An Act to provide for the organization of the Air Force and the Department of the Air Force and for other purposes
PL 82-150 (H.R.1726), enacted 09/19/1951

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AN ACT 
September 19, 1951 
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To provide for the organization of tlie Air Force and the Department of the 
Air Force, and for other purposes. 
Air Force Organiza-
tion Act of 1951. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of A?nerioa in Congress assembled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Air Force Organization 
Act of 1951". 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Sec. 1. Short title of act. 
See. 2. Definitions. 
Title 
I. Secretary, Under Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force. 
Title II. Chief of Staff and the Air Staff. 
Title III. Composition and organization of the Air Force. 
Title IV. Repeals, amendments, and saving provisions. 
Rl Stat. 495. 
5 U. S. C. § 171 note. 
Post, p. 329. 
Duties and powers 
of Secretary. 
Appropriations au-
thorized. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEO. 2. As used in this Act— 
(a) The terms "United States Air Force" and "Air Force" are 
synonymous and mean the United States Air Force established by 
the National Security Act of 1947; and said terms include the com-
ponents and persons prescribed in section 301 of this Act. 
(b) The term "members of the Air Force" means all persons 
appointed, enlisted, or inducted in, or transferred to, any of the 
components of the Air Force; all persons appointed, enlisted, or 
inducted in, or transferred to the Air Force without specification of 
component; and all persons serving as members of the Air Force 
under call or conscription under any provision of law. 
The term 
"officere of the Air Force" means all members of the Air Force 
appointed to and holding a commissioned or warrant officer grade. 
The term "airmen" is synonymous with "enlisted members" and means 
all members of the Air Force in any enlisted grade. 
(c) The term "Air Force Establishment" means all commands, 
organizations, forces, agencies, installations, and activities, including 
the Department of the Air Force, all members of the Air Force, all 
property of every kind and character—real, personal, and mixed— 
and all civilian personnel, under the control or supervision of the 
Secretary of the Air Force. 
(d) The term "Department of the Air Force" means the executive 
part of the Air Force Establishment at the seat of government. 
TITLE I—SECRETARY, UNDER SECRETARY, AND ASSIST-
ANT SECRETARIES OF T H E AIR FORCE 
SEC, 101. (a) The Secretary of the Air Force shall be responsible 
for and shall have the authority necessary to conduct all affairs of the 
Air Force Establishment, including, but not limited to, those necessary 
or appropriate for the training, operations, administration, logistical 
support and maintenance, welfare, preparedness, and effectiveness of 
the Air Force, including research and development, and such other 
activities as may be prescribed by the President or the Secretary of 
Defense as authorized by law. 
There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary to conduct the affairs of the 
Air Force Establishment. 
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(b) The Secretary of the Air Force may assign to the Under Secre-
tary of the Air Force and to the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force 
such of his functions, powers, and duties as he may consider proper. 
Officers of the Air Force shall report regarding any matters to the 
Secretary, Under Secretary, or either Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force, as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe. 
(c) The Secretary of the Air Force or, as he may prescribe, the 
Under Secretary of the Air Force or either Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force, shall, in addition to other duties, be charged (1) with super-
vision of the procurement activities of the Air Force Establishment, 
of plans for the mobilization of materials and industrial organizations 
essential to wartime needs of the Air Force, and of other business 
pertaining thereto, and (2) with supervision of all activities of the 
reserve components of the Air Force. 
(d) Tlie Secretary of the Air Force may make such assignments 
and details of members of the Air Force and civilian personnel as 
he thinks proper, and may prescribe the duties of the members and 
civilian personnel so assigned; and such members and civilian per-
sonnel shall be responsible for, and shall have the authority necessary 
to perform, such duties as may be so prescribed for them. 
(e) The Secretary of the Air Force may cause to be manufactured 
or produced at Government arsenals, depots, or Government-owned 
factories of the United States all those supplies needed by the Air 
Force which can be manufactured or produced upon an economical 
basis at such arsenals, depots, or factories. 
SEC. 102. (a) There shall be in the Department of the Air Force AsSnt le'cretadeJ.' 
an Under Secretary of the Air Force and two Assistant Secretaries 
of the Air Force, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive the 
compensation prescribed by law. 
(b) In case of the death, resignation, removal from office, absence, 
or disability of the Secretary of the Air Force, the officer of the United 
States who is highest on the following list, and who is not absent, or 
disabled, shall, until the President directs some other person to per-
form such duties in accordance with section 179, Revised Statutes 
(5 U. S. C. 6), perform his duties until a successor is appointed, or 
until such absence or disability shall cease— 
(1) the Under Secretary of the Air Force; 
(2) the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force in the order 
fixed by their length of service as such; and 
(3) the Chief of Staff. 
