# § 8186. Technical institutions: detail of naval officers to promote knowledge of naval engineering and naval architecture
**(a)** To promote a knowledge of naval engineering and naval architecture, the President, upon the application of any established scientific school or college in the United States, the Commonwealths or possessions, may detail a qualified officer of the Navy as a professor in that school or college. The number of officers detailed under this section may not exceed 25 at any one time.
**(b)** The President may prescribe regulations for detailing such officers and may recall them when the public interest requires.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 374, § 5986; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(5), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440; renumbered § 8186, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5986 | 34 U.S.C. 1126. | Feb. 26, 1879, ch. 105, 20 Stat. 322. |
In subsection (a) the words “To promote” are substituted for the words “For the purposes of promoting” for brevity and the words “among the young men of the United States” are omitted as surplusage. The words “naval engineering” are substituted for the words “steam engineering” and the words “naval architecture” are substituted for the words “iron-ship building” to conform to current terminology and to express more clearly the intent of the statute. The words “the Territories, Commonwealths, or possessions” are inserted, since the words “United States” in the source statute are considered to have included all areas under the United States flag.
, , transferred officers of the Engineer Corps of the Navy to the line of the Navy; therefore, in subsection (a) the words “qualified officer” are substituted for the words “engineer officer” to preserve the meaning of the section and to include any officer possessing adequate background and training in engineering duties.
In subsection (b) the word “regulations” is substituted for the word “rules”, and the words “public interest” are substituted for the words “public service” to conform to current terminology.
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 8201, acts , ; , , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Air Force in members on active duty, exclusive of certain categories, and authorized daily average strength of Air Force in members on active duty during fiscal year, exclusive of certain categories, prior to repeal by , , , effective .
A prior section 8202, acts , ; , , ; , , (5), ; , , , related to authorized strength of Air Force in general officers on active duty, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 8203 to 8209 were repealed by , , , effective .
Section 8203, acts , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Regular Air Force in members on active duty, exclusive of officer candidates and aviation cadets.
Section 8204, acts , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Regular Air Force in commissioned officers on active list.
Section 8205, acts , ; , , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Regular Air Force in commissioned officers on active list, exclusive of certain categories.
Section 8206, acts , ; , , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Air Force nurses in commissioned officers on active list of Regular Air Force.
Section 8207, acts , ; , , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Air Force medical specialists in commissioned officers on active list of Regular Air Force.
Section 8208, acts , ; , , , authorized prescribed strength in female commissioned officers on active list of Regular Air Force, other than those designated under to perform professional services.
Section 8209, acts , ; , , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Regular Air Force in commissioned officers on active list in each of categories of officers designated under .
A prior section 8210 was renumbered .
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
2006—Subsec. (a). substituted “Commonwealths or possessions” for “Territories, Commonwealths, or possessions”.
## 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 .