Annual edition
Pub. L. 99–433 amended section generally, substituting “The Army Staff: function; composition” for “Composition: assignment and detail of members of Army and civilians” in section catchline and substituting in text provisions relating to establishment and composition of the Army Staff and authorizing the Secretary to prescribe the organization, duties, and titles of the Army Staff for provisions relating to establishment and composition of the Army Staff, authorizing the Secretary to prescribe the organization, duties, and titles of the Army Staff and authorizing part of the Army Staff to be designated as the Army General Staff, and limiting the number of officers who may be assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the executive part of the Department of the Army and on or with the Army General Staff.
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Oct. 1, 1986, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, §502(a), 100 Stat. 1039.
Oct 19, 1984 – Oct 1, 1986
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Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–525 struck out subsec. (d) which provided that no commissioned officer who was assigned or detailed to duty in the executive part of the Department of the Army could serve for a tour of duty of more than four years, but that the Secretary could extend such a tour of duty if he made a special finding that the extension was necessary in the public interest, that no officer could be assigned or detailed to duty in the executive part of the Department of the Army within two years after relief from that duty, except upon a special finding by the Secretary that the assignment or detail was necessary in the public interest, and that the subsection did not apply in time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress.
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Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–525, title V, §515, 98 Stat. 2522
Jan 2, 1975 – Oct 19, 1984
Amended · full text not held
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93–608 struck out requirement of quarterly report to Congress on the number of officers in the executive part of the Department of the Army and the number of commissioned officers on or with the Army General Staff and the justification therefor.
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Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93–608, §1(6), 88 Stat. 1968
Dec 26, 1974 – Jan 2, 1975
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Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 93–547 increased the number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff from three to four.
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Dec. 26, 1974, Pub. L. 93–547, 88 Stat. 1742
Aug 10, 1956 – Dec 26, 1974
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Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 150
