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10 U.S.C. 7110: Regular Army: strength in grade; general officers

Created in 1958 by Public Law 85-861. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3210 of this title as this section. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text

    1991

    • Pub. L. 102–190 substituted "section 526" for "section 3202(a)". · (a)

    1981

    • Pub. L. 97–22 struck out ", exclusive of the number authorized for the Army Medical Department and the Chaplains," before "is 75/10,000". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 97–22, which directed amendment of subsec. (a) by striking out ", exclusive of the number of commissioned officers on the active-duty list authorized for the Army Medical Department and the Chaplains", was executed by striking out ", exclusive of the number of commissioned officers on the a… · (a)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–513, §502(5)(A), (B), substituted "active-duty list" for "active list" wherever appearing and struck out provisions that, of the authorized strength, not more than one-half could be in a regular grade above brigadier general. · (a)
    • Pub. L. 96–513, §502(5)(A), (C), substituted "active-duty list" for "active list" wherever appearing and substituted paragraphed references to "(1) each corps of the Army Medical Department" and "(2) the Chaplains" for former paragraphed references to "(1) The Medical Corps", "(2) the … · (b)
    • Pub. L. 96–513, §502(5)(D), struck out subsec. (d) which provided that general officers on the active list of the Regular Army who were specifically authorized by law to hold a civil office under the United States or any instrumentality thereof were not counted in determining aut… · (d), (e)

    1968

    • Pub. L. 90–329 substituted "Army Medical Department" for "Army Medical Service" in two places. · (a)

    1966

    • Pub. L. 89–603 added subsec. (e). · (e)

    1958

    • Pub. L. 85–861, §1(66)(A), substituted "Subject to section 3202(a) of this title, the" for "The". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 85–861, §1(66)(B), struck out subsec. (c) which prescribed the number of general officers authorized for the active list of the Regular Army, and redesignated subsecs. (d) and (e) as (c) and (d), respectively. · (c), (d), (e)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.