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[CITE: 10USC8031]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                       CHAPTER 805--THE AIR STAFF
 
Sec. 8031. The Air Staff: function; composition

    (a) There is in the executive part of the Department of the Air 
Force an Air Staff. The function of the Air Staff is to assist the 
Secretary of the Air Force in carrying out his responsibilities.
    (b) The Air 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 Surgeon General of the Air Force.
        (6) The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force.
        (7) The Chief of the Air Force Reserve.
        (8) Other members of the Air Force assigned or detailed to the 
    Air Staff.
        (9) Civilian employees in the Department of the Air Force 
    assigned or detailed to the Air Staff.

    (c) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Air 
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. 490; Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 45, Nov. 
2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1121; Pub. L. 93-608, Sec. 1(5), 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. 522(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1060.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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8031(a)...............................  10:1811(a).                          Se
pt. 19, 1951, ch. 407, Sec.  201,
8031(b)...............................  10:1811(b).                           6
5 Stat. 327.
8031(c)...............................  10:1811(c).
8031(d)...............................  10:1811(d).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``an Air Staff consisting of--'' are 
substituted for the words ``a staff, which shall be known as the Air 
Staff, and which shall consist of--''. The words ``under regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force'' are omitted, since the 
Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to 
exercising his statutory functions.
    In subsection (b), 10:1811(b) (proviso) is omitted as superseded by 
section 264(c) of this title.
    In subsection (c), the third sentence is substituted for 10:1811(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 September 19, 1951, 
have been terminated.
    In subsection (d), the words ``now or hereafter'' are omitted as 
surplusage and as executed. The second sentence is substituted for 
10:1811(d) (last 31 words of 1st sentence). The third sentence is 
substituted for 10:1811(d) (2d sentence). 10:1811(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 inapplicable''.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-433 amended section generally, substituting ``The 
Air Staff: function; composition'' for ``Composition: assignment and 
detail of members of Air Force and civilians'' in section catchline and 
substituting in text provisions relating to establishment and 
composition of the Air Staff and authorizing the Secretary to prescribe 
the organization, duties, and titles of the Air Staff for provisions 
relating to establishment and composition of the Air Staff, authorizing 
the Secretary to prescribe the organization, duties, and titles of the 
Air 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 Air Force.
    1984--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98-525 struck out subsec. (d) which had 
provided that no commissioned officer who was assigned or detailed to 
duty in the executive part of the Department of the Air Force 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 Air Force 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 annual 
report to Congress on the number of officers in the executive part of 
the Department of the Air Force and the justification therefor.
    1966--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-718 changed the reporting requirement 
from quarterly to annually.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Section 515 of Pub. L. 98-525 provided in part that the repeal of 
subsec. (d) of this section is effective Oct. 1, 1984.
