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PART I - ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS

Chap. Sec.
1. Definitions 101
2. Department of Defense 111
3. General Powers and Functions 121
4. Office of the Secretary of Defense 131
5. Joint Chiefs of Staff 151
6. Combatant Commands 161
7. Boards, Councils, and Committees 171
8. Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field
Activities 191
9. Defense Budget Matters 221
11. Reserve Components 261
13. The Militia 311
15 (!1) Enforcement of the Laws to Restore Public Order 331

17. Arming of American Vessels 351
18. Military Support for Civilian Law Enforcement
Agencies 371
20. Humanitarian and Other Assistance 401
21. Department of Defense Intelligence Matters 421
22. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 441
23. Miscellaneous Studies and Reports 480

PART II - PERSONNEL
31. Enlistments 501
32. Officer Strength and Distribution in Grade 521
33. Original Appointments of Regular Officers in Grades
Above Warrant Officer Grades 531
33A. Appointment, Promotion, and Involuntary Separation
and Retirement for Members on the Warrant Officer
Active-Duty List 571
34. Appointments as Reserve Officers 591
35. Temporary Appointments in Officer Grades 601
36. Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of
Officers on the Active-Duty List 611
37. General Service Requirements 651
38. Joint Officer Management 661
39. Active Duty 671
40. Leave 701
41. Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and
Duties 711
43. Rank and Command 741
45. The Uniform 771
47. Uniform Code of Military Justice 801
47A. Military Commissions 948a
48. Military Correctional Facilities 951
49. Miscellaneous Prohibitions and Penalties 971
50. Miscellaneous Command Responsibilities 991
51. Reserve Components: Standards and Procedures for
Retention and Promotion 1001
53. Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits 1031
54. Commissary and Exchange Benefits 1061
55. Medical and Dental Care 1071
56. Department of Defense Medicare-Eligible Retiree
Health Care Fund 1111
57. Decorations and Awards 1121
58. Benefits and Services for Members Being Separated or
Recently Separated 1141
59. Separation 1161
60. Separation of Regular Officers for Substandard
Performance of Duty or for Certain Other Reasons 1181
61. Retirement or Separation for Physical Disability 1201
63. Retirement for Age 1251
65. Retirement of Warrant Officers for Length of Service 1293
67. Retired Pay for Non-Regular Service 1331
69. Retired Grade 1370
71. Computation of Retired Pay 1401
73. Annuities Based on Retired or Retainer Pay 1431
74. Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund 1461
75. Deceased Personnel 1471
76. Missing Persons 1501
77. Posthumous Commissions and Warrants 1521
79. Correction of Military Records 1551
80. Miscellaneous Investigation Requirements and Other
Duties 1561
81. Civilian Employees 1581
(!2)

83. Civilian Defense Intelligence Employees 1601
[85. Repealed.]
87. Defense Acquisition Workforce 1701
88. Military Family Programs and Military Child Care 1781
[89. Repealed.]
PART III - TRAINING AND EDUCATION
101. Training Generally 2001
102. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 2031
103. Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 2101
104. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 2112
105. Armed Forces Health Professions Financial Assistance
Programs 2120
106. Educational Assistance for Members of the Selected
Reserve 2131
106A. Educational Assistance for Persons Enlisting for
Active Duty 2141
107. Professional Military Education 2151
108. Department of Defense Schools 2161
109. Educational Loan Repayment Programs 2171
110. Educational Assistance for Members Held as Captives
and Their Dependents 2181
111. Support of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Education 2191
112. Information Security Scholarship Program 2200
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
131. Planning and Coordination 2201
133. Facilities for Reserve Components 2231
134. Miscellaneous Administrative Provisions 2241
135. Space Programs 2271
136. Provisions Relating to Specific Programs 2281
137. Procurement Generally 2301
138. Cooperative Agreements with NATO Allies and Other
Countries 2341
139. Research and Development 2351
140. Procurement of Commercial Items 2375
141. Miscellaneous Procurement Provisions 2381
142. Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative
Agreement Program 2411
143. Production by Military Agencies 2421
144. Major Defense Acquisition Programs 2430
144A. Major Automated Information System Programs 2445a
145. Cataloging and Standardization 2451
146. Contracting for Performance of Civilian Commercial
or Industrial Type Functions 2460
147. Commissaries and Exchanges and Other Morale,
Welfare, and Recreation Activities 2481
148. National Defense Technology and Industrial Base,
Defense Reinvestment, and Defense Conversion 2500
[149. Repealed.]
[150. Repealed.]
152. Issue of Supplies, Services, and Facilities 2541
(!3)

