10 U.S.C. § 162
Combatant commands: assigned forces; chain of command
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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A force assigned to a combatant command or to the United States element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command under this section may be transferred from the command to which it is assigned only—
Unless otherwise directed by the President, the chain of command to a unified or specified combatant command runs—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019