10-U.S.C.-3283
§3283 – Commissioned officers: Appointment Without Specification of Branch; Transfer Between Branches
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Title 10 > Subtitle B > Part II > Chapter 335 > Section 3283
Details
- Reference: Section 3283
- Legend: §3283 – Commissioned officers: Appointment Without Specification of Branch; Transfer Between Branches
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Appointments in commissioned grades in the Regular Army shall be made without specification of branch except in each of the special branches and as professors or director of admissions of the United States Military Academy.
(b) Commissioned officers appointed in the Regular Army without specification of branch shall be assigned, and may be transferred and reassigned, by the Secretary of the Army to branches other than the special branches, according to their professional qualifications and the needs of the Army.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 181; Pub. L. 85–600, §1(4), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, §820(d)(1), Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1627; Pub. L. 95–551, §2, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 3283(a)
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10:506(b) (2d sentence). 10:506(c) (1st sentence). 10:506(c) (less 1st sentence and less proviso). |
Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, §502(b) (2d sentence), (c) (less proviso), 61 Stat. 884; June 12, 1948, ch. 449, §104(d)(1), 62 Stat. 358. |
Subsection (a) is substituted for 10:506(b) (2d sentence) and 506(c) (1st sentence). The words in each of the special branches are substituted for the enumeration of branches in 10:506(b) (2d sentence) and for the words each of the several corps of the Army Medical Service, as chaplains, in 10:506(c).
In subsection (b), the words other than the special branches and the Womens Army Corps are substituted for 10:506(c) (words between 3d and 4th parentheses). The word their is substituted for the words of the officers concerned. The words of the Army are substituted for the words of the branches, arms, and services. The words from time to time and arms, and services are omitted as surplusage.
Amendments
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–551 substituted director of admissions for registrar.
Pub. L. 95–485 struck out , in the Womens Army Corps, after special branches.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–485 struck out and the Womens Army Corps after special branches.
1958—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–600 inserted reference to registrar of the Military Academy.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
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