§ 749. Command: commissioned officers in same grade or corresponding grades on duty at same place

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. § 749

   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 div. A title IX § 924(b)(2)(A)(v) · 134 Stat. 3388

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 749

   Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in subsecs. (a) and (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Marine Corps, Space Force,” for “Marine Corps,” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (v) Section 749.

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