10 U.S.C. § 9084 – Officer career field for space

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

Amendments

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

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.