10 USC § 8082a - Deputy Chief of Chaplains

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title: "10 USC § 8082a - Deputy Chief of Chaplains"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8082a"
section_name: "Deputy Chief of Chaplains"
chapter_number: 809
chapter_name: "BUREAUS; OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–343, § 11(a), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1130, § 5142a; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 504(c)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1725; renumbered § 8082a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8082a. Deputy Chief of Chaplains

The Secretary of the Navy may detail as the Deputy Chief of Chaplains an officer of the Chaplain Corps in the grade of commander or above who is on active duty and who has served on active duty in the Chaplain Corps for at least eight years.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–343, § 11(a), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1130, § 5142a; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 504(c)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1725; renumbered § 8082a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1997— struck out “, who is not on the retired list,” after “who is on active duty”.

## 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 .