§ 747. Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard join

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. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–235 § 5(a)(1)(A) · 81 Stat. 753

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 747

   Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 5(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 760

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 90–235, § 5(a)(1)(A), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 760

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) by adding the following new sections at the end thereof: “§ 747. Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard join “When different commands of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard join or serve together, the officer highest in rank in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard on duty there, who is otherwise eligible to command, commands all those forces unless otherwise directed by the President. “*      *      *      *      *      *      * “§ 749. Command: commissioned officers in same grade or corresponding grades on duty at same place “(a) When the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, as the case may be, has on duty in the same area, field command, or organization two or more commissioned officers of the same grade who are otherwise eligible to command, the President may assign the command without regard to rank in that grade. “(b) When officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard are on duty in the same area, field, command, or organization and two or more commissioned officers of different services, who are otherwise eligible to command, have the same grade or corresponding grades, the President may assign the command without regard to rank in that grade.”; and

2. 2021

   William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

   Pub. L. 116–283 § 924(b)(2)(B) · 134 Stat. 3388

   Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 747

   Pub. L. 116–283, § 924(b)(2)(B), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, section catchline read as follows: “Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard join”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283, § 924(b)(2)(B), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, section catchline read as follows: “Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard join”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) Heading.— The heading of section 747 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§ 747. Command: when different commands of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard join” .

3. 2021

   William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

   Pub. L. 116–283 § 924(b)(2)(A)(iv) · 134 Stat. 3388

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 747

   Pub. L. 116–283, § 924(b)(2)(A)(iv), substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in two places

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283, § 924(b)(2)(A)(iv), substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in two places.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (iv) Section 747.

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