b)(1)1987—, substituted “except that—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “except that the total number of persons so designated in all of the programs authorized by this subchapter shall not, at any time, exceed 6,000.”

Pub. L. 100–180, § 711(a)(2), substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.

Pub. L. 99–1451985— substituted “6,000” for “5,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VII, § 712(b)(2)101 Stat. 1112

“The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect on .”
, , , provided that:

Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 672(j)99 Stat. 664Pub. L. 100–180, § 711(c)(1), , , which provided that amendment made by that section was to take effect on , was repealed by , (e)(1), eff. .

Repeals

Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 672(i)99 Stat. 664Pub. L. 100–180, § 711(c)(1)The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, , , , cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by , (e)(1), eff. .