10 U.S.C. § 8081

Chief of Naval Personnel; Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel

(a)

The Chief of Naval Personnel shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four years, from officers on the active-duty list in the line of the Navy not below the grade of commander.

(b)

An officer on the active-duty list in the line of the Navy not below the grade of commander may be detailed as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 287 , § 5141; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 503(11) , Dec. 12, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2912 ; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(bb)(1) , (2), Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2105 ; renumbered § 8081, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1834 .)