§7453 Cadets: degree and commission on graduation

1956 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4353(a) 4353(b)10:486a (less last sentence).10:506c(f) (1st sentence, less last 43 words).May 25, 1933, ch. 37 (less last sentence); restated Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 932 (less last sentence); restated Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 13; restated Aug. 18, 1949, ch. 476 (less last sentence), 63 Stat. 615. Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 506(f) (1st sentence, less last 43 words), 61 Stat. 892. In subsection (a), the last 27 words are substituted for 10:486a (last sentence). The words “rules and” and “from and after the date of the accrediting of said Academy” are omitted as surplusage. The word “conditions” is substituted for the words “

”. In subsection (b), the words “except section 541 of this title” are inserted to reflect the authority to appoint graduates of one service academy as officers of another service. 1958 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4353(b)10 App.:506c–4(c) (1st sentence).July 20, 1956, ch. 646, § 103(c) (1st sentence), 70 Stat. 583. It is unnecessary to include a reference to section 541, since that section does not derogate from the authority granted in this section.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4353 of this title as this section. 1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–513 inserted “under section 531 of this title” after “Regular Army”. 1958—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85–861 struck out “except section 541 of this title” after “provision of law”.

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

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.

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. Degrees for Persons Who Graduated Before Accrediting of Military AcademyAct Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 35, 70A Stat. 634, provided in part that, under conditions prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy may confer the degree of bachelor of science upon living graduates of the Academy who were graduated before the date of accrediting of the Academy and who have met the requirements of the Academy for that degree.