Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 41 — Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and Duties
§ 715. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade
Statutory text
A general officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of major general. A flag officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of rear admiral (upper half).
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.
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title V § 508(a) · 132 Stat. 1636
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 715
(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 508(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1749.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 508(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1749.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Chapter 41 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 716 the following new section: “§ 715. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade “A general officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of major general. A flag officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of rear admiral (upper half).” .
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 715, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 33, related to detail of members of regular and reserve components to assist those components prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1662(g)(2), 1691, , 108 Stat. 2996, 3026, effective . See section 12501 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 508(a), , 132 Stat. 1749.)