2001—Pub. L. 107–107 amended section catchline and text generally, substituting provisions relating to the Chief Operating Officer of the Retirement Home for provisions relating to the composition and operation of Retirement Home Board.

1996—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1051(a), added par. (3).

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1051(b)(1), amended heading and text of subsec. (f) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Not later than the effective date specified in section 1541 (a), members of the Retirement Home Board and the members of each Local Board shall be first appointed to staggered terms.”

1993—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 103–160 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “The Secretary of Defense shall select one of the members of the Retirement Home Board to serve as chairman. The term of office of the chairman of the Retirement Home Board shall be five years.”

1991—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 102–190, § 1062(a)(4)(A), substituted “Local Boards” for “local boards”.

Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 102–190, § 1062(a)(4)(B), substituted “that Board” for “that board”.

Section effective one year after Nov. 5, 1990, except that provisions of this section relating to appointment and designation of members of Retirement Home Board and Local Boards effective Oct. 1, 1991, see section 1541(a), (c) of Pub. L. 101–510, formerly set out as a note under section 401 of this title.

Section 1051(b)(2) of Pub. L. 104–201 provided that: “The amendment made by this subsection [amending this section] shall not affect the staggered terms of members of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board or a Local Board of the Retirement Home under section 1515(f) of such Act [subsec. (f) of this section], as such section is in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 23, 1996].”