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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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type: "LegalText"
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title: "10 U.S.C. § 20240"
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description: "Acceptance of promotions; oath of office"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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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: "2005"
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chapter_name: "OFFICERS"
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section: "20240"
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citation: "10 U.S.C. § 20240"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 20240 - Acceptance of promotions; oath of office
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## Text
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(a) Acceptance.— An officer who is appointed to a higher grade under section 20239 of this title is considered to have accepted the appointment on the date on which the appointment is made unless the officer expressly declines the appointment.
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(b) Oath.— An officer who has served continuously since taking 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 20239 of this title.
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(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 647.)
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