10 USC § 9441a - Cadets: appointment by the President

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title: "10 USC § 9441a - Cadets: appointment by the President"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9441a"
section_name: "Cadets: appointment by the President"
chapter_number: 953
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–60, title II, § 203(c)(2)(A), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1006, § 9341a; renumbered § 9441a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)"
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# § 9441a. Cadets: appointment by the President

Cadets at the Academy shall be appointed by the President alone. An appointment is conditional until the cadet is admitted.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–60, title II, § 203(c)(2)(A), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1006, § 9341a; renumbered § 9441a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)

## 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 .

### Effective Date

Section effective with respect to nominations for appointment to the first class admitted to each Academy after , see , set out as a note under .