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[CITE: 10USC8014]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                CHAPTER 803--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
Sec. 8014. Office of the Secretary of the Air Force

    (a) There is in the Department of the Air Force an Office of the 
Secretary of the Air Force. The function of the Office is to assist the 
Secretary of the Air Force in carrying out his responsibilities.
    (b) The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force is composed of the 
following:
        (1) The Under Secretary of the Air Force.
        (2) The Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force.
        (3) The General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force.
        (4) The Inspector General of the Air Force.
        (5) The Air Reserve Forces Policy Committee.
        (6) Such other offices and officials as may be established by 
    law or as the Secretary of the Air Force may establish or designate.

    (c)(1) The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force shall have sole 
responsibility within the Office of the Secretary and the Air Staff for 
the following functions:
        (A) Acquisition.
        (B) Auditing.
        (C) Comptroller (including financial management).
        (D) Information management.
        (E) Inspector General.
        (F) Legislative affairs.
        (G) Public affairs.

    (2) The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish or designate a 
single office or other entity within the Office of the Secretary of the 
Air Force to conduct each function specified in paragraph (1). No office 
or other entity may be established or designated within the Air Staff to 
conduct any of the functions specified in paragraph (1).
    (3) The Secretary shall prescribe the relationship of each office or 
other entity established or designated under paragraph (2) to the Chief 
of Staff and to the Air Staff and shall ensure that each such office or 
entity provides the Chief of Staff such staff support as the Chief of 
Staff considers necessary to perform his duties and responsibilities.
    (4) The vesting in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force of 
the responsibility for the conduct of a function specified in paragraph 
(1) does not preclude other elements of the executive part of the 
Department of the Air Force (including the Air Staff) from providing 
advice or assistance to the Chief of Staff or otherwise participating in 
that function within the executive part of the Department under the 
direction of the office assigned responsibility for that function in the 
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
    (5) The head of the office or other entity established or designated 
by the Secretary to conduct the auditing function shall have at least 
five years of professional experience in accounting or auditing. The 
position shall be considered to be a career reserved position as defined 
in section 3132(a)(8) of title 5.
    (d)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Office of the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall have sole responsibility within the Office of the 
Secretary and the Air Staff for the function of research and 
development.
    (2) The Secretary of the Air Force may assign to the Air Staff 
responsibility for those aspects of the function of research and 
development that relate to military requirements and test and 
evaluation.
    (3) The Secretary shall establish or designate a single office or 
other entity within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force to 
conduct the function specified in paragraph (1).
    (4) The Secretary shall prescribe the relationship of the office or 
other entity established or designated under paragraph (3) to the Chief 
of Staff of the Air Force and to the Air Staff and shall ensure that 
each such office or entity provides the Chief of Staff such staff 
support as the Chief of Staff considers necessary to perform his duties 
and responsibilities.
    (e) The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the Office of 
the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Staff do not duplicate 
specific functions for which the Secretary has assigned responsibility 
to the other.
    (f)(1) The total number of members of the armed forces and civilian 
employees of the Department of the Air Force assigned or detailed to 
permanent duty in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and on 
the Air Staff may not exceed 2,639.
    (2) Not more than 1,585 officers of the Air Force on the active-duty 
list may be assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the Office of the 
Secretary of the Air Force and on the Air Staff.
    (3) The total number of general officers assigned or detailed to 
permanent duty in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and on 
the Air Staff may not exceed the number equal to 85 percent of the 
number of general officers assigned or detailed to such duty on the date 
of the enactment of this subsection.
    (4) The limitations in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) do not apply in 
time of war or during a national emergency declared by the President or 
Congress. The limitation in paragraph (2) does not apply whenever the 
President determines that it is in the national interest to increase the 
number of officers assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the Office 
of the Secretary of the Air Force or on the Air Staff.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 521(a)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1057; amended Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1314(b)(7), Dec. 
4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1175; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title III, 
Sec. 325(c), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1955; Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, 
title VI, Sec. 652(a)(4), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1461.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. 
(f)(3), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99-433, which was approved 
Oct. 1, 1986.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8014, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 489, 
Sec. 8013; Aug. 6, 1958, Pub. L. 85-599, Sec. 8(c), 72 Stat. 520; Sept. 
2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(153), 72 Stat. 1513; Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. 
L. 88-426, title III, Sec. 305(8), 78 Stat. 423; Dec. 1, 1967, Pub. L. 
90-168, Sec. 2(15), 81 Stat. 523; Nov. 9, 1979, Pub. L. 96-107, title 
VIII, Sec. 820(d), 93 Stat. 819; renumbered Sec. 8014, Oct. 1, 1986, 
Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 521(a)(1), 100 Stat. 1055, related to 
Under Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, appointment, 
and duties, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 521(a)(3).
    Another prior section 8014 was renumbered section 8015 of this title 
and subsequently repealed.


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (f)(5). Pub. L. 101-189 struck out par. (5) which read 
as follows: ``The limitations in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) do not 
apply before October 1, 1988.''
    1988--Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 100-456 added par. (5).
    1987--Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 100-180 inserted ``the President or'' 
after ``declared by''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Requirements of subsec. (c)(5) of this section applicable with 
respect to any person appointed on or after Sept. 29, 1988, as head of 
office or other entity designated for conducting auditing function in a 
military department, see section 325(d)(1) of Pub. L. 100-456, set out 
as a note under section 5014 of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Subsecs. (c) and (d) of this section to be implemented not later 
than 180 days after Oct. 1, 1986, see section 532(a) of Pub. L. 99-433, 
set out as a note under section 3014 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8032 of this title.
