{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s710a","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f710a.","heading":"Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the armed forces","text":"\u00a7\u202f710a.\nParental leave for members of certain reserve components of the armed forces\n(a)\n(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces described in subsection (b) is allowed parental leave for a duration of up to 12 inactive-duty training periods, under\n(A) the birth or adoption of a child of the member and to care for such child; or\n(B) the placement of a minor child with the member for adoption or long-term foster care.\n(2)\n(A) The Secretary concerned, under uniform regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may authorize leave described under paragraph (1) to be taken after the one-year period described in paragraph (1) in the case of a member described in subsection (b) who, except for this subparagraph, would lose unused parental leave at the end of the one-year period described in paragraph (1) as a result of\u2014\n(i) operational requirements;\n(ii) professional military education obligations; or\n(iii) other circumstances that the Secretary determines reasonable and appropriate.\n(B) The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) shall require that any leave authorized to be taken after the one-year period described in paragraph (1) shall be taken within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, after cessation of the circumstances warranting the extended deadline.\n(b) A member described in this subsection is a member of\u2014\n(1) the selected reserve who is entitled to compensation under\nsection 206 of title 37\n(2) the individual ready reserve who is entitled to compensation under\nsection 206 of title 37","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s710a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f710a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the armed forces"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces described in subsection (b) is allowed parental leave for a duration of up to 12 inactive-duty training periods, under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 206 of title 37","href":"/us/usc/t37/s206","tail":", during the one-year period beginning after the following events:"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the birth or adoption of a child of the member and to care for such child; 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or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/a/2/A/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"content","text":" other circumstances that the Secretary determines reasonable and appropriate.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A) shall require that any leave authorized to be taken after the one-year period described in paragraph (1) shall be taken within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, after cessation of the circumstances warranting the extended deadline.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" A member described in this subsection is a member of\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the selected reserve who is entitled to compensation under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 206 of title 37","href":"/us/usc/t37/s206","tail":"; or"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s710a/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the individual ready reserve who is entitled to compensation under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 206 of title 37","href":"/us/usc/t37/s206","tail":" when attending or participating in a sufficient number of periods of inactive-duty training during a year to count the year as a qualifying year of creditable service toward eligibility for retired pay."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}