2024—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–159, § 552(a)(1), designated first sentence as par. (1), added pars. (2) and (3), and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: “No more than twenty-five officers and enlisted members from each military department may commence such training in any single fiscal year.”

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 118–159, § 552(a)(2)(A), inserted “(A) in the case of a member detailed pursuant to subsection (a)(1),” after “(1)”, redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, of subpar. (A), and added subpar. (B).

Subsec. (b)(3)(C). Pub. L. 118–159, § 552(a)(2)(B), which directed substitution of “period of—” and cls. (i) and (ii) for “period of two years”, was executed by making the substitution for “period of two years for each year or part thereof of his legal training under subsection (a).”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2021—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “enlisted” for “enlistment”.

2019—Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(b)(1), substituted “Detail as students at law schools; commissioned officers; certain enlisted members” for “Detail of commissioned officers as students at law schools” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(1), inserted “and enlisted members” after “commissioned officers” and after “twenty-five officers” and struck out “bachelor of laws or” before “juris doctor”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(2)(A), inserted “or enlisted member” after “officer” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(2)(B), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “have served on active duty for a period of not less than two years nor more than six years and be in the pay grade O–3 or below as of the time the training is to begin; and”.

Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(2)(C), (D), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).

Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(2)(E), struck out “or law specialist” after “judge advocate”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(3), inserted “and enlisted members” after “Officers” and, in two places, inserted “or enlisted member” after “officer”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(4), inserted “and enlistment members” after “officers”.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(5), inserted “or enlistment member” after “officer”.

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 116–92, § 551(a)(6), inserted “or enlisted member” after “officer”.

1990—Pub. L. 101–510 struck out “of the military departments” after “officers” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 552(b), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1894, provided that: “During each of the three years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2024], the Secretary of a military department may fund educational expenses under section 2004(a) of such title [10 U.S.C. 2004(a)], as amended by subsection (a), for 35 members of such military department.”

Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, § 821, Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 545, provided that: “Notwithstanding any provision of section 2004 of title 10 United States Code, an officer in any pay grade who was in a missing status (as defined in section 551(2) of title 37, United States Code) after August 4, 1964, and before May 8, 1975, may be selected for detail for legal training under that section 2004 on other than a competitive basis and, if selected for that training, is not counted in computing, for the purpose of subsection (a) of that section 2004, the number of officers who may commence that training in any single fiscal year. For the purposes of determining eligibility under that section 2004, the period of time during which an officer was in that missing status may be disregarded in computing the period he has served on active duty.”