10 USC § 10201 - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

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title: "10 USC § 10201 - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs"
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "10201"
section_name: "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs"
chapter_number: 1007
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE COMPONENTS"
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part_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2976; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 903(f)(4), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 402; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 901, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3469.)"
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# 1 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

See References in Text note below.

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As provided in section 138(b)(2)  of this title, the official in the Department of Defense with responsibility for overall supervision of reserve affairs of the Department of Defense is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2976; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 903(f)(4), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 402; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 901, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3469.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was struck out and subsec. (b)(4) was redesignated subsec. (b)(2) by , , .

### Amendments

2014— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “As provided in , the official in the Department of Defense with responsibility for overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of Defense is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.”

1996—, (f)(4), which directed that this section be amended, eff. , to read “The official in the Department of Defense with responsibility for overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of Defense is the official designated by the Secretary of Defense to have that responsibility.”, was repealed by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .