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[CITE: 10USC9331]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
              CHAPTER 903--UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
 
Sec. 9331. Establishment; Superintendent; faculty

    (a) There is in the Department of the Air Force an Air Force Academy 
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ``Academy'') for the 
instruction and preparation for military service of selected persons 
called ``Air Force cadets''. The organization of the Academy shall be 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.
    (b) There shall be at the Academy the following:
        (1) A Superintendent.
        (2) A dean of the Faculty, who is a permanent professor.
        (3) A Commandant of Cadets.
        (4) 21 permanent professors.
        (5) A chaplain.
        (6) A director of admissions.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 561; Pub. L. 85-600, Sec. 1(19), 
Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 523; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 514(10), Dec. 
12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2935; Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 515(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1441; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 523(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2410; Pub. L. 103-160, 
div. A, title V, Sec. 533(b)(3), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1658.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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9331(a)...............................  10:1851.                             R.S. 1309; Feb. 18, 1896, ch. 22
                                        10:1854.                              (less proviso), 29 Stat. 8.
9331(b)...............................  10:1061.
                                        10:1087.                             June 26, 1946, ch. 495, Secs.  1, 3
                                        10:1089 (1st 20 words).               (1st 20 words), 60 Stat. 312.
                                        ...................................  Apr. 1, 1954, ch. 127, Secs.  2, 5,
                                                                              68 Stat. 47, 48.
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    In subsection (b), reference to the senior instructors of artillery, 
cavalry, and infantry, and the master of the sword, in 10:1061, are 
omitted as obsolete. The names of the other departments are omitted as 
inapplicable to the Air Force. The departmental names will be 
established under section 9332 of this title. The words ``and one 
assistant professor'', in 10:1061, are omitted as superseded by section 
9333 of this title. 10:1061 (words before colon) is omitted as 
inapplicable to the Air Force. 10:1854 (less last sentence) is omitted 
as executed by the inclusion in this chapter of the laws applicable to 
the Air Force Academy. 10:1087 (proviso) is omitted as inapplicable to 
the Air Force.
    Subsection (b)(3) is based on those laws establishing the various 
departments at the United States Military Academy (see revision note for 
section 4331 of this title).


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-160 struck out subsec. (c) which read 
as follows:
    ``(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may employ as many civilians as 
professors, instructors, and lecturers at the Academy as the Secretary 
considers necessary.
    ``(2) The compensation of persons employed under this subsection 
shall be as prescribed by the Secretary.
    ``(3) The Secretary may delegate the authority conferred by this 
subsection to any person in the Department of the Air Force to the 
extent the Secretary considers proper. Such delegation may be made with 
or without the authority to make successive redelegations.''
    1992--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-484 added subsec. (c).
    1989--Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 101-189 substituted ``director of 
admissions'' for ``registrar''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``(hereinafter in this 
chapter referred to as the `Academy')'' for ``, in this chapter called 
the `Academy',''.
    1958--Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 85-600 added par. (6).


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


     Appropriations for the Air Force Academy After August 1, 1964; 
 Requirement of Authorization in Subsequent Legislation; Appropriations 
               for Advance Planning and Minor Construction

    Pub. L. 88-390, title VI, Sec. 608, Aug. 1, 1964, 78 Stat. 364, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9 of the Act 
of April 1, 1954 (Public Law 325) as amended [set out below], no funds 
may be appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 1, 
1964] for construction at the Air Force Academy unless appropriation of 
such funds has been authorized in this Act [Military Construction 
Authorization Act, 1965] or any Act enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided, That funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
accomplish advance planning and minor construction at the Air Force 
Academy in the same manner as for other projects under the Act of 
September 28, 1951, as amended (31 U.S.C. 723) [10 U.S.C. 2661a(a)], and 
title 10, United States Code, section 2674, as amended.''


                  Appropriations for Air Force Academy

    Act Apr. 1, 1954, ch. 127, 68 Stat. 47, which established the Air 
Force Academy, provided by section 9 of such act, as amended by act Aug. 
3, 1956, ch. 939, title IV, Sec. 413(b), 70 Stat. 1018, and by Pub. L. 
85-241, title V, Sec. 508, Aug. 30, 1957, 71 Stat. 559; Pub. L. 85-685, 
title III, Sec. 309, Aug. 20, 1958, 72 Stat. 659; Pub. L. 87-57, title 
III, Sec. 304, June 27, 1961, 75 Stat. 108; Pub. L. 90-408, title III, 
Sec. 304, July 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 385, that there was authorized to be 
appropriated not to exceed the sum of $141,978,000 to carry out the 
provisions of that Act, of which not to exceed $26,000,000 was to be t