10 USC § 9132 - Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments

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title: "10 USC § 9132 - Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9132"
section_name: "Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments"
chapter_number: 913
chapter_name: "ENLISTMENTS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1973, § 8252; amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1052(40), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2501; renumbered § 9132, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(1)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3809, 3810; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1721(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 665.)"
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# § 9132. Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments

In accepting persons for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force or the Space Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may not—

**(1)** set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who may be accepted for such an enlistment according to gender for skill categories or jobs; or

**(2)** in any other way base the acceptance of a person for such an enlistment on gender.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title V, § 522(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1973, § 8252; amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1052(40), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2501; renumbered § 9132, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(1)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3809, 3810; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1721(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 665.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Another section 9132 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2023— struck out “Regular” before “Space Force:” in section catchline and “Regular” before “Space Force” in introductory provisions.

2021— substituted “Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments” for “Regular Air Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments” in section catchline and inserted “or the Regular Space Force” after “Regular Air Force” in introductory provisions.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1992— substituted “In” for “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in” and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an enlistment specified as being for training leading to designation in a skill category involving duty assignments to which, under , female members of the Air Force may not be assigned.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

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### Effective Date

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### Implementation

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