US Code

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

10 U.S.C. § 8317

Minors enlisted upon false statement of age

(a)
The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by him, may discharge or release from the naval service, with pay and allowances and form of discharge certificate appropriate for his service after enlistment, any enlisted member who, as the result of a false statement of age on his application for enlistment, was enlisted while under the minimum statutory or administrative age limit. A member so discharged or released is entitled to transportation in kind and subsistence from the place of discharge to his home.
(b)
Appropriations available for pay and allowances, subsistence, and transportation of enlisted members of the naval service are available for payments under this section.

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 391Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(14)132 Stat. 1836(, , § 6292; renumbered § 8317, , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

6292(a)

34 U.S.C. 900a.

Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 385, § 1, 59 Stat. 536.

6292(b)

34 U.S.C. 900a (note).

Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 385, § 3, 59 Stat. 537.

34 U.S.C. 900aThe word “member” is substituted for the word “person” and the words “naval service” are substituted for the words “Navy, Marine Corps, and the Reserve components thereof”. The words “form of” are added for clarity. Reference to the date “” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “is entitled to” are substituted for the words “shall be furnished” for uniformity. The decision of the Comptroller General of (B–91297), has not been overlooked. That decision, without passing on a case in which the point was involved, indicated that the transportation entitlement in might be impliedly repealed by the Career Compensation Act of 1949. The editors of the United States Code Annotated, apparently on the basis of this decision, have omitted 34 U.S.C.A. 900a from the 1954 pocket part. A conclusion that the section is repealed, however, defeats the specific purpose of the provision, which, as indicated in the legislative hearings, was to insure that underage dischargees would be transported home and not simply released at the place of discharge.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232section 6292 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–232section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .