Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 943 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 943 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1301(c), Nov. 29,
1989, 103 Stat. 1572; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X,
Sec. 1061(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2503; Pub. L. 103-337,
div. A, title IX, Sec. 924(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2831;
Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1068(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110
Stat. 2655; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, Sec. 1073(a)(11), Nov.
18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1900.)
AMENDMENTS
1997 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-85 made technical amendment to
heading and substituted "under the court" for "under the Court" in
second sentence and "positions referred to in the preceding
sentences" for "such positions" in third sentence.
1996 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted "Certain" for
"Attorney" in heading and inserted "A position of employment under
the Court that is provided primarily for the service of one judge
of the court, reports directly to the judge, and is a position of a
confidential character is excepted from the competitive service."
after first sentence in par. (1).
1994 - Subsecs. (a)(1), (c). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted "Court
of Appeals for the Armed Forces" for "Court of Military Appeals".
1992 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-484 amended subsec. (a)
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: "Chief
Judge. - The President shall designate from time to time one of the
judges of the United States Court of Military Appeals to be chief
judge of the court."
TRANSITION PROVISION
Section 1061(b) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: "For purposes
of section 943(a) (article 943(a)) of title 10, United States Code,
as amended by subsection (a) -
"(1) the person serving as the chief judge of the United States
Court of Military Appeals [now United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces] on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct.
23, 1992] shall be deemed to have been designated as the chief
judge under such section; and
"(2) the five-year term provided in paragraph (3) of such
section shall be deemed to have begun on the date on which such
judge was originally designated as the chief judge under section
867(a) or 943 of title 10, United States Code, as the case may
be, as that provision of law was in effect on the date of the
designation."
INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBSECTION (C)
Subsec. (c) of this section not to be applied to change civil
service status of any attorney who is an employee of United States
Court of Military Appeals [now United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces] on Nov. 28, 1989, see section 1301(h) of Pub. L.
101-189, set out as a Transitional Provisions note under section
942 of this title.