10 U.S.C. § 1060 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 10. Armed Forces § 1060. Military service of retired members with newly democratic nations: consent of Congress

(a) Consent of Congress.--Subject to subsection (b), Congress consents to a retired member of the uniformed services--

(b) Approval required.--The consent provided in subsection (a) for a retired member of the uniformed services to accept employment or hold an office or position shall apply to a retired member only if the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of State jointly approve the employment or the holding of such office or position.

(c) Determination of newly democratic nations.--The Secretary concerned and the Secretary of State shall jointly determine whether a nation is a newly democratic nation for the purposes of this section.

[(d) Repealed.Pub.L. 108-136, Div. A, Title X, § 1031(a)(9), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1597]

(e) Continued entitlement to retired pay and benefits.--The eligibility of a retired member to receive retired or retainer pay and other benefits arising from the retired member's status as a retired member of the uniformed services, and the eligibility of dependents of such retired member to receive benefits on the basis of such retired member's status as a retired member of the uniformed services, may not be terminated by reason of employment or holding of an office or position consented to in subsection (a).

(f) Retired member defined.--In this section, the term “retired member” means a member or former member of the uniformed services who is entitled to receive retired or retainer pay.

(g) Civil employment by foreign governments.--For a provision of law providing the consent of Congress to civil employment by foreign governments, see section 908 of title 37.