10 USC § 8302 - Regulations

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title: "10 USC § 8302 - Regulations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8302"
section_name: "Regulations"
chapter_number: 837
chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6252; renumbered § 8302, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8302. Regulations

The President may prescribe regulations for the administration of the preceding sections of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 391, § 6252; renumbered § 8302, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6252 | 34 U.S.C. 364 (10th, and last 47 words). | Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, § 9 (as applicable to regulations), 40 Stat. 1057; renumbered § 11 and amended Aug. 7, 1942, ch. 551, § 1, 56 Stat. 745. |
|  | 34 U.S.C. 364a (1st 9 words of 1st sentence). | July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 12 (1st 9 words of 1st sentence), 44 Stat. 789; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 4, 50 Stat. 549. |

The words “further”, “from time to time any and all rules”, “orders which he shall deem necessary”, and “to execute full purpose and intention thereof” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8302, , , related to promotion to captain, major, or lieutenant colonel of commissioned medical, dental, or veterinary officers in Regular Air Force upon examination of professional fitness and effect upon failure of promotion, prior to repeal by , , , effective . See sections 631 and 632 of this title.

### 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 .