2018 U.S. Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle D - Air Force
Part I - Organization
Chapter 907 - The Air Force
Sec. 9074 - Commands: territorial organization
10 U.S.C. § 9074 (2018) | |||||||||
§9074. Commands: territorial organization | |||||||||
(a) Except as otherwise prescribed by law or by the Secretary of Defense, the Air Force shall be divided into such organizations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe. (b) For Air Force purposes, the United States, its possessions, and other places in which the Air Force is stationed or is operating, may be divided into such areas as directed by the Secretary. Officers of the Air Force may be assigned to command Air Force activities, installations, and personnel in those areas. In the discharge of the Air Force's functions or other functions authorized by law, officers so assigned have the duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary. |
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 495, §8074; Pub. L. 85–599, §4(f), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 89–37, title III, §306(a), June 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 129; Pub. L. 99–433, title V, §523, Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, §931(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1200; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, §1057(a)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440; renumbered §9074, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833.) |
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In subsection (b), the words "from time to time" are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (d), the words "have the duties and powers" are substituted for the words "shall perform such duties and exercise such powers". The words "of America", "elements of", "other provisions of", and "so assigned" are omitted as surplusage. AMENDMENTS2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8074 of this title as this section. 2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 struck out "its Territories," after "the United States,". 2001—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–107 struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: "The Military Air Transport Service is redesignated as the Military Airlift Command." 1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433 substituted "Except as otherwise prescribed by law or by the Secretary of Defense, the" for "The". 1965—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–37 added subsec. (c). 1958—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–599, §4(f)(1), substituted provisions permitting the Air Force to be divided into such organizations as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe for provisions which established an air-defense, a strategic, and a tactical command in the Air Force. Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 85–599, §4(f)(2), redesignated subsec. (d) as (b), and repealed former subsecs. (b) and (c) which permitted the Secretary of the Air Force to establish additional commands and organizations in the interest of efficiency and economy of operation, and, for the duration of any war or national emergency, to establish new major commands or to discontinue or consolidate major commands. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENTAmendment 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. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENTPub. L. 89–37, title III, §306(b), June 11, 1965, 79 Stat. 129, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section] shall become effective January 1, 1966." |
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle D - Air Force PART I - ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 907 - THE AIR FORCE Sec. 9074 - Commands: territorial organization |
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section 9074 | |||||||||
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January 14, 2019 | |||||||||
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standard | |||||||||
65 Stat. 332 72 Stat. 517 79 Stat. 129 100 Stat. 1063 115 Stat. 1200 119 Stat. 3440 132 Stat. 1833 |
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Public Law 85-599, Public Law 89-37, Public Law 99-433, Public Law 107-107, Public Law 109-163, Public Law 115-232 |