153. Exchange of Material and Disposal of Obsolete,
Surplus, or Unclaimed Property 2571
155. Acceptance of Gifts and Services 2601
157. Transportation 2631
159. Real Property; Related Personal Property; and Lease
of Non-Excess Property 2661
160. Environmental Restoration 2700
161. Property Records and Report of Theft or Loss of
Certain Property 2721
163. Military Claims 2731
165. Accountability and Responsibility 2771
[167. Repealed.]
169. Military Construction and Military Family Housing 2801
[171. Repealed.]
172. Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program 2901
173. Energy Security 2911


AMENDMENTS
2006 - Pub. L. 109-366, Sec. 3(a)(2), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat.
2630, added item for chapter 47A.
Pub. L. 109-364, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 816(a)(2), title X,
Sec. 1076(a)(4)(A), div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2851(c)(1), Oct. 17,
2006, 120 Stat. 2326, 2405, 2495, substituted "Enforcement of the
Laws to Restore Public Order" for "Insurrection" in item for
chapter 15 and added items for chapters 144A and 173.
2004 - Pub. L. 108-375, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(e), title X,
Sec. 1084(d)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1900, 2061, substituted
"480" for "481" in item for chapter 23, added item for chapter 107,
and redesignated former item for chapter 107 as item for chapter
106A.
2003 - Pub. L. 108-136, div. A, title IX, Sec. 921(d)(8), title
X, Sec. 1045(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1569, 1612,
substituted "Geospatial-Intelligence" for "Imagery and Mapping" in
item for chapter 22 and "2700" for "2701" in item for chapter 160.
2001 - Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title IX, Sec. 911(b), title X,
Sec. 1048(a)(1), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1196, 1222, struck out
period after "1111" in item for chapter 56 and added item for
chapter 135.
2000 - Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VII, Sec.
713(a)(2), title IX, Sec. 922(a)(2)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat.
1654, 1654A-184, 1654A-236, added items for chapters 56 and 112.
1999 - Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 586(c)(1), title
VII, Sec. 721(c)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 638, 694, added item
for chapter 50 and substituted "Deceased Personnel" for "Death
Benefits" and "1471" for "1475" in item for chapter 75.
1997 - Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title III, Secs. 355(c)(2),
371(a)(2), (c)(5), title V, Sec. 591(a)(2), title X, Secs.
1073(a)(1), (2), 1074(d)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1694, 1705,
1762, 1900, 1910, substituted "481" for "471" in item for chapter
23, added items for chapters 80 and 136, and substituted "2460" for
"2461" in item for chapter 146, "Commissaries and Exchanges and
Other Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Activities" for "Utilities
and Services" in item for chapter 147, "2500" for "2491" in item
for chapter 148, and "2541" for "2540" in item for chapter 152.
1996 - Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1123(a)(1), (2),
title XVI, Sec. 1633(c)(3), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2687, 2688,
2751, substituted "National Imagery and Mapping Agency" for
"Miscellaneous Studies and Reports" and "441" for "451" in item for
chapter 22, added item for chapter 23, substituted "Civilian
Defense Intelligence Employees" for "Defense Intelligence Agency
and Central Imagery Office Civilian Personnel" in item for chapter
83, and struck out item for chapter 167 "Defense Mapping Agency".
Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title V, Secs. 568(a)(2), 569(b)(2),
title X, Sec. 1061(a)(2), (b)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 335,
351, 442, added items for chapters 76 and 88 and struck out items
for chapters 89 "Volunteers Investing in Peace and Security" and
171 "Security and Control of Supplies".
1994 - Pub. L. 103-359, title V, Sec. 501(b)(2), Oct. 14, 1994,
108 Stat. 3429, substituted "Defense Intelligence Agency and
Central Imagery Office Civilian Personnel" for "Defense
Intelligence Agency Civilian Personnel" in item for chapter 83.
Pub. L. 103-355, title VIII, Sec. 8101(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 3389, added item for chapter 140.
Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, Sec. 554(a)(2), Oct. 5, 1994,
108 Stat. 2773, added item for chapter 22.
1993 - Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 828(b)(1), Nov.
30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1713, struck out item for chapter 135
"Encouragement of Aviation".
1992 - Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1322(a)(2), div.
D, title XLII, Sec. 4271(b)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2553,
2695, added items for chapters 89 and 148 and struck out former
items for chapters 148 "Defense Industrial Base", 149
"Manufacturing Technology", and 150 "Development of Dual-Use
Critical Technologies".
