The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish and implement policies and procedures to develop a career field for officers in the Air Force with technical competence in space-related matters to have the capability to—

1. (1) develop space doctrine and concepts of space operations;
2. (2) develop space systems; and
3. (3) operate space systems.

(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, § 912(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1196, § 8084; amended Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(32), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063; renumbered § 9084, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; renumbered § 9068, Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 952(b)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1561; renumbered § 9083, Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 952(e), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1562.)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 9084 was successively renumbered section 9068, then 9083, of this title by Pub. L. 116–92, § 952(b)(1), (e). See Amendment notes below.

Amendments

2019—Pub L. 116–92, § 952(e), renumbered section 9068 of this title as this section.

Pub. L. 116–92, § 952(b)(1), renumbered section 9084 of this title as section 9068 of this title.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8084 of this title as section 9084 of this title.

2004—Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “capability” for “capabilty”.

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.