2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army
Part I - Organization
Chapter 705 - The Army Staff
Sec. 7032 - The Army Staff: general duties

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 7032 (2018)
Section Name §7032. The Army Staff: general duties
Section Text

(a) The Army Staff shall furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Army and to the Chief of Staff of the Army.

(b) Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army, the Army Staff shall—

(1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 7014 of this title, prepare for such employment of the Army, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining of the Army, as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or the Chief of Staff;

(2) investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Army and its preparation to support military operations by combatant commands;

(3) prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;

(4) as directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Staff, coordinate the action of organizations of the Army; and

(5) perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as may be prescribed by the Secretary.

Source Credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 161, §3032; Pub. L. 85–599, §4(g), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 99–433, title V, §502(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1040; renumbered §7032 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§808(a), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.)

Editorial Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
3032(a)3032(b) 10:21e(a).10:21e(b). June 28, 1950, ch. 383, §205, 64 Stat. 266.

In subsection (a), the word "furnish" is substituted for the word "render".

In subsection (b)(1), the words "power, duty, or function of" are substituted for the words "power vested in, duty imposed upon, or function assigned to".

In subsection (b)(2), the words "all questions affecting" and "state of" are omitted as surplusage.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, §808(a), renumbered section 3032 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, §809(a), substituted "section 7014" for "section 3014".

1986—Pub. L. 99–433, §502(b)(3), substituted "The Army Staff: general duties" for "General duties" in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433, §502(b)(1), inserted "and to the Chief of Staff of the Army".

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–433, §502(b)(2), substituted "authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army" for "direction and control of the Secretary" in introductory provisions, inserted "subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 3014 of this title," and substituted "(including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining" for ", training, serving, mobilizing, and demobilizing" in cl. (1), substituted "to support military operations by combatant commands" for "for military operations" in cl. (2), and amended cl. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (4) read as follows: "act as agent of the Secretary and the Chief of Staff in coordinating the action of all organizations of the Department of the Army; and".

1958—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 85–599 substituted "prepare for such employment of the Army" for "prepare such plans for the national security, for employment of the Army for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval and air forces".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT

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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, 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 B - Army
PART I - ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 705 - THE ARMY STAFF
Sec. 7032 - The Army Staff: general duties
Contains section 7032
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 64 Stat. 266
72 Stat. 517
100 Stat. 1040
132 Stat. 1838
Public Law References Public Law 85-599, Public Law 99-433, Public Law 115-232
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