Suspension: preceding sections

§ 5451. Suspension: preceding sections (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the President, during a war or national emergency, may suspend any provision of the preceding sections of this chapter. Such a suspension may not continue beyond June 30 of the fiscal year following that in which the war or national emergency ends. (b) The President may suspend provisions of sections 5442, 5443, and 5444 of this title relating to officers serving in grades above lieutenant in the Navy or captain in the Marine Corps only during a war or national emergency declared by Congress or the President after May 5, 1954.