2025—Pub. L. 119–60 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) to (c), relating, respectively, to establishment of Chaplain Corps, Chief of Chaplains, and staff and administration of the Chaplain Corps.

Pub. L. 119–60, div. F, title LXV, § 6504(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1629, provided that: “The minimum staffing level required by subsection (d)(1) of section 26 [50 U.S.C. 3527(d)(1)] (as amended by subsection (a)) shall apply on and after the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025].”