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[CITE: 10USC165]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                      CHAPTER 6--COMBATANT COMMANDS
 
Sec. 165. Combatant commands: administration and support

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, with the advice and 
assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall provide 
for the administration and support of forces assigned to each combatant 
command.
    (b) Responsibility of Secretaries of Military Departments.--Subject 
to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense and 
subject to the authority of commanders of the combatant commands under 
section 164(c) of this title, the Secretary of a military department is 
responsible for the administration and support of forces assigned by him 
to a combatant command.
    (c) Assignment of Responsibility to Other Components of DOD.--After 
consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the 
Secretary of Defense may assign the responsibility (or any part of the 
responsibility) for the administration and support of forces assigned to 
the combatant commands to other components of the Department of Defense 
(including Defense Agencies and combatant commands). A component 
assigned such a responsibility shall discharge that responsibility 
subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of 
Defense and subject to the authority of commanders of the combatant 
commands under section 164(c) of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title II, Sec. 211(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1016.)
