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[CITE: 10USC4353]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
               CHAPTER 403--UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
 
Sec. 4353. Cadets: degree and commission on graduation

    (a) Under such conditions as the Secretary of the Army may 
prescribe, the Superintendent of the Academy may confer the degree of 
bachelor of science upon graduates of the Academy.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a cadet who 
completes the prescribed course of instruction may, upon graduation, be 
appointed a second lieutenant in the Regular Army under section 531 of 
this title.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 245; Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(103), 
Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1489; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 502(26), 
Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2911.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1956 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4353(a)...............................  10:486a (less last sentence).        Ma
y 25, 1933, ch. 37 (less last
                                        10:506c(f) (1st sentence, less last   s
entence); restated Aug. 9, 1946,
4353(b)...............................   43 words).                           c
h. 932 (less last sentence);
                                                                              r
estated Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393,
                                                                              S
ec.  13; restated Aug. 18, 1949,
                                                                              c
h. 476 (less last sentence), 63
                                                                              S
tat. 615.
                                        ...................................  Au
g. 7, 1947, ch. 512, Sec.  506(f)
                                                                              (
1st sentence, less last 43
                                                                              w
ords), 61 Stat. 892.
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    In subsection (a), the last 27 words are substituted for 10:486a 
(last sentence). The words ``rules and'' and ``from and after the date 
of the accrediting of said Academy'' are omitted as surplusage. The word 
``conditions'' is substituted for the words ``rules and regulations''.
    In subsection (b), the words ``except section 541 of this title'' 
are inserted to reflect the authority to appoint graduates of one 
service academy as officers of another service.

                                                    1958 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4353(b)...............................  10 App.:506c-4(c) (1st sentence).    Ju
ly 20, 1956, ch. 646, Sec.
                                                                              1
03(c) (1st sentence), 70 Stat.
                                                                              5
83.
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    It is unnecessary to include a reference to section 541, since that 
section does not derogate from the authority granted in this section.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-513 inserted ``under section 531 of 
this title'' after ``Regular Army''.
    1958--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-861 struck out ``except section 541 of 
this title'' after ``provision of law''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 
701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


Degrees for Persons Who Graduated Before Accrediting of Military Academy

    Section 35 of act Aug. 10, 1956, provided in part that, under 
conditions prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the Superintendent 
of the United States Military Academy may confer the degree of bachelor 
of science upon living graduates of the Academy who were graduated 
before the date of accrediting of the Academy and who have met the 
requirements of the Academy for that degree.
