usc:us:10:7032

text: U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle B - Army PART I - ORGANIZATION CHAPTER 705 - THE ARMY STAFF Sec. 7032 - The Army Staff: general duties From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §7032. The Army Staff: general duties (a) The Army Staff shall furnish professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant Secretaries of the Army and to the Chief of Staff of the Army. (b) Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army, the Army Staff shall— (1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 7014 of this title, prepare for such employment of the Army, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining of the Army, as will assist in the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or the Chief of Staff; (2) investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Army and its preparation to support military operations by combatant commands; (3) prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions; (4) as directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Staff, coordinate the action of organizations of the Army; and (5) perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as may be prescribed by the Secretary. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 161, §3032; Pub. L. 85–599, §4(g), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 517; Pub. L. 99–433, title V, §502(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1040; renumbered §7032 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§808(a), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838, 1840.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3032(a) 3032(b) 10:21e(a). 10:21e(b). June 28, 1950, ch. 383, §205, 64 Stat. 266. In subsection (a), the word "furnish" is substituted for the word "render". In subsection (b)(1), the words "power, duty, or function of" are substituted for the words "power vested in, duty imposed upon, or function assigned to". In subsection (b)(2), the words "all questions affecting" and "state of" are omitted as surplusage. Editorial Notes Amendments 2018 —Pub. L. 115–232, §808(a), renumbered section 3032 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, §809(a), substituted "section 7014" for "section 3014". 1986 —Pub. L. 99–433, §502(b)(3), substituted "The Army Staff: general duties" for "General duties" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–433, §502(b)(1), inserted "and to the Chief of Staff of the Army". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–433, §502(b)(2), substituted "authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army" for "direction and control of the Secretary" in introductory provisions, inserted "subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 3014 of this title," and substituted "(including those aspects of research and development assigned by the Secretary of the Army), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, administering, and maintaining" for ", training, serving, mo bilizing, and demobilizing" in cl. (1), substituted "to support military operations by combatant commands" for "for military operations" in cl. (2), and amended cl. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (4) read as follows: "act as agent of the Secretary and the Chief of Staff in coordinating the action of all organizations of the Department of the Army; and". 1958 —Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 85–599 substituted "prepare for such employment of the Army" for "prepare such plans for the national security, for employment of the Army for that purpose, both separately and in conjunction with the naval and air forces". Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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.