---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1221"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1221"
heading: "Effective date of retirement or placement of name on temporary disability retired list"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1221"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 61 — Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability"
---

# §1221. Effective date of retirement or placement of name on temporary disability retired list


Notwithstanding [section 8301 of title 5](/usc/5/8301.md), the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) may specify an effective date for the retirement of any member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) under this chapter, or for the placement of his name on the temporary disability retired list, that is earlier than the date provided for in that section.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(28)(B), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1451; amended Pub. L. 89–718, § 3, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1115.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1221 | 5:47a(b). | Aug. 2, 1956, ch. 876, 70 Stat. 933. |

Clause (2)(A) is omitted as unnecessary since the revised section applies to the armed forces, and the revised section is made applicable to the other uniformed services by sections 3 and 4 of the act enacting this revised section. Clause (2)(B) is omitted as covered by section 101(8) of this title and sections 3 and 4 of the act enacting this revised section.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–718 substituted “8301” for “47a”.