# § 7203. Retired commissioned officers: status
A retired commissioned officer of the Army who is on active duty is considered, for all purposes except promotion, to be an officer of the branch or organization to which he is assigned.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 200, § 3503; renumbered § 7203, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3503 | 10:999. | July 9, 1918, ch. 143, subch. XX (2d par.), 40 Stat. 893. |
The words “and shall be an extra number therein” are omitted, since, in the opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (JAG 210.85, ), they were repealed by the , . The words “in the discretion of the President, employed * * * assigned to duty” are omitted as surplusage. The word “branch” is substituted for the words “arms, corps, department” to conform to sections 3063 and 3064 of this title.
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 7203, acts , ; , , , authorized Secretary of the Navy to make expenditures for scientific investigations and research from any naval appropriation available for those purposes and to delegate this authority within Navy, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 7204 and 7205 were renumbered sections 8604 and 8605 of this title, respectively.
A prior section 7206, , , related to minor construction and extension of structures, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 7207 was renumbered .
A prior section 7208, , , authorized the Secretary of the Navy to pay the travel, subsistence, special compensation, and other expenses of officers and students of Latin American countries that the Secretary considers necessary for Latin American cooperation, prior to repeal by , §§ 1401(d)(3)(A), 1404, , , 2621, effective .
A prior section 7209, , , related to rewards for recovery of missing naval property, prior to repeal by , , . See .
A prior section 7210, , , authorized Secretary of the Navy to purchase patents, patent applications, and licenses, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 7211 and 7212 were renumbered sections 8611 and 8612 of this title, respectively.
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
## 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 .