Section, added [Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 351(a)], Nov. 30, 1993, [107 Stat. 1626]; amended [Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(16)], Nov. 18, 1997, [111 Stat. 1901]; [Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1066(a)(6)], Oct. 5, 1999, [113 Stat. 770], related to prohibition of assignment of active duty members to operation of commissary stores.
A prior section, added [Pub. L. 96–342, title X, § 1002(a)], Sept. 8, 1980, [94 Stat. 1119]; amended [Pub. L. 97–22, § 11(a)(1)], July 10, 1981, [95 Stat. 137], provided that no one who originally enlisted after Sept. 7, 1980, in a regular armed services component and failed to serve at least 24 months of such enlistment would be eligible for Federal benefits otherwise receivable because of active service under such enlistment, except that such exclusion was not applicable to one discharged under section 1173 of chapter 61 of this title or to one later proved to be suffering from a disability resulting from an injury or disease incurred during enlistment, prior to repeal by [Pub. L. 97–306, title IV, § 408(c)(1)], Oct. 14, 1982, [96 Stat. 1446]. See [section 5303A of Title 38], Veterans’ Benefits, and provisions set out as notes under that section.
