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[CITE: 10USC3031]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                       CHAPTER 305--THE ARMY STAFF
 
Sec. 3031. The Army Staff: function; composition

    (a) There is in the executive part of the Department of the Army an 
Army Staff. The function of the Army Staff is to assist the Secretary of 
the Army in carrying out his responsibilities.
    (b) The Army Staff is composed of the following:
        (1) The Chief of Staff.
        (2) The Vice Chief of Staff.
        (3) The Deputy Chiefs of Staff.
        (4) The Assistant Chiefs of Staff.
        (5) The Chief of Engineers.
        (6) The Surgeon General of the Army.
        (7) The Judge Advocate General of the Army.
        (8) The Chief of Chaplains of the Army.
        (9) The Chief of Army Reserve.
        (10) Other members of the Army assigned or detailed to the Army 
    Staff.
        (11) Civilian employees of the Department of the Army assigned 
    or detailed to the Army Staff.

    (c) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Army 
Staff shall be organized in such manner, and its members shall perform 
such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary may prescribe.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 150; Pub. L. 93-547, Dec. 26, 1974, 
88 Stat. 1742; Pub. L. 93-608, Sec. 1(6), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1968; 
Pub. L. 98-525, title V, Sec. 515, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2522; Pub. L. 
99-433, title V, Sec. 502(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1039.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3031(a)...............................  10:21a(a).                           Ju
ne 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.  201,
3031(b)...............................  10:21a(b).                            6
4 Stat. 265.
3031(c)...............................  10:21a(c).
3031(d)...............................  10:21a(d).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``an Army Staff consisting of--'' are 
substituted for the words ``a staff, which shall be known as the Army 
Staff, and which shall consist of--''. The words ``under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Army'' are omitted, since the 
Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to 
exercising his statutory functions.
    In subsection (c), the third sentence is substituted for 10:21a(c) 
(1st 13 words and 1st proviso). The words ``officers and employees * * * 
or under the jurisdiction of'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsections (c) and (d), the word ``hereafter'' is omitted, since 
all wars and emergencies declared by Congress before June 24, 1950, have 
been terminated.
    In subsection (d), the second sentence is substituted for 10:21a(d) 
(last 31 words of 1st sentence). The third sentence is substituted for 
10:21a(d) (2d sentence). 10:21a(d) (1st 13 words of last sentence) is 
omitted as executed. The words ``This subsection does not apply'' are 
substituted for the words ``and shall be in applicable''.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-433 amended section generally, substituting ``The 
Army Staff: function; composition'' for ``Composition: assignment and 
detail of members of Army and civilians'' in section catchline and 
substituting in text provisions relating to establishment and 
composition of the Army Staff and authorizing the Secretary to prescribe 
the organization, duties, and titles of the Army Staff for provisions 
relating to establishment and composition of the Army Staff, authorizing 
the Secretary to prescribe the organization, duties, and titles of the 
Army Staff and authorizing part of the Army Staff to be designated as 
the Army General Staff, and limiting the number of officers who may be 
assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the executive part of the 
Department of the Army and on or with the Army General Staff.
    1984--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98-525 struck out subsec. (d) which 
provided that no commissioned officer who was assigned or detailed to 
duty in the executive part of the Department of the Army could serve for 
a tour of duty of more than four years, but that the Secretary could 
extend such a tour of duty if he made a special finding that the 
extension was necessary in the public interest, that no officer could be 
assigned or detailed to duty in the executive part of the Department of 
the Army within two years after relief from that duty, except upon a 
special finding by the Secretary that the assignment or detail was 
necessary in the public interest, and that the subsection did not apply 
in time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress.
    1975--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-608 struck out requirement of 
quarterly report to Congress on the number of officers in the executive 
part of the Department of the Army and the number of commissioned 
officers on or with the Army General Staff and the justification 
therefor.
    1974--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 93-547 increased the number of Deputy 
Chiefs of Staff from three to four.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Section 515 of Pub. L. 98-525 provided that the amendment made by 
that section is effective Oct. 1, 1984.
