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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 905 — The Air Staff

§ 9035. Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff

Statutory text

(a)

The Deputy Chiefs of Staff and the Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be general officers detailed to those positions.

(b)

The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe the number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff, for a total of not more than eight positions.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–433 title V § 522(e) · 100 Stat. 992

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 9035

    Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 522(e), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1062, § 8035

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 522(e), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1062, § 8035

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Deputy Chiefs of Staff.— Ante, p. 1055. Chapter 805 is further amended by inserting after section 8034 (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) the following new section: “§ 8035. Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff “(a) The Deputy Chiefs of Staff and the Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be general officers detailed to those positions. “(b) The number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be prescribed by the Secretary, except that— “(1) there may not be more than five Deputy Chiefs of Staff; and “(2) there may not be more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff.”.

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

    Pub. L. 110–181 div. A title IX § 902(c) · 122 Stat. 3

    Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 9035(b)

    Pub. L. 110–181 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be prescribed by the Secretary, except that—

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be prescribed by the Secretary, except that—

    “(1) there may not be more than five Deputy Chiefs of Staff; and “(2) there may not be more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Air Force.— Section 8035(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe the number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff, for a total of not more than eight positions.” .

  3. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 806(c) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 9035

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8035 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8035 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Subtitle D, Part I, Section Numbers.— Each 10 USC prec. 9511, prec. 9531, prec. 9561, prec. 9591, prec. 9621, prec. 9651, prec. 9681, prec. 9711, prec. 9741, prec. 9771, prec. 9801, prec. 9831. section in part I of such subtitle is redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 1,000.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments2008–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8035 of this title as this section.

2008

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–181 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “The number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff shall be prescribed by the Secretary, except that—

“(1) there may not be more than five Deputy Chiefs of Staff; and

“(2) there may not be more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1986–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 1986Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 522(e), , 100 Stat. 1062, § 8035
  2. 2008Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 902(c), , 122 Stat. 273
  3. 2018renumbered § 9035, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), , 132 Stat. 1833.
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(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 522(e), , 100 Stat. 1062, § 8035; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 902(c), , 122 Stat. 273; renumbered § 9035, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), , 132 Stat. 1833.)

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