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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4909 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 907

Sec. 907. Term of office for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Section 152(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking a term of two years and all that follows through the end and inserting the following: a term of four years, beginning on October 1 of a year that is three years following a year evenly divisible by four. The limitation of this paragraph on the length of term does not apply in time of war. ; and in paragraph (3), by striking exceeds six years and all that follows through the end and inserting the following: exceeds eight years. The limitation of this paragraph does not apply in time of war. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2019.
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