2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part III - Training
Chapter 753 - United States Military Academy
Sec. 7432 - Departments and professors: titles

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7432 (2018)
Section Name §7432. Departments and professors: titles
Section Text

(a) The Secretary of the Army may prescribe the titles of each of the departments of instruction and the professors of the Academy. However, the change of the title of a department or officer does not affect the status, rank, or eligibility for promotion or retirement of, or otherwise prejudice, a professor at the Academy.

(b) Upon becoming the senior professor in a department, a permanent professor thereby becomes the head of that department.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 238, §4332; renumbered §7432, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §808(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
4332(a)4332(b) 10:1061a.10:1087 (proviso). Dec. 14, 1942, ch. 729, 56 Stat. 1049.June 26, 1946, ch. 495, §1 (proviso), 60 Stat. 312.

In subsection (a), the words "now or after December 14, 1942, established at" are omitted as surplusage. The word "precedence" is omitted as covered by the word "rank". The words "pay, allowances" are omitted, since they are determined by the grade held. The words "from time to time", "shall be known", and "operate in any case or on any account" are omitted as surplusage.

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 7432 was renumbered section 8732 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4332 of this title as this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 B - Army
PART III - TRAINING
CHAPTER 753 - UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
Sec. 7432 - Departments and professors: titles
Contains section 7432
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 56 Stat. 1049
60 Stat. 312
132 Stat. 1839
Public Law References Public Law 115-232
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