2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part IV - Service, Supply, and Procurement
Chapter 135 - Space Programs
Sec. 2279c - 1 Air Force Space Command

(a) Commander.—(1) The head of the Air Force Space Command shall be the Commander of the Air Force Space Command, who shall be appointed in accordance with section 601 of this title. The officer serving as Commander, while so serving, has the grade of general without vacating the permanent grade of the officer.

(2) The Commander shall be appointed to serve a term of six years. The Secretary may propose to promote the individual serving as the Commander during that term of appointment.

(3) The incumbent Commander may serve as the first Commander after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) Authorities.—In addition to the authorities and responsibilities assigned to the Commander before the date of the enactment of this section, the Commander has the sole authority with respect to each of the following:

(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XVI, §1601(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1718.)

The date of the enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–91, which enacted this section and was approved Dec. 12, 2017.

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–91, which was approved Dec. 12, 2017.

Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XVI, §1601(a)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1719, provided that: "Nothing in subsection (b)(1) of section 2279c of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), may be construed to prohibit or otherwise affect the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to provide to the space forces of the Air Force the services of the Department of the Air Force relating to basic personnel functions, the United States Air Force Academy, recruitment, and basic training."

¹ Another section 2279c is set out after this section.