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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC1555]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
               CHAPTER 79--CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
 
Sec. 1555. Professional staff

    (a) The Secretary of each military department shall assign to the 
staff of the service review agency of that military department at least 
one attorney and at least one physician. Such assignments shall be made 
on a permanent, full-time basis and may be made from members of the 
armed forces or civilian employees.
    (b) Personnel assigned pursuant to subsection (a)--
        (1) shall work under the supervision of the director or 
    executive director (as the case may be) of the service review 
    agency; and
        (2) shall be assigned duties as advisers to the director or 
    executive director or other staff members on legal and medical 
    matters, respectively, that are being considered by the agency.

    (c) In this section, the term ``service review agency'' means--
        (1) with respect to the Department of the Army, the Army Review 
    Boards Agency;
        (2) with respect to the Department of the Navy, the Navy Council 
    of Personnel Boards and the Board for Correction of Naval Records; 
    and
        (3) with respect to the Department of the Air Force, the Air 
    Force Review Boards Agency.

(Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title V, Sec. 542(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2020; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 582, Oct. 
5, 1999, 113 Stat. 634.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106-65 inserted ``the Navy Council of 
Personnel Boards and'' after ``Department of the Navy,''.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title V, Sec. 542(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2020, provided that: ``Section 1555 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 17, 1998].''
