§ 1555. Professional staff

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1998

   Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

   Pub. L. 105–261 div. A title V § 542(a)(1) · 112 Stat. 1920

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 1555

   Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 542(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2020

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 542(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2020

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 79 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§1555. Professional staff (a) The Secretary of each military department shall assign to the staff of the service review agency of that military department at least one attorney and at least one physician. Such assignments shall be made on a permanent, full-time basis and may be made from members of the armed forces or civilian employees. “(b) Personnel assigned pursuant to subsection (a)— “(1) shall work under the supervision of the director or executive director (as the case may be) of the service review agency; and “(2) shall be assigned duties as advisers to the director or executive director or other staff members on legal and medical matters, respectively, that are being considered by the agency. “(c) In this section, the term ‘service review agency’ means— “(1) with respect to the Department of the Army, the Army Review Boards Agency; “(2) with respect to the Department of the Navy, the Board for Correction of Naval Records; and “(3) with respect to the Department of the Air Force, the Air Force Review Boards Agency.”.

2. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–65 div. A title V § 582 · 113 Stat. 512

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 1555(c)(2)

   Pub. L. 106–65 inserted “the Navy Council of Personnel Boards and” after “Department of the Navy,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106–65 inserted “the Navy Council of Personnel Boards and” after “Department of the Navy,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 582. SERVICE REVIEW AGENCIES COVERED BY PROFESSIONAL STAFFING REQUIREMENT. Section 1555(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting “the Navy Council of Personnel Boards and” after “Department of the Navy,”.

3. 2023

   Space Force Personnel Management Act

   Pub. L. 118–31 div. A title XVII § 1722(j)(2)(A) · 137 Stat. 136

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 1555(c)(3)

   Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “Air Force,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “the Department of” after “Air Force,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) Sections 1555(c)(3) and 1557(f)(3) are amended by inserting “the Department of” after “Air Force,”.

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