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10 U.S.C. 656: Diversity in military leadership: plan; mentoring and career counseling program

Created in 2013 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239). Changed by 1 later law. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

This Congress

  • S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed the section as a whole

How it got here

2021

  • Pub. L. 116–283, §571(a)(3)(A), amended section catchline generally, substituting "Diversity in military leadership: plan; mentoring and career counseling program" for "Diversity in military leadership: plan". (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §571(a)(1)(B), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §571(a)(1)(A), (2), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c) and inserted "and Mentoring and Career Counseling Program" after "Developing and Implementing Plan" in heading and "and the mentoring and career counseling program under subsection (b)" after "the plan under subsectio… (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (c)
  • Pub. L. 116–283, §571(a)(1)(A), redesignated subsecs. (c) to (e) as (d) to (f), respectively. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (d), (e), (f)

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