10 USC § 7019 - General Counsel

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title: "10 USC § 7019 - General Counsel"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7019"
section_name: "General Counsel"
chapter_number: 703
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY"
part_number: "I"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 501(a)(7), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1038, § 3019; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, § 703(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1996; renumbered § 7019, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7019. General Counsel

**(a)** There is a General Counsel of the Department of the Army, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

**(b)** The General Counsel shall perform such functions as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 501(a)(7), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1038, § 3019; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VII, § 703(a), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1996; renumbered § 7019, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1988—Subsec. (a).  inserted “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” before period at end.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

> “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 5019 and 8019 of this title] shall apply to appointments made under sections 3019, 5019, and 8019 [now 7019, 8019, and 9019], respectively, of title 10, United States Code, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [
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, , , provided that: