2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps (§§ 5001 - 7921)
Part II - PERSONNEL (§§ 5401 - 6522)
Chapter 535 - GRADE AND RANK OF OFFICERS (§§ 5501 - 5508)
Section 5508 - Rank of line and staff corps officers of the Navy and officers of the Marine Corps
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 535 - GRADE AND RANK OF OFFICERS Sec. 5508 - Rank of line and staff corps officers of the Navy and officers of the Marine Corps |
| Contains | section 5508 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 317; Pub. L. 90-179, §4, Dec. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, §503(27), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913. |
| Statutes at Large References | 61 Stat. 852 63 Stat. 568 81 Stat. 547 94 Stat. 2913 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 90-179, Public Law 96-513 |
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Except for an officer entitled to a rank higher than his grade, line and staff corps officers of the Navy serving in the same grade and officers of the Marine Corps serving in the corresponding grade rank among themselves according to their respective dates of rank in grade whether or not they are on an active-duty list.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 317; Pub. L. 90–179, §4, Dec. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §503(27), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2913.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 5508 | 34 U.S.C. 306f(d)(2). | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, §311(d)(2), 61 Stat. 852; Aug. 5, 1949, ch. 402, §1(c), 63 Stat. 568. |
The word "rank" is substituted for the words "take precedence" throughout the section for uniformity of expression.
In subsection (a) the first sentence is broadened to include officers of the Marine Corps and officers not on a lineal list. Inclusion of the Marine Corps is possible because the sentence reflects the rule referred to by the Attorney General (25 Op. Atty. Gen. 517) as "an unwritten law of the Army and Navy" as to relative rank between officers in different services. Officers not on a lineal list may properly be included since the statement is consistent with the provisions for assigning lineal position to such officers when they become entitled to be placed on a list.
AMENDMENTS1980—Pub. L. 96–513 struck out designation "(a)" before "Except for an officer", substituted "an active-duty list" for "a lineal list", struck out sentence which had provided that a staff corps officer with the same date of rank as his running mate ranked above all line and staff corps officers junior to his running mate, and struck out subsec. (b) which had provided for a hierarchy of 9 categories of officers of the Navy to be used in ranking officers of the Navy on active duty serving in the same grade and having the same date of rank in that grade.
1967—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–179 added par. (6) and renumbered former pars. (6), (7), and (8) as pars. (7), (8), and (9), respectively.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
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