1991 - Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, Sec. 1061(a)(26)(C)(ii),
Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1474, effective Oct. 1, 1993, struck out
item for chapter 85 "Procurement Management Personnel".
Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 821(f), title X, Secs.
1002(a)(2), 1061(a)(27)(A), title XI, Sec. 1112(b)(2), Dec. 5,
1991, 105 Stat. 1432, 1455, 1474, 1501, substituted "Defense Budget
Matters" for "Regular Components" and inserted "221" in item for
chapter 9, substituted "Original Appointments of Regular Officers
in Grades Above Warrant Officer Grades" for "Appointments in
Regular Components" in item for chapter 33, added item for chapter
33A, substituted "Manufacturing" for "Maufacturing" in item for
chapter 149, added items for chapters 150 and 152, struck out item
for former chapter 150 "Issue to Armed Forces" and struck out item
for former chapter 151 "Issue of Serviceable Material Other Than to
Armed Forces".
Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 701(e)(1), (2), Apr. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 114, added item for chapter 85 and in item for chapter 108
inserted "2161".
1990 - Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title II, Sec. 247(a)(2)(B),
title V, Sec. 502(a)(2), title VIII, Sec. 823(b)(1), title IX, Sec.
911(b)(3), title XII, Sec. 1202(b), title XVIII, Sec. 1801(a)(2),
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1523, 1557, 1602, 1626, 1656, 1757, added
item for chapter 58, struck out item for chapter 85 "Procurement
Management Personnel", added item for chapter 87, substituted
"Department of Defense Schools" for "Granting of Advanced Degrees
at Department of Defense Schools" in item for chapter 108,
substituted "Support of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Education" for "National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate
Fellowships" in item for chapter 111, added item for chapter 149
and redesignated former item for chapter 149 as item for chapter
150, and added item for chapter 172.
1989 - Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 843(d)(2), title
IX, Sec. 931(e)(2), title XVI, Sec. 1622(d)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103
Stat. 1517, 1535, 1605, substituted "Training and Education" for
"Training" in item for part III, added item for chapter 111, and
substituted "Cooperative Agreements" for "Acquisition and Cross-
Servicing Agreements" in item for chapter 138.
1988 - Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title III, Secs. 342(a)(2),
344(b)(2), title VIII, Sec. 821(b)(2), title XI, Sec. 1104(b),
Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1961, 1962, 2016, 2046, substituted
"Support for" for "Cooperation With" and "Agencies" for "Officials"
in item for chapter 18, substituted "Defense Industrial Base" for
"Buy American Requirements" in item for chapter 148, substituted
"Property Records and Report of Theft or Loss of Certain Property"
for "Property Records" in item for chapter 161, and added item for
chapter 171.
Pub. L. 100-370, Secs. 1(c)(3), (e)(2), 2(a)(2), 3(a)(2), July
19, 1988, 102 Stat. 841, 845, 854, 855, added items for chapters
54, 134, 146, and 148.
1987 - Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title III, Sec. 332(c), title
VII, Sec. 711(b), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1080, 1111, substituted
"Humanitarian and Other Assistance" for "Humanitarian and Civic
Assistance Provided in Conjunction With Military Operations" in
item for chapter 20 and "Financial Assistance Programs" for
"Scholarship Program" in item for chapter 105.
Pub. L. 100-26, Secs. 7(c)(1), 9(b)(4), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat.
280, 287, added item for chapter 21, substituted "Acquisition and
Cross-Servicing Agreements with NATO Allies and Other Countries"
for "North Atlantic Treaty Organization Acquisition and Cross-
Servicing Agreements" in item for chapter 138, substituted "Major
Defense Acquisition Programs" for "Oversight of Cost Growth in
Major Programs" and "2430" for "2431" in item for chapter 144, and
substituted "2721" for "2701" in item for chapter 161.
1986 - Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title III, Sec. 333(a)(2), title
XIII, Sec. 1343(a)(22), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3859, 3994, added
item for chapter 20 and substituted "2341" for "2321" in item for
chapter 138.
Pub. L. 99-499, title II, Sec. 211(a)(2), Oct. 17, 1986, 100
Stat. 1725, added item for chapter 160.
Pub. L. 99-433, title IV, Sec. 401(b), title VI, Sec. 605, Oct.
1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1030, 1075a, added items for chapters 2, 6, 38,
and 144, inserted "and Functions" in item for chapter 3,
substituted "Office of the Secretary of Defense" for "Department of
Defense" in item for chapter 4, substituted "151" for "141" as the
section number in the item for chapter 5, reenacted item for
chapter 7 without change, and inserted "and Department of Defense
Field Activities" in item for chapter 8.
