10 USC § 7073 - Chaplains

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title: "10 USC § 7073 - Chaplains"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7073"
section_name: "Chaplains"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "THE ARMY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 170, § 3073; renumbered § 7073 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 510(a), title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1751, 1838.)"
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# § 7073. Chaplains

**(a)** There are chaplains in the Army. The Chaplains include—

**(1)** the Chief of Chaplains;

**(2)** commissioned officers of the Regular Army appointed as chaplains; and

**(3)** other officers of the Army appointed as chaplains in the Army.

**(b)** The Chief of Chaplains, while so serving, holds the grade of major general.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 170, § 3073; renumbered § 7073 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 510(a), title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1751, 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3073 | 10:231a. | June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 309, 64 Stat. 270. |

The words “authorized by ”, “as now or hereafter provided by law”, and “and commissioned * * * or in any component thereof” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

## 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 .