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[CITE: 10USC3032]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                       CHAPTER 305--THE ARMY STAFF
 
Sec. 3032. The Army Staff: general duties

    (a) The Army Staff shall furnish professional assistance to the 
Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the 
Army and to the Chief of Staff of the Army.
    (b) Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of 
the Army, the Army Staff shall--
        (1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 3014 of this 
    title, prepare for such employment of the Army, and for such 
    recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including those 
    aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the 
    Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, 
    and maintaining of the Army, as will assist in the execution of any 
    power, duty, or function of the Secretary or the Chief of Staff;
        (2) investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Army and 
    its preparation to support military operations by combatant 
    commands;
        (3) prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved 
    plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;
        (4) as directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Staff, 
    coordinate the action of organizations of the Army; and
        (5) perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as 
    may be prescribed by the Secretary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 161; Pub. L. 85-599, Sec. 4(g), Aug. 
6, 1958, 72 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 502(b), Oct. 1, 
1986, 100 Stat. 1040.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3032(a)...............................  10:21e(a).                           Ju
ne 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.  205,
3032(b)...............................  10:21e(b).                            6
4 Stat. 266.
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    In subsection (a), the word ``furnish'' is substituted for the word 
``render''.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``power, duty, or function of'' are 
substituted for the words ``power vested in, duty imposed upon, or 
function assigned to''.
    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``all questions affecting'' and 
``state of'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 502(b)(3), substituted ``The Army Staff: 
general duties'' for ``General duties'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 502(b)(1), inserted ``and to the 
Chief of Staff of the Army''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 502(b)(2), substituted 
``authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army'' for 
``direction and control of the Secretary'' in introductory provisions, 
inserted ``subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 3014 of this 
title,'' and substituted ``(including those aspects of research and 
development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, 
mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining'' for ``, 
training, serving, mobilizing, and demobilizing'' in cl. (1), 
substituted ``to support military operations by combatant commands'' for 
``for military operations'' in cl. (2), and amended cl. (4) generally. 
Prior to amendment, cl. (4) read as follows: ``act as agent of the 
Secretary and the Chief of Staff in coordinating the action of all 
organizations of the Department of the Army; and''.
    1958--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 85-599 substituted ``prepare for such 
employment of the Army'' for ``prepare such plans for the national 
security, for employment of the Army for that purpose, both separately 
and in conjunction with the naval and air forces''.
