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# 14 U.S.C. § 2181 - Physical fitness of officers

## Text

The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under which the physical fitness of officers to perform their duties shall be periodically determined.

(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 190, § 335; renumbered § 2181, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 335 of this title as this section.