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Enlisted members shall be distributed in ratings established by the Secretary.</p> </div> <div class="sourceCredit">(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, <a href="/rio/citation/63_Stat._497">63 Stat. 497</a>, § 41; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, §§ 6, 53, <a href="/rio/citation/70A_Stat._620">70A Stat. 620</a>, 679; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._86-474">Pub. L. 86–474, § 1(1)</a>, <span class="date" date="1960-05-14">May 14, 1960</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/74_Stat._144">74 Stat. 144</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._92-451">Pub. L. 92–451, § 1(1)</a>, <span class="date" date="1972-10-02">Oct. 2, 1972</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/86_Stat._755">86 Stat. 755</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._97-417">Pub. L. 97–417, § 2(1)</a>, <span class="date" date="1983-01-04">Jan. 4, 1983</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/96_Stat._2085">96 Stat. 2085</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._98-557">Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(B)</a>, (C), <span class="date" date="1984-10-30">Oct. 30, 1984</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/98_Stat._2865">98 Stat. 2865</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._99-145">Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(a)(2)</a>, <span class="date" date="1985-11-08">Nov. 8, 1985</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/99_Stat._628">99 Stat. 628</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._103-337">Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 541(f)(4)</a>, <span class="date" date="1994-10-05">Oct. 5, 1994</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/108_Stat._2766">108 Stat. 2766</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._114-120">Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 201(a)</a>, <span class="date" date="2016-02-08">Feb. 8, 2016</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/130_Stat._33">130 Stat. 33</a>; renumbered § 301, <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._115-282">Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b)</a>, <span class="date" date="2018-12-04">Dec. 4, 2018</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/132_Stat._4196">132 Stat. 4196</a>.)</div> </div> </div></text> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="tab_default_2">  <notes><div class="notes"> </div><div class="notes"> <div class="note" topic="historicalAndRevision"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Historical and Revision Notes</span></div> <div class="note" topic="historicalAndRevision"><span class="heading centered">1949 Act</span> <p>Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ <a aria-label="14 USC 5" href="/uscode/text/14/5">5</a>, <a aria-label="14 USC 9" href="/uscode/text/14/9">9</a>, <a aria-label="14 USC 21" href="/uscode/text/14/21">21</a> (Apr. 12, 1902, ch. 501, § 1, <a href="/rio/citation/32_Stat._100">32 Stat. 100</a>; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 2, <a href="/rio/citation/38_Stat._801">38 Stat. 801</a>; May 18, 1920, ch. 190, § 8, <a href="/rio/citation/41_Stat._603">41 Stat. 603</a>; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, <a href="/rio/citation/41_Stat._879">41 Stat. 879</a>; Jan. 12, 1923, ch. 25, §§ 1, 2, <a href="/rio/citation/42_Stat._1130">42 Stat. 1130</a>; July 3, 1926, ch. 742, §§ 3, 9, 10, <a href="/rio/citation/44_Stat._815">44 Stat. 815</a>, 817).</p> <p>The grades of vice admiral and rear admiral are added to make provision for the commissioned officer personnel structure of the service as provided for in this revision. The entire rating structure for enlisted men is left to the administrative discretion of the Secretary, as in the past, for reasons of flexibility.</p> <p>The last two paragraphs of said section 5 are obsolete and have been omitted.</p> <p>Changes were made in phraseology. 81st <span link="https://liicornell.org/liifedent/congress" occur="1" src="named_federal_agencies">Congress</span>, House Report No. 557.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table aria-labelledby="table_1_section_301_notes_th" class="HNR"> <colgroup> <col/> <col/> <col/> </colgroup> <thead> <tr class="title" id="table_1_section_301_notes_th"> <th colspan="3"> <p>1956 <span>Act</span></p> </th> </tr> <tr class="header"> <th> <p><em>Revised section</em></p> </th> <th> <p><em>Source (U.S. Code)</em></p> </th> <th> <p><em>Source (Statutes at Large)</em></p> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p class="leaders"><span>41</span></p> </td> <td> <p>14:41.</p> <p>34:135a(a) (less last sentence, as applicable to temporary appointments).</p> </td> <td> <p><a href="" old_href="/us/act/1949-08-04/ch393/s1/41" refid="" type="act">Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 1(41)</a>, <a href="/rio/citation/63_Stat._497" old_href="/us/stat/63/497" refid="63-497" type="stat">63 Stat. 497</a>.</p> <p><a href="" old_href="/us/act/1954-05-29/ch249/s3/a" refid="" type="act">May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 3(a)</a> (less 3d and last sentences, as applicable to temporary appointments), <a href="/rio/citation/68_Stat._157" old_href="/us/stat/68/157" refid="68-157" type="stat">68 Stat. 157</a>.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div class="note" topic="editorialNotes"><span class="heading centered"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></span></div> <div class="note" topic="priorProvisions"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</span> <p>A prior section 301, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, <a href="/rio/citation/63_Stat._518">63 Stat. 518</a>, related to permanent appointment of warrant officers, prior to repeal by <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._88-130">Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(A)</a>, <span class="date" date="1963-09-24">Sept. 24, 1963</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/77_Stat._177">77 Stat. 177</a>. See section 571 et seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="amendments"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Amendments</span> <p>2018—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._115-282">Pub. L. 115–282</a> renumbered <a href="/uscode/text/14/41">section 41 of this title</a> as this section.</p> <p>2016—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._114-120">Pub. L. 114–120</a> substituted “admirals (two);” for “an admiral,”.</p> <p>1994—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._103-337">Pub. L. 103–337</a> substituted “chief warrant officers; cadets; warrant officers;” for “chief warrant officers, W–4; chief warrant officers, W–3; chief warrant officers, W–2; cadets; warrant officers, W–1;”.</p> <p>1985—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._99-145">Pub. L. 99–145</a> substituted “rear admirals (lower half)” for “commodores”.</p> <p>1984—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._98-557">Pub. L. 98–557</a> substituted “members” for “men” in two places.</p> <p>1983—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._97-417">Pub. L. 97–417</a> inserted “commodores;” after “rear admirals;”.</p> <p>1972—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._92-451">Pub. L. 92–451</a> substituted “vice admirals” for “a vice admiral”.</p> <p>1960—<a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._86-474">Pub. L. 86–474</a> inserted the grade of admiral.</p> <p>1956—Act <span class="date" date="1956-08-10">Aug. 10, 1956</span>, repealed and reenacted section by general amendment thereby substituting “chief warrant officers, W–4; chief warrant officers, W–3; chief warrant officers, W–2” for “commissioned warrant officers”, and “warrant officers, W–1” for “warrant officers”.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="statutoryNotes"><span class="heading centered"><strong>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</strong></span></div> <div class="note" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1994 Amendment</span> <p>Amendment by <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._103-337">Pub. L. 103–337</a> effective on the first day of the fourth month beginning after <span class="date" date="1994-10-05">Oct. 5, 1994</span>, see <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._103-337">section 541(h) of Pub. L. 103–337</a>, set out as a note under <a href="/uscode/text/10/571">section 571 of Title 10</a>, Armed Forces.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="effectiveDateOfAmendment"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Effective Date of 1972 Amendment</span> <p>Amendment by <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._92-451">Pub. L. 92–451</a> effective <span class="date" date="1972-10-02">Oct. 2, 1972</span>, except that continuation boards may not be held until one year thereafter, see <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._92-451">section 3 of Pub. 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