Generals and lieutenant generals

§ 3066. Generals and lieutenant generals (a) The President may designate positions of importance and responsibility in the Army to carry the grade of general or lieutenant general. He may assign to those positions officers of the Army on active duty in any grade above brigadier general. While he holds one of those positions an officer has the grade specified for the position if appointed thereto by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) The number of positions designated under subsection (a) may not be more than 15 percent of the number of general officers on active duty. Not more than 25 percent of those positions may be designated as positions to be held by officers in the grade of general. (c) General officers on the active list of the Regular Army who 168are specifically authorized by law to hold any civil office under the United States, or any instrumentality thereof, are in addition to the numbers authorized by this section. (d) Appointment to the grade of general or lieutenant general under subsection (a) does not vacate the regular or reserve grade held by the officer. When his appointment under that subsection terminates, he is entitled to resume any other grade that he may then be entitled to hold.