---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2112a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2112a"
heading: "Continued operation of University"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2112a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part III — Training and Education"
  - "Chapter 104 — Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences"
---

# §2112a. Continued operation of University


The University may not be closed.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 907(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2620; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VII, § 724(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2230.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in subsec. (a) of this section were contained in Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 922(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2829, which was set out as a note under section 2112 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–201, § 907(b)(1).

Provisions similar to those in subsec. (b) of this section were contained in Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, § 1071(b), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 445, which was set out as a note under section 2112 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–201, § 907(b)(2).

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328, § 724(c), struck out “(a) Closure Prohibited.—” before “The University” and struck out subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: “During the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1996, the personnel staffing levels for the University may not be reduced below the personnel staffing levels for the University as of October 1, 1993.”