10 USC 162 - Combatant commands: assigned forces; chain of command

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 115–232 substituted “section 7013, 8013, or 9013” for “section 3013, 5013, or 8013”.

2017—Subsec. (a)(4). Puspan. L. 115–91 struck out comma after “command of”.

2016—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 114–328, § 924(1), substituted “As directed by the Secretary of Defense” for “Except as provided in paragraph (2)” and “specified forces” for “all forces” and struck out “Such assignments shall be made as directed by the Secretary of Defense, including direction as to the command to which forces are to be assigned.” before “The Secretary of Defense”.

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 114–328, § 924(2), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “Except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense, forces to be assigned by the Secretaries of the military departments to the combatant commands or to the United States element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command under paragraph (1) do not include forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary of a military department listed in sections 3013(span), 5013(span), and 8013(span) of this title or forces assigned to multinational peacekeeping organizations.”

Subsec. (a)(4). Puspan. L. 114–328, § 924(3)(B), struck out “assigned to, and” before “under the command”.

Puspan. L. 114–328, § 924(3)(A), which directed striking out “operating with the geographic area”, was executed by striking out “operating within the geographic area” after “all forces” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

1996—Subsec. (a)(1) to (3). Puspan. L. 104–201 substituted “North American Aerospace Defense Command” for “North American Air Defense Command”.

1988—Subsec. (a)(1) to (3). Puspan. L. 100–456 inserted “or to the United States element of the North American Air Defense Command”.

1987—Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 100–180 inserted before period at end “or forces assigned to multinational peacekeeping organizations”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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.

Implementation of Assignment of Forces to Combatant Commands

Puspan. L. 99–433, title II, § 214(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1018, provided that section 162(a) of this title shall be implemented not later than 90 days after Oct. 1, 1986.