Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§9434 Command and supervision

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Title 10, §9434

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(a)The immediate government of the Academy is under the Superintendent, who is also the commanding officer of the Academy and of the military post.
(b)The permanent professors and the director of admissions exercise command only in the academic department of the Academy.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 9334(a)10:1042.R.S. 1311. 9334(b)10:1079.June 28, 1902, ch. 1300 (1st proviso under “Permanent Establishment”), 32 Stat. 409. In subsection (a), the words “and, in his absence, the next in rank” are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (b), reference to assimilated rank is omitted as superseded by section 9336 of this title. The words “and the associate professor” are omitted as obsolete.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9334 of this title as this section. 1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted “director of admissions” for “registrar”. 1958—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85–600 inserted reference to registrar.

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Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment 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.

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10 U.S.C. § 9434

Title 10Armed Forces

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Apr 6, 2026

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