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[CITE: 10USC171]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
               CHAPTER 7--BOARDS, COUNCILS, AND COMMITTEES
 
Sec. 171. Armed Forces Policy Council

    (a) There is in the Department of Defense an Armed Forces Policy 
Council consisting of--
        (1) the Secretary of Defense, as Chairman, with the power of 
    decision;
        (2) the Deputy Secretary of Defense;
        (3) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
    and Logistics;
        (4) the Secretary of the Army;
        (5) the Secretary of the Navy;
        (6) the Secretary of the Air Force;
        (7) the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
        (8) the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
    Technology;
        (9) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
        (10) the Chief of Staff of the Army;
        (11) the Chief of Naval Operations;
        (12) the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and
        (13) the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

    (b) The Armed Forces Policy Council shall advise the Secretary of 
Defense on matters of broad policy relating to the armed forces and 
shall consider and report on such other matters as the Secretary of 
Defense may direct.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 8; Pub. L. 85-599, Sec. 9(c), Aug. 
6, 1958, 72 Stat. 521; Pub. L. 92-596, Sec. 5, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 
1318; Pub. L. 95-140, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 
98-94, title XII, Sec. 1213, Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 99-
500, Sec. 101(c) [title X, Sec. 903(e)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-
82, 1783-133, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(c) [title X, Sec. 903(e)], 
Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-82, 3341-133; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, 
title IX, formerly title IV, Sec. 903(e), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3912, 
renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100-26, Sec. 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 
273; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, Sec. 904(d)(1), (3), Nov. 30, 
1993, 107 Stat. 1728; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 911(a)(1), 
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 717.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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171(a)................................  5:171e (less last sentence).         Ju
ly 26, 1947, ch. 343, Sec.  210;
                                        5:171e (last sentence).               r
estated Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412,
171(b)................................                                        S
ec.  7(a), 63 Stat. 581.
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                          Codification

    Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics'' for ``Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology''.
    1993--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 904(d)(1), substituted 
``Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' for 
``Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition''.
    Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 904(d)(3), substituted 
``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' for 
``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition''.
    1986--Subsec. (a)(3) to (13) Pub. L. 99-500, Pub. L. 99-591, and 
Pub. L. 99-661 amended subsec. (a) identically, redesignating pars. (3) 
to (11) as (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13), 
respectively, adding new pars. (3) and (8), and substituting ``the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition'' for ``the Under Secretaries of 
Defense'' in par. (7).
    1983--Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 98-94 added par. (11).
    1977--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95-140, Sec. 3(b)(1), substituted 
``the Deputy'' for ``a Deputy''.
    Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 95-140, Sec. 3(b)(2), substituted ``the 
Under Secretaries of Defense;'' for ``the Director of Defense Research 
and Engineering;''.
    1972--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 92-596 substituted ``a Deputy 
Secretary'' for ``the Deputy Secretary''.
    1958--Subsec. (a)(6) to (10). Pub. L. 85-599 added par. (6) and 
redesignated former pars. (6) to (9) as (7) to (10), respectively.


                      Short Title of 1983 Amendment

    Pub. L. 98-36, Sec. 1, May 27, 1983, 97 Stat. 200, provided: ``That 
this Act [enacting section 178 of this title and amending section 2113 
of this title] may be cited as the `Foundation for the Advancement of 
Military Medicine Act of 1983'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3033, 5033, 5043, 8033 of 
this title.
