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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1215 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 503

Sec. 503. Original appointment authority

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Section 531 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— by striking and captain and inserting captain, major, and lieutenant colonel ; and by striking and lieutenant and inserting lieutenant, lieutenant commander, and commander ; and in subsection (a)(2)— by striking grades both places it appears and inserting grade ; by striking major, lieutenant colonel, and ; and by striking lieutenant commander, commander, and .
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