2016 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 135 - Space Programs
Sec. 2279a - Principal Advisor on Space Control

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 2279a (2016)
Section Name §2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control
Section Text

(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense or a military department to serve as the Principal Space Control Advisor, who, in addition to the other duties of such senior official, shall act as the principal advisor to the Secretary on space control activities.

(b) Responsibilities.—The Principal Space Control Advisor shall be responsible for the following:

(1) Supervision of space control activities related to the development, procurement, and employment of, and strategy relating to, space control capabilities.

(2) Oversight of policy, resources, personnel, and acquisition and technology relating to space control activities.


(c) Cross-functional Team.—The Principal Space Control Advisor shall integrate the space control expertise and perspectives of appropriate organizational entities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the military departments, the Defense Agencies, and the combatant commands, by establishing and maintaining a cross-functional team of subject-matter experts who are otherwise assigned or detailed to those entities.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XVI, §1602(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1096.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 135 - SPACE PROGRAMS
Sec. 2279a - Principal Advisor on Space Control
Contains section 2279a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 129 Stat. 1096
Public Law References Public Law 114-92
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