Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces
10 U.S.C. § 102: Effect of certain amendments on conforming changes to tables of sections, tables of contents, and similar tabular entries
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When an amendment to a covered defense law adds a section or larger organizational unit to the covered defense law, repeals or transfers a section or larger organizational unit in the covered defense law, or amends the designation or heading of a section or larger organizational unit in the covered defense law, that amendment also shall have the effect of amending any table of sections, table of contents, or similar tabular entries in the covered defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes made by the amendment. the amendment or a clerical amendment enacted at the same time expressly amends a table of sections, table of contents, or similar tabular entries in the covered defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes made by the amendment; or the amendment otherwise expressly exempts itself from the operation of this section. this title; titles 32 and 37; any national defense authorization Act that authorizes funds to be appropriated for a fiscal year to the Department of Defense; and any other law designated in the text thereof as a covered defense law for purposes of application of this section. When an amendment made by a provision of this division [see Tables for classification] to a covered defense law adds a section or larger organizational unit to the covered defense law, repeals or transfers a section or larger organizational unit in the covered defense law, or amends the designation or heading of a section or larger organizational unit in the covered defense law, that amendment also shall have the effect of amending any table of sections, table of contents, or similar table of tabular entries in the covered defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes made by the amendment. the amendment, or a separate clerical amendment enacted at the same time as the amendment, expressly amends a table of sections, table of contents, or similar table of tabular entries in the covered defense law to alter the table to conform to the changes made by the amendment; or the amendment otherwise expressly exempts itself from the operation of this section. titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code; any national defense authorization Act or military construction authorization Act that authorizes funds to be appropriated for a fiscal year to the Department of Defense; and any other law designated in the text thereof as a covered defense law for purposes of application of this section.”
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