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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 725 — Rank and Command

§ 7222. Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments

Statutory text

The President may, in accordance with the needs of the Army, adjust dates of rank of commissioned officers of the Army serving in temporary grades.

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. 204, § 3572 · 70A Stat. 204

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7222

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 204, § 3572

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 204, § 3572

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

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(b)(7) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7222

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3572 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3572 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (7) Chapter 345.— Sections 3572, 3575, 3579, 3581, and 3583 are redesignated as sections 7222, 7225, 7229, 7231, and 7233, 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.

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

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
357210:506d(c) (last sentence).Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 515(c) (last sentence), 61 Stat. 907.

The word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity, since the source statute related only to commissioned officers. The words “in his discretion, from time to time” are omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7222 to 7224 were renumbered sections 8622 to 8624 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3572 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 204, § 3572
  2. 2018renumbered § 7222, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), , 132 Stat. 1838.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 204, § 3572; renumbered § 7222, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), , 132 Stat. 1838.)

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