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[CITE: 10USC720]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
   CHAPTER 41--SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 720. Chief of Staff to President: appointment

    The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may 
appoint a general officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps or a 
flag officer of the Navy as the Chief of Staff to the President and may 
designate such position as a position of importance and responsibility 
under section 601 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 501(9)(A), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2907.)


                             Effective Date

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


  Transition Provisions Under Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

    For provisions to prevent extinction or premature termination of 
rights, duties, penalties, or proceedings that existed or were begun 
prior to the effective date of Pub. L. 96-513 and otherwise to allow for 
an orderly transition to the system of officer personnel management put 
in place under Pub. L. 96-513, see section 601 et seq. of Pub. L. 96-
513, set out as a note under section 611 of this title.
