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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "10 U.S.C. § 626"
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description: "Acceptance of promotions; oath of office"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 10
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
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chapter_number: "36"
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chapter_name: "PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
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section: "626"
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citation: "10 U.S.C. § 626"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 626 - Acceptance of promotions; oath of office
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## Text
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(a) An officer who is appointed to a higher grade under section 624 of this title is considered to have accepted such appointment on the date on which the appointment is made unless he expressly declines the appointment.
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(b) An officer who has served continuously since he subscribed to the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under section 624 of this title.
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(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2858.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
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