Pub. L. 99-399, title VIII, Sec. 806(d)(2), Aug. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 888, added item for chapter 110.
1985 - Pub. L. 99-145, title VI, Sec. 671(a)(2), title IX, Sec.
924(a)(2), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 663, 698, added items for
chapters 85 and 109.
1984 - Pub. L. 98-525, title VII, Sec. 705(a)(2), title XII, Sec.
1241(a)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2567, 2606, substituted
"Members of the Selected Reserve" for "Enlisted Members of the
Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve" in item for chapter 106 and
added item for chapter 142.
1983 - Pub. L. 98-94, title IX, Sec. 925(a)(2), title XII, Sec.
1268(15), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 648, 707, added item for chapter
74, and substituted "or" for "and" in item for chapter 60.
1982 - Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(50)(D), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat.
1300, added item for chapter 167.
Pub. L. 97-269, title V, Sec. 501(b), Sept. 27, 1982, 96 Stat.
1145, added item for chapter 8.
Pub. L. 97-214, Sec. 2(b), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 169, added
item for chapter 169.
1981 - Pub. L. 97-89, title VII, Sec. 701(a)(2), Dec. 4, 1981, 95
Stat. 1160, added item for chapter 83.
Pub. L. 97-86, title IX, Sec. 905(a)(2), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat.
1116, added item for chapter 18.
1980 - Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Secs. 501(1), 511(29), (54)(B),
(99), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2907, 2922, 2925, 2929, added item
for chapter 32, substituted "531" for "541" as section number in
item for chapter 33, substituted "34" for "35" as chapter number of
chapter relating to appointments as reserve officers, added items
for chapters 35 and 36, substituted "Reserve Components: Standards
and Procedures for Retention and Promotion" for "Retention of
Reserves" in item for chapter 51, added item for chapter 60,
substituted "1251" for "1255" as section number in item for chapter
63, substituted "Retirement of Warrant Officers" for "Retirement"
in item for chapter 65, substituted "1370" for "1371" as section
number in item for chapter 69, amended item for chapter 73 to read:
"Annuities Based on Retired or Retainer Pay", and capitalized
"Assistance", "Persons", "Enlisting", "Active", and "Duty" in item
for chapter 107.
Pub. L. 96-450, title IV, Sec. 406(b), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat.
1981, added item for chapter 108.
Pub. L. 96-342, title IX, Sec. 901(b), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat.
1114, added item for chapter 107.
Pub. L. 96-323, Sec. 2(b), Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1019, added
item for chapter 138.
1977 - Pub. L. 95-79, title IV, Sec. 402(b), July 30, 1977, 91
Stat. 330, added item for chapter 106.
1972 - Pub. L. 92-426, Sec. 2(b), Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 719,
added items for chapters 104 and 105.
Pub. L. 92-425, Sec. 2, Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 711, amended
item for chapter 73 by inserting "; Survivor Benefit Plan" after
"Pay" which could not be executed as directed in view of amendment
by Pub. L. 87-381. See 1961 Amendment note below.
1968 - Pub. L. 90-377, Sec. 2, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 288, added
item for chapter 48.
1967 - Pub. L. 90-83, Sec. 3(2), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 220,
struck out item for chapter 80 "Exemplary Rehabilitation
Certificates".
1966 - Pub. L. 89-690, Sec. 2, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1017,
added item for chapter 80.
1964 - Pub. L. 88-647, title I, Sec. 101(2), title II, Sec.
201(2), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1064, 1069, added items for
chapters 102 and 103.
1962 - Pub. L. 87-651, title II, Sec. 203, Sept. 7, 1962, 76
Stat. 519, added item for chapter 4.
Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 3(2), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 493, added
item for chapter 40.
1961 - Pub. L. 87-381, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 810,
substituted "Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan" for
"Annuities Based on Retired or Retainer Pay" in item for chapter
73.
1958 - Pub. L. 85-861, Secs. 1(21), (26), (33), 33(a)(4)(B),
Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1443, 1450, 1455, 1564, substituted
"General Service Requirements" for "Service Requirements for
Reserves" in item for chapter 37, "971" for "[No present sections]"
in item for chapter 49, "Medical and Dental Care" for "Voting by
Members of Armed Forces" in item for chapter 55, and struck out
"Care of the Dead" and substituted "1475" for "1481" in item for
chapter 75.


(!1) So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.



(!2) Chapter 81 amended by Pub. L. 106-65 by adding section 1580
without corresponding amendment of subtitle analysis.



(!3) Chapter 152 amended by Pub. L. 106-398 by renumbering
section 2541 et seq. as 2551 et seq. without corresponding
amendment of subtitle analysis.