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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1735 (PAP) — 114 HR 1735 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 · Sec. 502

Sec. 502. Minimum grades for certain corps and related positions in the Army, Navy, and Air Force

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Section 3023(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking the grade of major general and inserting a grade above the grade of colonel . Section 3039(b) of such title is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the following new sentence: An officer appointed to that position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of colonel. . Section 3069(b) of such title is amended by striking whose regular grade and all that follows through major general. and inserting .
An officer appointed to that position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of colonel. . Section 3084 of such title is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the following new sentence: An officer appointed to that position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of lieutenant colonel. . Section 5027(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the grade of rear admiral and inserting a grade above the grade of captain . Section 5138 of such title is amended— by striking subsections
(a)and
(b)and inserting the following new subsection (a): There is a Chief of the Dental Corps in the Department of the Navy. An officer assigned to that position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of captain. ; and by redesignating subsections
(c)and
(d)as subsections
(b)and (c), respectively. Section 5150(c) of such title is amended— in the first sentence, by striking for promotion and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting a period; and by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: An officer so selected shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of captain. . Section 8023(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking the grade of major general and inserting a grade above the grade of colonel . Section 8069(b) of such title is amended by striking whose regular grade and all that follows through major general. and inserting . An officer appointed to that position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of colonel. . Section 8081 of such title is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following new sentence: An officer appointed to that position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of colonel. . In the case of an officer who on the date of the enactment of this Act is serving in a position that is covered by an amendment made by this section, the continued service of that officer in such position after the date of the enactment of this Act shall not be affected by that amendment.
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