Prior sections 7084 to 7088 were renumbered sections 8584 to 8588 of this title, respectively.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3084 of this title as this section.

2017—Pub. L. 115–91 struck out at end “An officer appointed to that position who holds a lower grade shall be appointed in the grade of brigadier general.”

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section catchline generally, substituting “Chief of Veterinary Corps” for “Chief of Veterinary Corps: grade”, and struck out second sentence of text which read as follows: “The Chief of the Veterinary Corps serves in the grade of brigadier general.”

2006—Pub. L. 109–163 substituted colon for semicolon in section catchline.

2003—Pub. L. 108–136 inserted “shall be appointed from among officers of the Veterinary Corps. The Chief of the Veterinary Corps” after “Army”.

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 502(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1456, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to appointments of the Chief of the Veterinary Corps of the Army that are made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 24, 2003].”