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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 7900 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 505

Sec. 505. Clarification of grade of Surgeon General of the Navy

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Section 8077 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Surgeon General, while so serving, shall hold the grade of O-9. .
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