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Title 10 - ARMED FORCESSubtitle B - ARMYPart III - TRAINING
Chapter 753 - UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
Section 7432 - Departments and professors: titles

10 U.S.C. § 7432

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Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 7432 - Departments and professors: titles
(a) The Secretary of the Army may prescribe the titles of each of the departments of instruction and the professors of the Academy. However, the change of the title of a department or officer does not affect the status, rank, or eligibility for promotion or retirement of, or otherwise prejudice, a professor at the Academy.
(b) Upon becoming the senior professor in a department, a permanent professor thereby becomes the head of that department.

10 U.S.C. § 7432

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 238, §4332; renumbered §7432, Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
4332(a)4332(b) 10:1061a.10:1087 (proviso). Dec. 14, 1942, ch. 729, 56 Stat. 1049.June 26, 1946, ch. 495, §1 (proviso), 60 Stat. 312.
In subsection (a), the words "now or after December 14, 1942, established at" are omitted as surplusage. The word "precedence" is omitted as covered by the word "rank". The words "pay, allowances" are omitted, since they are determined by the grade held. The words "from time to time", "shall be known", and "operate in any case or on any account" are omitted as surplusage.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 7432 was renumbered section 8732 of this title.

AMENDMENTS2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 4332 of this title as this section.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT 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.

grade
The term "grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation.
officer
The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.
pay
The term "pay" includes basic pay, special pay, retainer pay, incentive pay, retired pay, and equivalent pay, but does not include allowances.
rank
The term "rank" means the order of precedence among members of the armed forces.