§7064 Special Branches

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3064(a)10:1g(b) (less words of 1st sentence after semicolon).June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 306(b), 64 Stat. 269. 3064(b)10:1g(b) (words of 1st sentence after semicolon). In subsection (a), the words “The special branches of the Army” are substituted for the words “There shall be in the Army certain branches, which shall be known as special branches, and which shall”. The words “authorized by section 61–1, 81–1, and 231a of this title” are omitted as surplusage. The words “and the sections prescribed in this chapter” are inserted, since some of the corps of the Army Medical Service consist of members and sections. Clauses (1), (2), and (3) are substituted for 10:1g(b) (last sentence). In subsection (b), the words “who has been appointed and commissioned in some other special branch, or * * * without specification of branch” are omitted as surplusage.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3064 of this title as this section. 1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–22, § 5(a)(1), substituted “may assign commissioned officers (other than officers of the Regular Army) and members to such branches” for “may appoint commissioned officers in, and may assign members to, such branches”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–22, § 5(a)(2), substituted “Commissioned officers of the Regular Army may be appointed in a special branch, but the Secretary” for “The Secretary”. 1980—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 96–513, § 231(1), added cl. (4). Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 96–513, § 231(2), (3), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). 1968—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 90–329 substituted “Army Medical Department” for “Army Medical Service”.

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, but the authority to prescribe

under the amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.