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[CITE: 10USC9353]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
              CHAPTER 903--UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
 
Sec. 9353. Cadets: degree and commission on graduation

    (a) The Superintendent of the Academy may, under such conditions as 
the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, 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 Air Force under section 531 
of this title.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 567; Pub. L. 85-861, Secs. 1(201), 
33(a)(43), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1541, 1567; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 504(25), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2917; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 542(d), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1743.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1956 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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9353(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,
9353(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 word ``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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9353(b)...............................  10 App.:1850c(e) (1st sentence).     Ju
ly 20, 1956, ch. 646, Sec.
                                                                              2
03(e) (1st sentence), 70 Stat.
                                                                              5
85.
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    It is unnecessary to include a reference to section 541 of title 10, 
since that section does not derogate from the authority granted in this 
section.
    The change reflects the opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the 
Air Force (July 19, 1957) that the words ``from and after the date of 
the accrediting of said academies'' in the source law for section 
9353(a) (Act of May 25, 1933, ch. 37 (48 Stat. 73), as amended) were a 
condition precedent to the authority to grant degrees and should not 
have been omitted.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``The'' for ``After 
the date of the accrediting of the Academy, the''.
    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-513 inserted ``under section 531 of 
this title'' after ``Regular Air Force''.
    1958--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 33(a)(43), permitted 
conferring of degrees only after date of accrediting of Academy.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(201), 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.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by section 33(a)(43) of Pub. L. 85-861 effective Aug. 10, 
1956, see section 33(g) of Pub. L. 85-861, set out as a note under 
section 101 of this title.
