10 U.S.C. § 10305 — Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Com-

Page 3617 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 10305 AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(b)(3)(H), substituted ‘‘Navy Reserve’’ for ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ in section catchline. Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(b)(1)(DD), substituted ‘‘Navy Re- serve’’ for ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ in two places in text. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. § 10304. Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board A Marine Corps Reserve Policy Board shall be convened at least once annually at the seat of government to consider, recommend, and report to the Secretary of the Navy on reserve policy matters. At least half of the members of the Board must be officers of the Marine Corps Re- serve. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2981.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in section 5252(c) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(3)(A). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. § 10305. Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Com- mittee (a) There is in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force an Air Reserve Forces Policy Committee on Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Policy. The Committee shall review and comment upon major policy matters directly af- fecting the reserve components and the mobili- zation preparedness of the Air Force. The Com- mittee’s comments on such policy matters shall accompany the final report regarding any such matters submitted to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff. (b)(1) The committee shall have voting mem- bers, who shall be officers in the grade of colonel or above, as follows: (A) five members of the Regular Air Force on duty with the Air Staff; (B) five members of the Air National Guard of the United States; and (C) five members of the Air Force Reserve. (2)(A) The committee shall have four non- voting members, who shall be the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force, the Air Force Re- serve, the Air National Guard, and the Space Force. (B) A nonvoting member who cannot attend a meeting of the committee may designate a member in the grade of E–8 or E–9 to attend in their stead. (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 Com- mittee shall act whenever matters affecting both the Air National Guard of the United States and Air Force Reserve are being consid- ered. However, when any matter solely affecting one of the Air Force Reserve components is being considered, it shall be acted upon only by the Subcommittee on Air National Guard Policy or the Subcommittee on Air Force Reserve Pol- icy, as appropriate. (e) The Subcommittee on Air National Guard Policy consists of the members of the Com- mittee other than the Air Force Reserve mem- bers. (f) The Subcommittee on Air Force Reserve Policy consists of the members of the Com- mittee other than the Air National Guard mem- bers. (g) Membership on the Air Staff Committee is determined by the Secretary of the Air Force and is for a minimum period of three years. Ex- cept in the case of members of the Committee from the Regular Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force, when appointing new members, shall insure that among the officers of each compo- nent 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 Air National Guard of the United States and the Air Force Reserve on duty with the Air Staff, one-half of whom shall be from each of those components. These officers shall be con- sidered as additional members of the Air Staff while on that duty. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 491, § 8033; Pub. L. 85–861, § 33(a)(17), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 90–168, § 2(21), Dec. 1, 1967, 81 Stat. 525; re- numbered § 8021 and amended Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 521(a)(6), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1059; renum- bered § 10305, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(b)(2)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2981; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, § 511, title IX, § 916, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 244, 368.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1956 ACT Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 8033(a) ..... 8033(b) ..... 8033(c) ..... 8033(d) ..... 8033(e) ..... 8033(f) ..... 10:38 (1st par., less last 37 words). 10:38 (last 37 words of 1st par.). 10:38 (1st sentence, less proviso, of 2d par.). 10:38 (proviso of 1st sen- tence of 2d par.). 10:38 (2d sentence, and 3d sentence less proviso, of 2d par.). 10:38 (proviso of 3d sen- tence, and last sen- tence, of 2d par.). June 3, 1916, ch. 134, § 5 (less last par.); June 4, 1920, ch. 227, subch. I, § 5 (1st 7 pars.); Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 423, § 1, July 2, 1926, ch. 721, § 5; May 21, 1928, ch. 647; added June 15, 1933, ch. 87, § 2 (less last par.), 48 Stat. 153; June 3, 1938, ch. 319; July 14, 1939, ch. 269; June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 401(b), 64 Stat. 271. 8033(g) ..... 5:626(f). July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 207(f), 61 Stat. 503. In subsection (a), the words ‘‘the following subjects’’ are inserted for clarity. In subsections (a) and (c), the words ‘‘of officers’’, after the word ‘‘committee’’, are inserted for clarity. The words ‘‘and of’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘to which shall be added’’. In subsection (e), the words ‘‘For the purpose speci- fied herein’’ are omitted as surplusage. The words ‘‘on that duty’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘so serving’’. In subsection (g), the word ‘‘perform’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘be charged with’’. All of 5:626(f) except Page 3618 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 10501 the first proviso of the first sentence is omitted as exe- cuted. The words ‘‘Territories, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia’’ are inserted to conform to other sections of this title which, in de- scribing the National Guard, also include these juris- dictions. 1958 ACT The change is necessary to make subsection (d) coex- tensive with subsection (c), to which it was a proviso in the source law, the Act of June 3, 1916, chapter 134, sec- tion 5 (1st sentence of 2d par.) (formerly 10 U.S.C. 38 (1st sentence of 2d par.)). Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2023—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 118–31, § 916(2)–(4), inserted par. (1) designation before ‘‘The committee’’, redesig- nated former pars. (1) to (3) as subpars. (A) to (C), re- spectively, of par. (1), and added par. (2). Pub. L. 118–31, § 916(1), substituted ‘‘shall have voting members, who shall be’’ for ‘‘consists of’’ in introduc- tory provisions. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 118–31, § 511(1), struck out ‘‘not on active duty’’ after ‘‘Air National Guard of the United States’’. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 118–31, § 511(1), struck out ‘‘not on active duty’’ before period at end. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–31, § 511(2), inserted ‘‘of the re- serve components’’ after ‘‘among the members’’ and struck out ‘‘not on active duty’’ before period at end. 1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 8021 of this title as this section. 1986—Pub. L. 99–433, § 521(a)(6)(C), renumbered section 8033 of this title as this section, and substituted ‘‘Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee’’ for ‘‘Reserve components of Air Force; policies and regulations for government of: functions of National Guard Bureau with respect to Air National Guard’’ in section catch- line. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433, § 521(a)(6)(A), substituted ‘‘Policy. The Committee’’ for ‘‘Policy which’’, inserted ‘‘and the mobilization preparedness’’, and substituted ‘‘Air Force. The’’ for ‘‘Air Force and the’’ and ‘‘Sec- retary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff’’ for ‘‘Chief of Staff, and the Assistant Secretary responsible for reserve affairs’’. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99–433, § 521(a)(6)(B), inserted ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon. 1967—Pub. L. 90–168 amended section generally, and among other changes, redesignated subsec. (e) as (h) and increased from seven to eight the number of sub- secs. in the section and in such subsecs. (a)–(h) restated with certain changes the existing authority relating to the Staff Committee on Air Force Reserve Policy with- in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, reduced the membership of the Committee from 21 to 15, re- duced the grade requirements so as to permit inclusion of colonels, and provided that the Committee review and comment on all major policies affecting Air Force Reserve matters and that the Committee comments ac- company any final submission to the Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary responsible for Reserve matters. 1958—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 85–861 substituted ‘‘affect- ing the organization, distribution, training, appoint- ment, assignment, promotion, or discharge of members of the Air Force Reserve and those of either’’ for ‘‘af- fecting the Air Force Reserve and either’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENT For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 90–168, see section 7 of Pub. L. 90–168, set out as a note under section 138 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 85–861 effective Aug. 10, 1956, see section 33(g) of Pub. L. 85–861, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. CHAPTER 1011—NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU Sec. 10501. National Guard Bureau. 10502. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: appoint- ment; adviser on National Guard matters; grade; succession. 10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter. 10504. Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual re- ports. 10505. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 10506. Other senior National Guard Bureau officers. 10507. National Guard Bureau: assignment of offi- cers of regular or reserve components. 10508. National Guard Bureau: general provisions. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2017—Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title III, § 333(b)(2), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1356, added item 10504 and struck out former item 10504 ‘‘Chief of National Guard Bureau: an- nual report’’. 2011—Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, § 511(d)(2), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1393, substituted ‘‘Vice Chief of the Na- tional Guard Bureau’’ for ‘‘Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau’’ in item 10505. 2008—Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVIII, §§ 1812(b)(2), 1813(c)(2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 497, 498, substituted ‘‘Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter’’ for ‘‘Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter from Secretaries of the Army and Air Force’’ in item 10503 and added item 10508. 2004—Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, §§ 507(b)(2), 508(c)(2), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1876, 1877, inserted ‘‘; succession’’ after ‘‘grade’’ in item 10502 and sub- stituted ‘‘Director of the Joint Staff’’ for ‘‘Vice Chief’’ in item 10505. 1996—Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(b)(5), (7)(B), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 496, inserted ‘‘Sec.’’ at top of column of section numbers and struck out item 10508 ‘‘Definition’’. 1994—Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(c)(1)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2982, added item 10507. § 10501. National Guard Bureau (a) NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.—There is in the Department of Defense the National Guard Bu- reau, which is a joint activity of the Depart- ment of Defense. (b) PURPOSES.—The National Guard Bureau is the channel of communications on all matters pertaining to the National Guard, the Army Na- tional Guard of the United States, and the Air National Guard of the United States between (1) the Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force, and (2) the several States. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 904(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2824; amended Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title XVIII, § 1812(a), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 497.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in section 3040(a) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 904(b)(1). AMENDMENTS 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–181 substituted ‘‘joint activity of the Department of Defense’’ for ‘‘joint bu- reau of the Department of the Army and the Depart- ment of the Air Force’’.