The Secretary of the Navy may detail as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains an officer of the Chaplain Corps in the grade of commander or above who is on active duty and who has served on active duty in the Chaplain Corps for at least eight years.
(Added Pub. L. 96–343, § 11(a), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1130, § 5142a; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 504(c)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1725; renumbered § 8082a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5142a of this title as this section.
1997—Pub. L. 105–85 struck out “, who is not on the retired list,” after “who is on active duty”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.