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10 U.S.C. 806: Art. 6. Judge advocates and legal officers
Created in 1967 by Public Law 90-179. Changed by 6 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (a)
How it got here
2016
- Pub. L. 114–328 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "No person who has acted as member, military judge, trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, defense counsel, assistant defense counsel, or investigating officer in any case may later act as … Law text · (c)
2013
- Pub. L. 112–239 substituted "The Judge Advocates General, and within the Marine Corps the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, or senior members of their staffs, shall" for "The Judge Advocate General or senior members of his staff shall". Law text · (a)
2002
- Pub. L. 107–296 substituted "of Homeland Security" for "of Transportation". Law text · (d)
1986
- Pub. L. 99–661 added subsec. (d). · (d)
1983
- Pub. L. 98–209 substituted "Air Force, and" for "and Air Force and law specialists of the". · (a)
1968
- Pub. L. 90–632 substituted "military judge" for "law officer". · (c)
1967
- Pub. L. 90–179 substituted reference to judge advocates of the Navy for reference to law specialists of the Navy and provided for the assignment of judge advocates of the Marine Corps. · (a)
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.