An officer in a staff corps may command only such activities as are appropriate to his corps.
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 371Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(21)81 Stat. 380Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(5)132 Stat. 1834(, , § 5945; , , ; renumbered § 8165, , , .)
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Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
5945 | R.S. 1488; Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 413, § 7 (3d proviso of 2d sentence, and 3d sentence), 30 Stat. 1006; June 24, 1910, ch. 378, 36 Stat. 614 (3d proviso). | |
| 34 U.S.C. 30h (1st 23 words). | Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 459, § 207 (1st 23 words), 61 Stat. 738; renumbered § 206, Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 433(b), 61 Stat. 881. |
| 34 U.S.C. 43d (proviso). | Apr. 16, 1947, ch. 38, § 205 (proviso), 61 Stat. 48. |
§ 7 of the Act of March 3, 189934 U.S.C. 10a34 U.S.C. 253The provision of (supra), relating to relative rank is omitted as executed. The provision that the rank conferred upon staff corps officers shall not change their titles is omitted because these titles were abolished by § 405 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 () and the corresponding line grades substituted. The cited proviso in the Act of ( (proviso)) is omitted as obsolete because the officers referred to were officers of the Construction Corps which has been abolished.
34 U.S.C. 253The first sentence of this section is phrased so as to reflect the accepted meaning of the cited provision. , as worded, if interpreted literally, could be held to prohibit, for example, the assignment of members of the Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Hospital Corps to duty under officers of the Medical Corps, despite the fact that all of these corps were established by law within the Medical Department of the Navy. The provision is not so interpreted. It is understood to restrict only the types of activities that staff corps officers may command, and not to restrict to a single corps the personnel who may be assigned to an activity commanded by a staff corps officer.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–232section 5945 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 90–1301967— struck out provision that an officer in the Nurse Corps may not exercise command.
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 .