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14 U.S.C. 302: Commandant; appointment

Created in 1960 by Public Law 86-474. Changed by 5 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 (b)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 44 of this title as this section. Law text

2014

  • Pub. L. 113–281 inserted after first sentence "The term of an appointment, and any reappointment, shall begin on June 1 of the appropriate year and end on May 31 of the appropriate year, except that, in the event of death, retirement, resignation, or reassignment, or when the needs of the Service d… Law text

1972

  • Pub. L. 92–451 substituted "above the grade of captain" for "in the grade of captain or above" in second sentence.

1966

  • Pub. L. 89–444 struck out provision that the position of an officer appointed Commandant be filled by promotion according to law.

1963

  • Pub. L. 88–130 substituted "officers on the active duty promotion list serving in the grade of" for "active list of officers who hold a permanent commission as", required qualifying period of 10 years commissioned service to be "active" service, and struck out ", pay, and allowances" before "of adm…

1960

  • Pub. L. 86–474 substituted "active list of officers" for "active list of line officers", "captain or above" for "commander or above", and "allowances of admiral" for "allowances of vice admiral".

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.