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[CITE: 10USC10171]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 1006--RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS
 
Sec. 10171. United States Army Reserve Command

    (a) Command.--The United States Army Reserve Command is a separate 
command of the Army commanded by the Chief of Army Reserve.
    (b) Chain of Command.--Except as otherwise prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army shall prescribe the 
chain of command for the United States Army Reserve Command.
    (c) Assignment of Forces.--The Secretary of the Army--
        (1) shall assign to the United States Army Reserve Command all 
    forces of the Army Reserve in the continental United States other 
    than forces assigned to the unified combatant command for special 
    operations forces established pursuant to section 167 of this title; 
    and
        (2) except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in 
    the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary 
    of the Army specified in section 3013 of this title, shall assign 
    all such forces of the Army Reserve to the commander of the United 
    States Atlantic Command.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1211(a)(1), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2689.)


         Implementation Schedule for Reserve Component Commands

    Section 1211(c) of Pub. L. 104-201 provided that: ``Implementation 
of chapter 1006 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a), shall begin not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act [Sept. 23, 1996] and shall be completed not later than one 
year after such date.''
