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[CITE: 10USC9442]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
                      CHAPTER 909--CIVIL AIR PATROL
 
Sec. 9442. Status as volunteer civilian auxiliary of the Air 
        Force
        
    (a) Volunteer Civilian Auxiliary.--The Civil Air Patrol is a 
volunteer civilian auxiliary of the Air Force when the services of the 
Civil Air Patrol are used by any department or agency in any branch of 
the Federal Government.
    (b) Use by Air Force.--(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may use 
the services of the Civil Air Patrol to fulfill the noncombat programs 
and missions of the Department of the Air Force.
    (2) The Civil Air Patrol shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of 
the United States with respect to any act or omission of the Civil Air 
Patrol, including any member of the Civil Air Patrol, in carrying out a 
mission assigned by the Secretary of the Air Force.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1090(a)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-295.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 9442, added Pub. L. 98-525, title XV, 
Sec. 1533(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2632, related to assistance of 
Civil Air Patrol by other agencies, prior to the general amendment of 
this chapter by Pub. L. 106-398.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9441, 9448 of this title.
