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

10 U.S.C. § 8584

Age of retirement

A civilian member may be retired at any time after his sixty-fifth birthday, and shall be retired by June 30 following that birthday. However, in any special case the Secretary of the Navy may defer the retirement of a member until a date not later than the member’s seventieth birthday.

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 439Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1)132 Stat. 1836(, , § 7084; renumbered § 8584, , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

7084

34 U.S.C. 1073b.

Jan. 16, 1936, ch. 3, § 3, 49 Stat. 1092.

The words “individual and” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232section 7084 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 .