10 USC § 8466 - Course of study

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title: "10 USC § 8466 - Course of study"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8466"
section_name: "Course of study"
chapter_number: 853
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 434, § 6966; renumbered § 8466, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8466. Course of study

**(a)** The course at the Naval Academy is four years.

**(b)** The Secretary of the Navy shall arrange the course so that classes will not be held on Sunday.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 434, § 6966; renumbered § 8466, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6966(a) | 34 U.S.C. 1054. | Mar. 7, 1912, ch. 53 (1st 11 words), 37 Stat. 73. |
| 6966(b) | 34 U.S.C. 1056. | R.S. 1526. |

In subsection (b) the words “of studies and the order of recitations” are omitted as surplusage. The words “classes will not be held on Sunday” are substituted for the words “students in said institution shall not be required to pursue their studies on Sunday”.

## Editorial Notes

### 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 .