---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 12210"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "12210"
heading: "Attending Physician to the Congress: reserve grade"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/12210"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part II — Personnel Generally"
  - "Chapter 1205 — Appointment of Reserve Officers"
---

# §12210. Attending Physician to the Congress: reserve grade


While serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, a [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) holds the [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title V, § 508(d)(1)(A), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3867, § 600a; renumbered § 12210, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(c)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(b)(12)(B), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 507(a)(2)(A), (B), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2180.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–364 struck out “while so serving” after “reserve grade” in section catchline and substituted “holds the reserve grade of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate” for “who holds a reserve grade lower than major general or rear admiral shall hold the reserve grade of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate, if appointed to that grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” in text.

1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “Congress: reserve grade while so serving” for “Congress” in section catchline.

1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 600a of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 104–106 effective as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title XVI of Pub. L. 103–337, as enacted on Oct. 5, 1994, see section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 113 of this title.

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–661, div. A. title V, § 508(f), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3868, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending sections 1374, 4335, 5149, and 9335 of this title] shall apply only with respect to appointments or details made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1986].”