(c) If the Chief of Staff by reason of succession assumes, or if he 
or any other officer of the Air Force is designated in accordance with 
section 179, Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 6), to perform the duties 
of the Secretary of the Air Force, section 1222, Revised Statutes (10 
U. S. C. 576), shall not apply to him by reason of his temporarily 
performing such duties. 
TITLE II—CHIEF OF STAFF AND T H E AIR STAFF 
SEC. 201. (a) There shall be in the Department of the Air Force a 
Air staff. 
staff, which shall be known as the Air Staff, and which shall consist of— 
(1) the Chief of Staff; 
(2) a Vice Chief of Staff; 
(3) not to exceed five Deputy Chiefs of Staff; and 
(4) such other members of the Air Force and such civilian 
officers and employees in or under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment of the Air Force as may be assigned or detailed under regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
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Organization, etc. 
Officer personnel 
limitation. 
NonapplicabiJity. 
Report to Congress. 
Tour of duty. 
Restriction. 
Effective d a t e of 
subsection. 
Chief of Staff, ap-
pointment. 
Rank. 
61 Stat. 796. 
34U. S. C. § 3a note. 
Vice Chief of Staff; 
D e p u t y Chiefs of 
Staff. 
Duties of Chief of 
Stafl. 
Post, p. 332. 
(b) The Air Staff shall be organized in such manner, and its mem-
bers shall perform such duties and bear such titles, as the Secretary 
of the Air Force may prescribe: Provided, That there shall be in the 
Air Staff a general officer who shall assist and advise the Secretary 
of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff on all matters relating to the 
reserve components of the Air Force and who shall perform such other 
duties in connection therewith as may be assigned by the Secretary 
or the Chief of Staff. 
(c) Except in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared 
by the Congress, not more than two thousand eight hundred officers of 
the Air Force shall be detailed or assigned to permanent duty in the 
Department of the Air Force: Provided, 
That the numerical limit 
prescribed in this subsection shall not apply upon a finding by the 
President that an increase in the number of officers in the Department 
of the Air Force is in the national interest: Provided further. That the 
Secretary of the xlir Force shall report quarterly to the Congress the 
number of officers in the Department of the Air Force and the 
justification therefor. 
(d) A commissioned officer of the Air Force now or hereafter 
detailed or assigned to duty in the Department of the Air Force shall 
serve for a tour of duty not to exceed four years, except that such tour 
of duty may be extended beyond four years upon a special finding by 
the Secretary of the Air Force that the extension is necessary in the 
public interest. 
Upon relief from such duty no such officer shall 
again be detailed or assigned within two years to duty in the Depart-
ment of the Air Force except upon a like finding by the Secretary of 
the Air Force. This subsection shall not take effect until one year after 
the enactment of this Act, and shall be inapplicable in time of war 
or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress. 
SEC. 202. The Chief of Staff shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the general 
officers of the Air Force, to serve during the pleasure of the President, 
but no person shall serve as Chief of Staff for a term of more than 
four years unless reappointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. The Chief of Staff, while holding 
office as such, shall have the grade of general, without vacation of 
his permanent grade in the Air Force, and shall take rank as pre-
scribed by law. He shall receive the compensation prescribed by law 
and shall be counted as one of the officers authorized to be serving 
in grade above lieutenant general under the provisions of the Officer 
Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 886), as amended. 
SEC. 203. (a) The Vice Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chiefs of Staff 
shall be general officers of the Air Force detailed to those positions. 
In case of a vacancy in the office or the absence or disability of the 
Chief of Staff, the Vice Chief of Staff or the senior Deputy Chief of 
Staff, who is not absent or disabled, shall, unless otherwise directed 
by the President, perform the duties of Chief of Staff until his suc-
cessor is appointed or such absence or disability shall cease. 
(b) In case of a vacancy in the position, or the absence or disability, 
of the Vice Chief of Staff, the senior Deputy Chief of Staff who is 
not absent or disabled shall, unless otherwise directed by the Secretary 
of the Air Force, perform the duties of the Vice Chief of Staff until 
his successor is designated or such absence or disability shall cease. 
