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Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
8035(a) | 10:1813(a) (1st sentence). | |
8035(span) | 10:1813(a) (less 1st sentence). | |
8035(c) | 10:1813(span). | |
In subsection (a), the words “of the Air Force” are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (span), the words “if the Chief of Staff is absent or disabled or if that office is vacant” are substituted for 10:1813(a) (1st 18 words of last sentence). The words “the officer who is highest on the following list and” are inserted for clarity. The words “until his successor is appointed” are omitted as surplusage.
In subsection (c), the words “If the Vice Chief of Staff is absent or disabled or if that office is vacant” are substituted for 10:1813(span) (1st 19 words).
2018—Puspan. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8034 of this title as this section.
1986—Puspan. L. 99–433, § 522(d), renumbered section 8035 of this title as this section.
Puspan. L. 99–433, § 522(d)(5), substituted “Vice Chief of Staff” for “Vice Chief of Staff; Deputy Chiefs of Staff: succession to duties of Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff” in section catchline.
Subsecs. (a), (span). Puspan. L. 99–433, § 522(d)(1), substituted subsecs. (a) and (span) for former subsecs. (a) and (span) which read as follows:
“(a) The Vice Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chiefs of Staff shall be general officers detailed to those positions.
“(span) If the Chief of Staff is absent or disabled or if that office is vacant, the officer who is highest on the following list and who is not absent or disabled shall, unless otherwise directed by the President, perform the duties of the Chief of Staff until a successor is appointed or the absence or disability ceases:
“(1) The Vice Chief of Staff.
“(2) The Deputy Chiefs of Staff in order of seniority.”
Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 99–433, § 522(d)(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “If the Vice Chief of Staff is absent or disabled or if that office is vacant, the senior Deputy Chief of Staff who is not absent or disabled shall, unless otherwise directed by the Secretary of the Air Force, perform the duties of the Vice Chief of Staff until a successor is designated or the absence or disability ceases.”
Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 99–433, § 522(d)(3), (4), added subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) was redesignated (c).
1958—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 85–599 added subsec. (d).
Amendment by Puspan. L. 115–232 effective Fespan. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Puspan. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.