10 U.S.C. § 2101
Section 2101 · Definitions
Amended 4 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case United States v. Mechanic (1971)
Most recently applied in Bobblis v. Costa (October 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this chapter:
(1) The term “program” means the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of an armed force.
(2) The term “member of the program” means a student who is enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of an armed force.
(3) The term “advanced training” means the training and instruction offered in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to students enrolled in an advanced education program beyond the baccalaureate degree level or to students in the third and fourth years of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course, or the equivalent period of training in an approved two-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course (except that, in the case of a student enrolled in an academic program which has been approved by the Secretary of the military department concerned and which requires more than four academic years for completion of baccalaureate degree requirements, including elective requirements of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course, such term includes a fifth academic year or a combination of a part of a fifth academic year and summer sessions).
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1996—Par. (3). Pub. L. 104–201 inserted “students enrolled in an advanced education program beyond the baccalaureate degree level or to” after “Training Corps to”.
1987—Pub. L. 100–180, in pars. (1) to (3), inserted “The term” after each par. designation, and struck out uppercase letter of first word after first quotation marks in each par. and substituted lowercase letter.
1983—Pub. L. 98–94, §1268(11)(A), substituted a colon for a dash after “In this chapter” in provision preceding par. (1).
Par. (1). Pub. L. 98–94, §1268(11)(B), (C), substituted “Program” for “program” and a period for a semicolon after “armed force”.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 98–94, §1268(11)(D), (E), substituted “Member” for “member”, and a period for “; and” after “armed force”.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 98–94, §1268(11)(F), substituted “Advanced” for “advanced”.
Pub. L. 98–94, §1003(a)(1), inserted parenthetical provision relating to a fifth academic year or a combination of a fifth academic year and summer sessions.
Cross References
Compensation for work injuries, see section 8140 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.