Pub. L. 82-476, pt. II, ch. 2, sec. 227

Sec. 227. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, enlisted members of the reserve components shall be enlisted for such periods as the appropriate Secretary prescribes. (b) Unless sooner terminated by the appropriate Secretary, all enlistments as Reserves in the Armed Forces of the United States, in force at the beginning of a war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress or entered into during the existence of such war or national emergency, which otherwise would expire, shall continue in force until six months after the termination of the war or national emergency, whichever is later. (c) In time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress, the period of service of any member of a reserve component who has been transferred thereto pursuant to law, unless sooner terminated by the appropriate Secretary, shall, if such period of service otherwise would expire, be extended until six months after the termination of the war or national emergency, whichever is later.