---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 8319"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "8319"
heading: "Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/8319"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart G — Insurance and Annuities"
  - "Chapter 83 — Retirement"
  - "Subchapter II — Forfeiture of Annuities and Retired Pay"
---

# §8319. Removal of members of the uniformed services from rolls; restoration; reappointment

- (a) The President may drop from the rolls a [member](/usc/5/8401.md?p=20) of a uniformed [service](/usc/5/8401.md?p=26) who is deprived of [retired pay](/usc/5/8311.md?p=3) under this subchapter.
- (b) The President may restore—
  - (1) military status to an individual dropped from the rolls to whom [retired pay](/usc/5/8311.md?p=3) is restored under this subchapter or under section 2 of the Act of September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 648); and
  - (2) all rights and privileges to the individual and his beneficiaries of which he or they were deprived because his name was dropped from the rolls.
- (c) If the individual restored was a commissioned officer, the President alone may reappoint him to the [grade](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-5) and [position](/usc/5/5102.md?p=a-3) on the retired list held when his name was dropped from the rolls.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 564.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 2287. | Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–299, § 1 “Sec. 8”, 75 Stat. 646. |

The words “and section 3282 of Title 18” are omitted as unnecessary.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 2 of the Act of September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 648), referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is set out as a note under section 8322 of this title.