Volume 83
Public Law 91–11
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide the grade of general for the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps when the total active duty strength of the Marine Corps exceeds two hundred thousand.
Approved May 2, 1969
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide the grade of general for the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps when the total active duty strength of the Marine Corps exceeds two hundred thousand.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 5202 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof:
“(d) The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, while so serving, has the grade of general, at the discretion of the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: Provided, however, That the total active duty strength of the Marine Corps exceeds two hundred thousand, at the time of the appointment.
“(e) Notwithstanding the strength proviso in subsection (d), an officer once appointed to the grade of general under this section shall retain that grade so long as his appointment as the Assistant Commandant remains in effect.”
Approved May 2, 1969.