10 U.S.C. § 7253 — Flying officer rating: qualifications

Page 3013 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 7263 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VI, § 644(e), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2049, provided that: ‘‘Sections 3681, 6141, and 8681 [now 7251, 8261, and 9251] of title 10, United States Code (as added by this section), and section 516 [now 2748] of title 14, United States Code (as added by sub- section (d)), shall apply with respect to releases from active duty described in those sections on or after Oc- tober 1, 1998.’’ § 7252. Service credit: regular enlisted members; service as an officer to be counted as enlisted service An enlisted member of the Regular Army is entitled to count active service as an officer in the Army as enlisted service for all purposes. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 211, § 3684; re- numbered § 7252, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3684 ......... 10:631a (last proviso). July 14, 1939, ch. 267, § 1 (last proviso); restated May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(b) (last proviso), 68 Stat. 166. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3684 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 7253. Flying officer rating: qualifications Only officers of the Army in the following cat- egories may be rated as flying officers: (1) Officers who have aeronautical ratings as pilots of service types of aircraft or as aircraft observers. (2) Flight surgeons. (3) Officers undergoing flight training. (4) Officers who are members of combat crews, other than pilots of service types of air- craft, aircraft observers, and observers. (5) In time of war, officers who have aero- nautical ratings as observers. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 213, § 3691; re- numbered § 7253, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3691 ......... 10:291c. 10:291c-1. 10:291e. June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 13a (8th, 9th, and 11th pro- visos); added July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 2 (4th sentence, less 2d pro- viso), 44 Stat. 781; June 16, 1936, ch. 587, § 3, 49 Stat. 1524; Oct. 4, 1940, ch. 742 (last proviso), 54 Stat. 963. June 24, 1948, ch. 632 (2d proviso under ‘‘Fi- nance Department’’), 62 Stat. 650. 10:291c (proviso) and the words ‘‘after June 30, 1948’’, in 10:291c–1, are omitted as executed. The definition of the term ‘‘flying officer’’, in 10:291c, originally was a definition of the term ‘‘flying officer in time of peace’’ as provided by section 2 of the Act of July 2, 1926, ch. 721, 44 Stat. 781. Section 1 of the Act of October 4, 1940, ch. 742, 54 Stat. 963, eliminated the words ‘‘in time of peace’’. As a consequence of that amendment, 10:291e (1st 26 words) is omitted as surplusage. Clause (2) is substituted for 10:291c–1 (less last 10 words). The words ‘‘commissioned officers or warrant’’, in 10:291c–1, are omitted as surplusage. In clause (4), the last 12 words are substituted for the words ‘‘any other’’. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3691 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. CHAPTER 735—HOSPITALIZATION Sec. 7263. When Secretary may require. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(e)(2)(A), (f)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839, redesignated chapter 355 of this title as this chapter and item 3723 as 7263. 1986—Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, § 604(f)(1)(B)(ii), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3877, struck out item 3721 ‘‘Mem- bers of Army, other than of Regular Army’’ and item 3722 ‘‘Members of C.M.T.C.; members of Army not cov- ered by section 3721 of this title.’’ 1958—Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(92)(D), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1482, substituted ‘‘Members of C.M.T.C.’’ for ‘‘Members of R.O.T.C. and C.M.T.C.’’ in item 3722. § 7263. When Secretary may require The Secretary of the Army may order the hos- pitalization, medical and surgical treatment, and domiciliary care, for as long as necessary, of any member of the Army on active duty, and may incur obligations with respect thereto, whether or not the member incurred an injury, illness, or disease in line of duty, except in the case of a member treated in a private hospital, or by a civilian physician, while on leave of ab- sence for more than 24 hours. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 215, § 3723; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, § 604(f)(1)(D), Nov. 14,