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10 U.S.C. § 716 — Commissioned officers: transfers among the armed forces, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Public Health Service

submitted 68 years ago by Pub. L. 85-599 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 106 words · no verdicts yet

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With the officer’s consent, the President may transfer a commissioned officer between uniformed services under the stated conditions. The officer cannot receive a higher relative rank than before the transfer.

(a) Despite any other law, the President may, within authorized personnel limits and with the officer’s consent, transfer a commissioned officer from one uniformed service to another and appoint the officer in the receiving service. The Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce, and Health and Human Services must jointly establish policies and procedures for these transfers and appointments by regulations approved by the President. (b) An officer transferred under this section may not receive precedence or relative rank higher than the officer held on the day before the transfer.
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(a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, within authorized strengths and with the consent of the officer involved, may transfer any commissioned officer of a uniformed service from his uniformed service to, and appoint him in, another uniformed service. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly establish, by regulations approved by the President, policies and procedures for such transfers and appointments.

(b)

An officer transferred under this section may not be assigned precedence or relative rank higher than that which he held on the day before the transfer.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 85–599, § 11(2), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 521; amended Pub. L. 91–392, § 1, Sept. 1, 1970, 84 Stat. 834; Pub. L. 96–215, § 2(a), Mar. 25, 1980, 94 Stat. 123; Pub. L. 97–295, § 1(10), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1289; Pub. L. 98–94, title X, § 1007(a)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 99–348, title III, § 304(a)(1), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 703; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1958Enacted · Pub. L. 85-599 · 72 Stat. 521
  • 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-392 · 84 Stat. 834
  • 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-215 · 94 Stat. 123
  • 1982Amended · Pub. L. 97-295 · 96 Stat. 1289
  • 1983Amended · Pub. L. 98-94 · 97 Stat. 661
  • 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-348 · 100 Stat. 703
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2314

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 85-599 on 1958-08-06.

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