§102 Effect of Certain Amendments on Conforming Changes to Tables of Sections, Tables of Contents, and Similar Tabular Entries

Application of Amendment Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, § 1081(e)(3), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2798, provided that: “Section 102 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply to the

made by this section and other

made by this Act [see Tables for classification].” Coordination With Other

Made by Pub. L. 117–263 Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, § 1081(f), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2798, provided that: “For purposes of applying

made by provisions of this Act other than this section [see Tables for classification], the

made by this section [enacting this section, amending section 113, 2691, 3014, 4423, 4831, and 4833 of this title, and amending provisions set out as notes under section 113, 391, and 2224 of this title] shall be treated as having been enacted immediately before any such

by other provisions of this Act.” Elimination of Need for Certain Separate Conforming

Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, § 2803(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2970, provided that: “(1) Automatic execution of conforming changes.—When an amendment made by a provision of this division [see Tables for classification] to a covered defense law adds a section or larger organizational unit to the covered defense law,

or transfers a section or larger organizational unit in the covered defense law, or amends the designation or heading of a section or larger organizational unit in the covered defense law, that amendment also shall have the effect of amending any table of sections, table of contents, or similar table of tabular entries in the covered defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes made by the amendment. “(2) Exceptions.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an amendment described in such paragraph when—“(A) the amendment, or a separate clerical amendment enacted at the same time as the amendment, expressly amends a table of sections, table of contents, or similar table of tabular entries in the covered defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes made by the amendment; or “(B) the amendment otherwise expressly exempts itself from the operation of this section. “(3) Covered defense law defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered defense law’ means—“(A) titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code; “(B) any national defense authorization Act or military

authorization Act that authorizes funds to be appropriated for a fiscal year to the Department of Defense; and “(C) any other law designated in the text thereof as a covered defense law for purposes of application of this section.” [Another section 2803(b) of Pub. L. 117–263 enacted provisions set out as a note under section 2805 of this title. The section 2803(b) of Pub. L. 117–263 set out above probably should have been numbered section 2003(b) as it followed section 2002 of Pub. L. 117–263.] Similar provisions were contained in the following prior act: Pub. L. 117–81, div. B, § 2003(b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2162.