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10 U.S.C. 9039: Chief of Chaplains: appointment; duties

Created in 2013 by Public Law 112-239. Changed by 3 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (d), 9039a

How it got here

2021

  • Pub. L. 116–283 substituted "for the Air Force and the Space Force" for "in the Air Force". Law text · (a)

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–232, §806(c), renumbered section 8039 of this title as this section. Law text
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §809(a), substituted "section 9067(h)" for "section 8067(h)" in introductory provisions. Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–232, §510(c), added subsec. (c). Law text · (c)

2016

  • Pub. L. 114–328, §502(mm)(1), redesignated subpars. (B) and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "are serving in the grade of colonel or above;". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 114–328, §502(mm)(2), struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: "An officer appointed as Chief of Chaplains who holds a lower regular grade may be appointed in the regular grade of major general." Law text · (c)

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.