Pub. L. 90-22, tit. IV, sec. 402

Sec. 402. Section 5081(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “There is a Chief of Naval Operations, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the President, for a term of four years, from officers on the active list in the line of the Navy, eligible to command at sea and not below the grade of rear admiral. In time of war or national emergency declared by the Congress after December 31, 1968, he may be reappointed for a term of not more than four years.”