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[CITE: 10USC3064]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                          CHAPTER 307--THE ARMY
 
Sec. 3064. Special branches

    (a) The special branches of the Army consist of commissioned 
officers of the Regular Army appointed therein, other members of the 
Army assigned thereto by the Secretary of the Army, and the sections 
prescribed in this chapter. The special branches are--
        (1) each corps of the Army Medical Department;
        (2) the Judge Advocate General's Corps;
        (3) the Chaplains; and
        (4) such other special branches as may be established by the 
    Secretary of the Army under subsection (b).

    (b) The Secretary of the Army may establish special branches for the 
Army and may assign commissioned officers (other than officers of the 
Regular Army) and members to such branches.
    (c) Commissioned officers of the Regular Army may be appointed in a 
special branch, but the Secretary may not assign any officer of the 
Regular Army to a special branch.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 167; Pub. L. 90-329, June 4, 1968, 
82 Stat. 170; Pub. L. 96-513, title II, Sec. 231, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2886; Pub. L. 97-22, Sec. 5(a), July 10, 1981, 95 Stat. 128.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3064(a)...............................  10:1g(b) (less words of 1st          Ju
ne 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.
                                         sentence after semicolon).           3
06(b), 64 Stat. 269.
3064(b)...............................  10:1g(b) (words of 1st sentence
                                         after semicolon).
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    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 sections 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.


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-22, Sec. 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, Sec. 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, Sec. 231(1), added cl. (4).
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 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''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the 
authority to prescribe regulations 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.
