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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 723 — Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and Duties

§ 7213. Corps of Engineers: assignment or transfer of officers to duties involving civil functions

Statutory text

Officers of the Corps of Engineers may be assigned or transferred to and from duties involving the civil functions of the Corps of Engineers only with the approval of the Secretary of the Army.

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. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, § 3533 · 70A Stat. 201

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7213

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, § 3533

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, § 3533

  2. Pub. L. 89–718 § 26 · 80 Stat. 1113

    Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 7213

    Pub. L. 89–718 struck out provisions requiring the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in order to transfer officers of the Corps of Engineers to or from the civil functions of the Corps of Engineers

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–718 struck out provisions requiring the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in order to transfer officers of the Corps of Engineers to or from the civil functions of the Corps of Engineers.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 26. Section 3533 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out “upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers, and”.

  3. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(b)(6) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7213

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3533 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3533 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) Chapter 343.— Sections 3533, 3534, 3536, 3547 and 3548 are redesignated as sections 7213, 7214, 7216, 7217, and 7218, respectively.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
353310:506(c) (proviso).Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 502(c) (proviso), 61 Stat. 883.

The words “and reassignments” are omitted as surplusage.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7213, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 445, related to relief of contractors and their employees from losses by enemy action, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 824(a)(3), , 107 Stat. 1707.

Amendments1966–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3533 of this title as this section.

1966

Pub. L. 89–718 struck out provisions requiring the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in order to transfer officers of the Corps of Engineers to or from the civil functions of the Corps of Engineers.

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, § 3533
  2. 1966Pub. L. 89–718, § 26, , 80 Stat. 1119
  3. 2018renumbered § 7213, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(6), , 132 Stat. 1838.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, § 3533; Pub. L. 89–718, § 26, , 80 Stat. 1119; renumbered § 7213, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(6), , 132 Stat. 1838.)

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