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10 U.S.C. 8221: Chaplains: divine services

Created in 1959 by Public Law 86-140. Changed by 1 later law. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2018Pub. L. 115-232

1959Pub. L. 86-140created it

10 U.S.C. 8221Chaplains: divine services

The section as a wholerewritten

(a)An officer in the Chaplain Corps may conduct public worship according to the…

(b)The commanders of vessels and naval activities to which chaplains are attached…

(c)All persons in the Navy and in the Marine Corps are enjoined to behave…

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 8800National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027passed house

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change the section as a whole

How it got here

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6031 of this title as this section. Law text

1959

Pub. L. 86–140 repealed subsec. (d) which required each chaplain to report annually to the Secretary of the Navy the official services performed by him. · (d)

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