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10 U.S.C. § 10302 — Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee
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**(a)** There is in the Office of the Secretary of the Army an Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee. The Committee shall review and comment upon major policy matters directly affecting the reserve components and the mobilization preparedness of the Army. The Committee’s comments on such policy matters shall accompany the final report regarding any such matters submitted to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff.
**(b)** The Committee consists of officers in the grade of colonel or above, as follows:
(1) five members of the Regular Army on duty with the Army General Staff;
(2) five members of the Army National Guard of the United States; and
(3) five members of the Army Reserve.
**(c)** The members of the Committee shall select the Chairman from among the members of the reserve components on the Committee.
**(d)** A majority of the members of the Committee shall act whenever matter affecting both the Army National Guard of the United States and Army Reserve are being considered. However, when any matter solely affecting one of the reserve components of the Army is being considered, it shall be acted upon only by the Subcommittee on Army National Guard Policy or the Subcommittee on Army Reserve Policy, as appropriate.
**(e)** The Subcommittee on Army National Guard Policy consists of the members of the Committee other than the Army Reserve members.
**(f)** The Subcommittee on Army Reserve Policy consists of the members of the Committee other than the Army National Guard members.
**(g)** Membership on the Committee is determined by the Secretary of the Army and is for a minimum period of three years. Except in the case of members of the Committee from the Regular Army, the Secretary of the Army, when appointing new members, shall insure that among the of
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**(a)** There is in the Office of the Secretary of the Army an Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee. The Committee shall review and comment upon major policy matters directly affecting the reserve components and the mobilization preparedness of the Army. The Committee’s comments on such policy matters shall accompany the final report regarding any such matters submitted to the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff.
**(b)** The Committee consists of officers in the grade of colonel or above, as follows:
(1) five members of the Regular Army on duty with the Army General Staff;
(2) five members of the Army National Guard of the United States; and
(3) five members of the Army Reserve.
**(c)** The members of the Committee shall select the Chairman from among the members of the reserve components on the Committee.
**(d)** A majority of the members of the Committee shall act whenever matter affecting both the Army National Guard of the United States and Army Reserve are being considered. However, when any matter solely affecting one of the reserve components of the Army is being considered, it shall be acted upon only by the Subcommittee on Army National Guard Policy or the Subcommittee on Army Reserve Policy, as appropriate.
**(e)** The Subcommittee on Army National Guard Policy consists of the members of the Committee other than the Army Reserve members.
**(f)** The Subcommittee on Army Reserve Policy consists of the members of the Committee other than the Army National Guard members.
**(g)** Membership on the Committee is determined by the Secretary of the Army and is for a minimum period of three years. Except in the case of members of the Committee from the Regular Army, the Secretary of the Army, when appointing new members, shall insure that among the officers of each component on the Committee there will at all times be two or more members with more than one year of continuous service on the Committee.
**(h)** There shall be not less than 10 officers of the Army National Guard of the United States and the Army Reserve on duty with the Army Staff, one-half of whom shall be from each of those components. These officers shall be considered as additional members of the Army Staff while on that duty.
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**(a)**
(1) There are 20 Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
(2) The Assistant Secretaries of Defense shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(b)**
(1) The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(2)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision (including oversight of policy and resources) of special operations activities (as defined in [section 167(k) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section167/k&num=0&edition=prelim)) and low intensity conflict activities of the Department of Defense. The Assistant Secretary is the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary of Defense on special operations and low intensity conflict matters and (after the Secretary and Deputy Secretary) is the principal special operations and low intensity conflict official within the senior management of the Department of Defense. A person may not be appointed as Assistant Secretary within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force. Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary shall do the following:
(i) Exercise authority, direction, and control of all special-operations peculiar administrative matters relating to the organization, training, and equipping of special operations forces through the administrative chain of command specified in [section 167(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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In this part, the term “chapter 137 legacy provisions” means the following sections of this title: sections 3002, 3004, 3011–3015, 3041, 3063–3069, 3134, 3151–3157, 3201–3208, 3221–3227, 3241, 3243, 3249, 3252, 3301–3309, 3321–3323, 3344, 3345, 3371–3375, 3377, 3401, 3403, 3405, 3406, 3501–3511, 3531–3535, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3701–3708, 3741–3750, 3761, 3771–3775, 3781–3786, 3791, 3794, 3801–3807, 3841, 3842, 3847, 3881, 3901, 3902, 4202(b), 4324, 4325, 4501, 4502, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4576, 4657, 4660, 4751, 4752, and 8751.
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There is in the Office of the Secretary of the Army an Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee. The functions, membership, and organization of that committee are set forth in [section 10302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section10302&num=0&edition=prelim).
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(B) one of whom shall be an active or re-
tired officer of the Marine Corps Reserve.
(4) Two active or retired reserve officers or
enlisted members designated by the Secretary
of Defense upon the recommendation of the
Secretary of the Air Force—
(A) one of whom shall be a member of the
Air National Guard of the United States or
a former member of the Air National Guard
of the United States in the Retired Reserve;
and
(B) one of whom shall be a member or re-
tired member of the Air Force Reserve.
(5) One active or retired reserve officer or
enlisted member of the Coast Guard des-
ignated by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity.
(6) Ten persons appointed or designated by
the Secretary of Defense, each of whom shall
be a United States citizen having significant
knowledge of and experience in policy matters
relevant to national security and reserve com-
ponent matters and shall be one of the fol-
lowing:
(A) An individual not employed in any
Federal or State department or agency.
(B) An individual employed by a Federal or
State department or agency.
(C) An officer of a regular component of
the armed forces on active duty, or an offi-
cer of a reserve component of the armed
forces in an active status, who—
(i) is serving or has served in a senior po-
sition on the Joint Staff, the headquarters
staff of a combatant command, or the
headquarters staff of an armed force; and
(ii) has experience in joint professional
military education, joint qualification,
and joint operations matters.
(7) A reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air
Force, or Marine Corps who is a general or flag
officer recommended by the chair and des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense, who shall
serve without vote—
(A) as military adviser to
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