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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-111 (A) by striking "an enlisted member" in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting "a member"; and (B) by striking "an officer candidate in" in subparagraph (A) and inserting "a member of". (b) REPEAL OF AGE LIMITATIONS. —Subsection (b) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and (C) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking "paragraph (3)" and inserting "paragraph (2)"; (2) by striking paragraph (2); (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking "paragraph (1)(D)" and inserting "paragraph (1)(C)". (c) CANDIDATES FOR LAW DEGREES.— Subsection (a)(2) of such section is amended by striking "three" and inserting "four". (d) SANCTIONS; EXCEPTIONS. —Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking "A member who" and inserting "An enlisted member who"; (B) by inserting "and an officer who receives financial assistance under this section may be required to repay the full amount of financial assistance," after "for more than four years,"; and (C) by inserting "or, if already a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps, refuses to accept an assignment on active duty when offered" in subparagraph (A) after "when offered"; and (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: "(2) The Secretary of the Navy may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in the case of a person who— "(A) becomes unqualified to serve on active duty as an officer due to a circumstance not within the control of the person; "(B) is not physically qualified for appointment under section 532 of this title and later is determined by the Secretary of the Navy under section 505 of this title to be unqualified for service as an enlisted member of the Marine Corps due to a physical or medical condition that was not the result of misconduct or grossly negligent conduct; or "(C) fails to complete the military or academic requirements of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program due to a circumstance not within the control of the person.". (e) CLARIFICATION OF SERVICE EXCLUDED IN COMPUTATION OF CREDITABLE SERVICE AS A MARINE CORPS OFFICER.—(1) Section 205(f) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking "that the officer performed concurrently as a member" and inserting "that the officer performed concurrently as an enlisted member". (2) Such section is further amended by striking "section 12209" and inserting "section 12203". (f) AMENDMENTS OF HEADINGS.— (1) The heading of section 16401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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