An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the rank of lieutenant general or vice admiral of officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force while serving as Surgeons General
PL 89-288 (H.R.7484), enacted 10/22/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-288-OCT. 22, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
October 22, 1965 
[H. R. 7484] 
Public Law 89-288 
AN ACT 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the rank of lieutenant gen-
eral or vice admiral of officers of the Army, Navy, and Air Force while serving 
as Surgeons General. 
Armed Forces. 
Surgeons 
General, rank. 
70A Stat. 163. 
10 u s e 8031-
8035. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3036(b) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out the second 
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentences: "Each 
officer covered by the preceding sentence, except the Surgeon General, 
shall be appointed in the regular grade of major general. The Sur-
geon General, while so serving, has the grade of lieutenant general." 
SEC. 2. Section 3962(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(a) Upon retirement, a commissioned officer of the Regular Army 
who has served (1) as Chief of Staff to the President, (2) as Chief 
of Staff of the Army, (3) as a senior member of the Military Staff 
Committee of the United Nations, (4) in a position of importance and 
responsibility designated by the President to carry the grade of gen-
eral or lieutenant general under section 3066 of this title, or (5) as 
Surgeon General of the Army in the grade of lieutenant general may, 
in the discretion of the President^ be retired, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, in the highest grade held by him at any time 
on the active list." 
SEC. 3. Section 5133(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(b) Except for an officer who is serving or has served in the grade 
of vice admiral under section 5137(a) of this title, an officer who is 
retired while serving as a chief of bureau, or who, after serving at 
least two and one-half years as a chief of bureau, is retired after com-
pletion of that service while serving in a lower rank or grade, may, in 
the discretion of the President, be retired with the grade of rear 
admiral or major general, as appropriate, and with retired pay based 
on that grade. If he is retired with the grade of rear admiral, he is 
entitled to the retired pay of a rear admiral in the upper half of that 
grade. An officer who is serving or has served in me grade of vice 
admiral under section 5137(a) of this title may, upon retirement, be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, to the highest grade held by him while on the active list and 
with retired pay based on that grade." 
• SEC. 4. Section 5137(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following sentence: "The Surgeon General, while so 
serving, has the grade of vice admiral." 
SEC. 5. (a) Chapter 805 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following section: 
"§ 8036. Surgeon General: appointment, grade 
"There is a Surgeon General of the Air Force who is appointed by 
the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate from 
officers of the Air Force who are designated as medical officers under 
section 8067(a) of this title. The Surgeon General, while so serving, 
has the grade of lieutenant general." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 805 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting the following item: 
"8036. Surgeon General: appointment, grade." 
SEO. 6. Section 8962(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
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"(a) Upon retirement, a commissioned ofl3.cer of tlie Kegular Air 
Force who has served (1) as Chief of Staff to the President, (2) as 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force, (3) as a senior member of the Military 
Staff Committee of the United Nations, (4) in a position of impor-
tance and responsibility designated by the President to carry the grade 
of general or lieutenant general under section 8066 of this title, or (5) 
^OA stat. 494. 
as Surgeon General of the Air Force in the grade of lieutenant general 
may, in the discretion of the President, be retired, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, in the highest grade held by him 
at any time on the active list." 
Approved October 22, 1965. 
Public Law 89-289 
A N A C T 
October 22, 1965 
To amend the StHiurities Act of 1933 with resi)e<t to oiTttiin registration fees. — [ H . R. /169]— 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repretsentatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6(b) 
of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77f(b)) is amended by 
striking out "one one-hundredth" and insetting in lieu thereof "one-
fiftieth', and by striking out "$25.*' and ii^serting in lieu thereof 
"$100." 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first se<'tion of this Act shall 
Effective date. 
take effect January 1, 1966. 
Approved October 22, 1965. 
48 Stat. 78.