(a) No person may be appointed as a Reserve in a commissioned grade above major or lieutenant commander, unless—
(b)
This section does not apply to adjutants general and assistant adjutants general of the several States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 25, § 594; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059; renumbered § 12204, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.)