10 USC § 715 - Attending Physician to the Congress: grade

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title: "10 USC § 715 - Attending Physician to the Congress: grade"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "715"
section_name: "Attending Physician to the Congress: grade"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 508(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1749.)"
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# § 715. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade

A general officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of major general. A flag officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of rear admiral (upper half).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 508(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1749.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 715, , , related to detail of members of regular and reserve components to assist those components prior to repeal by , §§ 1662(g)(2), 1691, , , 3026, effective . See .