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[CITE: 10USC1522]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
             CHAPTER 77--POSTHUMOUS COMMISSIONS AND WARRANTS
 
Sec. 1522. Posthumous warrants

    (a) The Secretary concerned may issue, or have issued, an 
appropriate warrant in the name of a member of the armed forces who, 
after September 8, 1939, was officially recommended for appointment or 
promotion to a grade other than a commissioned grade but was unable to 
accept the appointment or promotion because of death in line of duty.
    (b) A warrant issued under subsection (a) shall issue as of the date 
of the recommendation, and the member's name shall be carried on the 
records of the military or executive department concerned as if he had 
served in the grade to which posthumously appointed or promoted from the 
date of the recommendation to the date of his death.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 116.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1522(a)...............................  10:612 (words before semicolon).     Ju
ly 28, 1942, ch. 528, Sec.  4, 56
                                        34:285e (words before semicolon).     S
tat. 723; July 17, 1953, ch. 220,
                                                                              S
ec.  1 (a)-(d), 67 Stat. 176.
1522(b)...............................  10:612 (words after semicolon).
                                        34:285e (words after semicolon).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``a member of'' are substituted for the 
words ``any person who, while in'', in 10:612 and 34:285e. The words 
``armed forces'' are substituted for the words ``the military service of 
the United States'', in 10:612; and ``the naval service of the United 
States'', in 34:285e (which did not appear in the source statute for the 
revised section, as amended by the act of July 17, 1953, ch. 220, 
Sec. 1(b), 67 Stat. 177). The words ``other than a commissioned grade'' 
are substituted for the words ``noncommissioned grade'' to make it clear 
that the revised section covers warrant officers. The words ``receive 
or'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``appointment or promotion'', ``and 
branch of the service'', ``official'', and ``by such warrant'' are 
omitted as surplusage.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1524 of this title.
