10 USC § 9371 - Air University and Space Delta 13: civilian faculty members

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title: "10 USC § 9371 - Air University and Space Delta 13: civilian faculty members"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9371"
section_name: "Air University and Space Delta 13: civilian faculty members"
chapter_number: 947
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XI, § 1124(d)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1559, § 9021; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1070(a)(17), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2856; renumbered § 9371, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(16), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XI, § 1117(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 433.)"
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# § 9371. Air University and Space Delta 13: civilian faculty members

**(a)** **Authority of Secretary.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may employ as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lecturers at a school of the Air University or of the Space Delta 13 as the Secretary considers necessary.

**(b)** **Compensation of Faculty Members.—** The compensation of persons employed under this section shall be as prescribed by the Secretary.

**(c)** **Application to Certain Faculty Members.—**

**(1)** Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall apply with respect to persons who are selected by the Secretary for employment as professors, instructors, and lecturers at a school of the Air University or of the Space Delta 13 after February 27, 1990.

**(2)** This section shall not apply with respect to professors, instructors, and lecturers employed at a school of the Air University or of the Space Delta 13 if the duration of the principal course of instruction offered at that school is less than 10 months.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XI, § 1124(d)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1559, § 9021; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, § 1070(a)(17), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2856; renumbered § 9371, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(16), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XI, § 1117(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 433.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2023—, inserted “and Space Delta 13” after “Air University” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). , inserted “or of the Space Delta 13” after “Air University”.

Subsec. (c)(1). , inserted “or of the Space Delta 13” after “Air University”.

Subsec. (c)(2). , inserted “or of the Space Delta 13” after “Air University”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1994—Subsec. (c)(1).  substituted “after ” for “after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .