§ 8090. Staff corps of the Navy

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. 1980

   Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

   Pub. L. 96–513 title III § 351 · 94 Stat. 2835

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090

   Added Pub. L. 96–513, title III, § 351, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2902, § 5155

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 96–513, title III, § 351, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2902, § 5155

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 351. authority to establish new staff corps in the navy Chapter 513, relating to bureaus and certain offices in the Navy, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§5155. Staff corps of the Navy “(a) The staff corps of the Navy are— “(1) the Medical Corps; “(2) the Dental Corps; “(3) the Judge Advocate General’s Corps; “(4) the Chaplain Corps; and “(5) such other staff corps as may be established by the Secretary of the Navy under subsection (b). “(b) (1) The Secretary of the Navy may establish staff corps of the Navy in addition to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and the Chaplain Corps. The Secretary may designate commissioned officers in, and may assign members to, any such staff corps. “(2) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy may provide for the appointment of the chief of any staff corps established under this subsection. “(c) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or Medical Service Corps for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral or rear admiral, as appropriate. An officer so selected shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years to serve in the position, respectively, of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps.”

2. 1981

   Defense Officer Personnel Management Act Technical Corrections Act

   Pub. L. 97–22 § 6(a) · 95 Stat. 124

   1. Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

      Pub. L. 97–22 substituted “Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral” for “Nurse Corps or Medical Service Corps for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral or rear admiral, as appropriate”

   2. Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

      Pub. L. 97–22 substituted “An officer promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary” for “An officer so selected shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years to serve in the position, respectively, of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps”

   3. Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

      Pub. L. 97–22 inserted provision that for the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section 5444 of this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered an additional number in grade

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–22 substituted “Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral” for “Nurse Corps or Medical Service Corps for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral or rear admiral, as appropriate”, substituted “An officer promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary” for “An officer so selected shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years to serve in the position, respectively, of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps”, and inserted provision that for the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section 5444 of this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered an additional number in grade.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Subsection (c) of section 5155 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 351 of the Act (94 Stat. 2902)), is amended to read as follows: “(c) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral. An officer promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary. For the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section 5444 of this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered an additional number in grade.”.

3. 1981

   Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

   Pub. L. 97–86 title IV § 405(b)(1) · 95 Stat. 1099

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

   Pub. L. 97–86 substituted “commodore” for “commodore admiral”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–86 substituted “commodore” for “commodore admiral”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) The following sections of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking out “admiral” after “commodore” each place it appears: 101(41), 525(a), 601(c)(2), 611(a), 612(a)(3), 619(a)(2)(B), 619(c)(2)(A)(ii), 625(a), 625(c), 634, 635, 637(b)(2), 638(a)(3), 638(b), 638(c), 645(1)(A)(ii), 5138(a), 5149(b), 5155(c), 5442, 5444, 5457(a), and 6389(f).

4. 1986

   Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–433 title V § 514(a)(2) · 100 Stat. 992

   Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8090

   Pub. L. 99–433 renumbered section 5155 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–433 renumbered section 5155 of this title as this section.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 5155 is redesignated as section 5150.

5. 1986

   Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987

   Pub. L. 99–661 div. A title XIII § 1343(a)(23) · 100 Stat. 3816

   1. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

      Pub. L. 99–661, as amended by Pub. L. 100–26

   2. Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

      Pub. L. 99–661, as substituted “rear admiral (lower half)” for “commodore”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–661, as amended by Pub. L. 100–26, substituted “rear admiral (lower half)” for “commodore”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (23) Section 5155(c) is amended by striking out “commodore” and inserting in lieu thereof “rear admiral (lower half)”.

6. 1987

   Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–26 § 3(7) · 101 Stat. 273

   Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

   Pub. L. 100–26 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 99–661, § 1343(a)(23). See 1986 Amendment note below

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–26 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 99–661, § 1343(a)(23). See 1986 Amendment note below.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (7) Section 1343(a)(23) is amended by striking out “Section 5155(c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “Section 5150(c) (as redesignated by section 514(a)(2) of Public Law 99–433)”.

7. 1991

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

   Pub. L. 102–190 div. A title X § 1061(a)(22)(A) · 105 Stat. 1290

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

   Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “section 526” for “section 5444”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “section 526” for “section 5444”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) Section 5150(c) is amended by striking out “section 5444” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 526”.

8. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–314 div. A title V § 504(a)(2) · 116 Stat. 2458

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

   Pub. L. 107–314 substituted “for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, in the case of an officer in the Nurse Corps, or rear admiral (lower half), in the case of an officer in the Medical Service Corps” for “for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half)” in first sentence

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–314 substituted “for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, in the case of an officer in the Nurse Corps, or rear admiral (lower half), in the case of an officer in the Medical Service Corps” for “for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half)” in first sentence.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) The first sentence of section 5150(c) of such title is amended— (A) by inserting “rear admiral, in the case of an officer in the Nurse Corps, or” after “for promotion to the grade of”; and (B) by inserting “, in the case of an officer in the Medical Service Corps” after “rear admiral (lower half)”.

9. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

   Pub. L. 112–239 div. A title V § 501(b) · 126 Stat. 1632

   Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

   Pub. L. 112–239 struck out at end “For the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section 526 of this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered an additional number in grade.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239 struck out at end “For the purpose of computing the total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section 526 of this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered an additional number in grade.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Corresponding Change in Computing Number of Flag Officers in Staff Corps of the Navy.— Section 5150(c) of such title is amended by striking the last sentence.

10. 2016

    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

    Pub. L. 114–328 § 502(hh)(1) · 130 Stat. 2000

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(b)(2)

    Pub. L. 114–328, § 502(hh)(1), substituted “The Secretary” for “Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–328, § 502(hh)(1), substituted “The Secretary” for “Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary” and inserting “The Secretary”; and

11. 2016

    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

    Pub. L. 114–328 § 502(hh)(2) · 130 Stat. 2000

    Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(c)

    Pub. L. 114–328, § 502(hh)(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, in the case of an officer in the Nurse Corps, or rear admiral (lower half), in the case of an officer in the Medical Service Corps. An officer promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–328, § 502(hh)(2), struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: “The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for promotion to the grade of rear admiral, in the case of an officer in the Nurse Corps, or rear admiral (lower half), in the case of an officer in the Medical Service Corps. An officer promoted pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by striking subsection (c).

12. 2018

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

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(a)(2) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8090

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5150 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5150 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Chapter 513.— For sections in chapter 513, each section is 10 USC 8071, 8072; 8075; 8077, 8078, 8079, 8081, 8082, 8082a, 8083, 8084, 8088, 8089, 8090. redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 2,940.

    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.

13. 2024

    Pub. L. 118–159 § 923(a) · 138 Stat. 2039

    1. Added · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(a)(5)(9)

       Pub. L. 118–159, § 923(a), added pars. (5) to (8)

    2. Redesignated · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(a)(5)(9)

       Pub. L. 118–159, § 923(a), redesignated former par. (5) as (9)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(5) to (9). Pub. L. 118–159, § 923(a), added pars. (5) to (8) and redesignated former par. (5) as (9).

14. 2024

    Pub. L. 118–159 § 923(b) · 138 Stat. 2039

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8090(b)(1)

    Pub. L. 118–159, § 923(b), substituted “staff corps specified in subsection (a)” for “Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and the Chaplain Corps”

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 118–159, § 923(b), substituted “staff corps specified in subsection (a)” for “Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and the Chaplain Corps”.

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