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PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 97 STAT. 671 than six years nor more than eight years, as provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for the armed forces under his jurisdiction and by the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, unless such person is sooner discharged under such regulations because of per- sonal hardship. Any part of such service that is not active duty or that is active duty for training shall be performed in a reserve component.". (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply only with respect to persons who enter the Armed Forces 60 or more days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Effective date. 10 USC 651 note. VARIABLE TERMS FOR ENUSTMENTS AND REENUSTMENTS IN REGULAR COMPONENTS SEC. 1023. Section 505 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "two, three, four, five, or six years" in subsections (c) and (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "at least two but not more than six years". PART D—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSION OF PERIOD DURING WHICH CERTAIN ACCUMULATED LEAVE MAY BE USED SEC. 1031. (a) The last sentence of section 701(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "third" after "end of the". (b)(1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on Effective date. the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to leave accumulated under section 701(f) of such title after September 30, 1980. (2) A member of the Armed Forces who was authorized under 10 USC 701 note. section 701(f) of such title to accumulate 90 days' leave during fiscal year 1980, 1981, or 1982 and lost any leave at the end of fiscal year 1981, 1982, or 1983, respectively, because of the provisions of the last sentence of such section, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be credited with the amount of the leave lost and may retain leave in excess of 60 days until (A) September 30, 1984, or (B) the end of the third fiscal year after the year in which such leave was accumulated, whichever is later, but in no case may such a member accumulate leave in excess of 90 days. (3) Section 404 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, Repeal. 1983 (Public Law 97-252; 96 Stat. 725), is repealed. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF MILITARY RETIREES DYING IN MILITARY HOSPITALS SEC. 1032. (a)(1) Chapter 75 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section. "§ 1490. Transportation of remains of members entitled to retired or retainer pay who die in a military medical facility "(a) Subject to subsection (b), when a member entitled to retired or retainer pay or equivalent pay dies while properly admitted under chapter 55 of this title to a medical facility of the armed forces located in the United States, the Secretary concerned may transport the remains, or pay the cost of transporting the remains, of the decedent to the place of burial of the decedent. 10 USC 1490. 10 USC 1071 et seq.