US Code

Public Law 119-83 (04/13/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 7432

Departments and professors: titles

(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.

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

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section

Source (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 , 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.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 8732 of this titleA prior section 7432 was renumbered .

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–232section 4332 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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