SEC. 204. (a) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Air Force, 
the Chief of Staff shall exercise command over the air defense com-
mand, the strategic air command, the tactical air command, and such 
other major commands as may be established by the Secretary under 
section 308 (b), and shall have supervision over all other members and 
organizations of the Air Force, shall perform the duties prescribed 
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for him by the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and by 
other laws, and shall perform such other military duties not other-
wise assigned by law as may be assigned to him by the President. 
(b) The Chief of Staflp shall preside over the Air Staif. 
Subject 
to the provisions of section 101 of this Act, and of subsection (c) of 
this section, he shall be directly responsible to the Secretary of the 
Air Force for the eJSiciency of the Air Force, its state of preparation 
for military operations, and plans therefor. 
He shall transmit to the 
Secretary of the Air Force the plans and recommendations of the Air 
Staff, shall advise him in regard thereto, and, upon the approval of 
such plans or recommendations by the Secretary of the Air Force, 
he shall act as the agent of the Secretary of the Air Force in carrying 
the same into effect. 
(c) Except as otherwise prescribed by law, the Chief of Staff 
shall perform his duties under the direction of the Secretary of the 
Air Force. 
SEC. 205. (a) The Air Staff shall render professional aid and 
assistance to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Under Secretary 
of the Air Force, the Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force, and the 
Chief of Staff. 
(b) It shall be the duty of the Air Staff— 
(1) to prepare such plans for the national security, and the 
use of the Air Force for that purpose, both separately and in 
conjunction with land and naval forces, and for recruiting, organ-
izing, supplying, equipping, training, serving, mobilizing, and 
demobilizing the Air Force, as will assist the execution of any 
power vested in, duty imposed upon, or function assigned to the 
Secretary of the Air Force or the Chief of Staff; 
(2) to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the 
eflSciency of the Air Force and its state of preparation for military 
operations, 
(3) to prepare detailed instructions for the execution of 
approved plans and to supervise the execution of such plans and 
instructions; 
(4) to act as the agents of the Secretary of the Air Force and 
the Chief of Staff in coordinating the action of all organizations 
of the Air Force Establishment; and 
(5) to perform such other duties not otherwise assigned by law 
as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
TITLE III—COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION OF T H E 
AIR FORCE 
61 Stat. 496. 
5U.S. C. §171 note. 
Ante, p. 326. 
Duties 
Staff. 
of the Air 
SEC. 301. The United States Air Force shall consist of the Regular 
Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard of the 
United States and the Air National Guard while in the service of 
the United States; and shall include persons inducted, enlisted, or 
appointed without specification of component in the Air Force, and 
all peisons serving in the Air Force under call or conscription under 
any provision of law, including members of the Air National Guard 
of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia when 
in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by law. 
SEC, 302. (a) The Regular Air Force is that component of the Air 
Force which consists of persons whose continuous service on active 
duty in both peace and war is contemplated by law, and of persons 
who are retired members of the Regular Air Force. 
(b) The Regular Air Force shall include the commissioned officers, 
warrant officers, and airmen holding appointments or enlisted in the 
Regular Air Force. 
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Air Force Reserve. 
64 Stat. 321. 
lOU. S.C.§20note. 
Air National Guard. 
32 U. S. C. §4b(b) 
and note. 
48 Stat. 157. 
32 U. S. C. §4b. 
Status of personnel. 
61 Stat. 495. 
6U.S.C.§ 171 note, 
Duties requiring 
special training, etc. 
Designation of per-
sonnel. 
Regular Air Force as now or hereafter provided by law, the retired 
commissioned officers, warrant officers, and airmen of the Regular Air 
Force, and such other persons as are now or may hereafter be specified 
by law. No person who is now a member of the Regular Air Force, 
active or retired, shall, by reason of the enactment of this Act, be 
deprived of his membership in the Regular Air Force. 
Si':c. 303. The Air Force Reserve referred to in the Army and Air 
Force Authorization Act of 1949 shall be a Reserve component of 
the Air Force to provide a reserve for military service, and shall con-
sist of all pei*sons appointed or enlisted therein, or transferred therein, 
as now or hereafter provided by law. 
SEC. 304. The Air National Guard of the United States referred to 
in the Army and Air Force Authorization Act of 1949 shall be a 
Reserve component of the Air Force to provide a reserve for military 
.service, and shall consist of all federally recognized units and organi-
zations of the Air National Guard of the several States, Territories, 
and District of Columbia, and of all personnel of the Air National 
Guard of the several States, Territories, and District of Columbia 
who shall have been appointed or enlisted in the Air National Guard 
of tlie United States, or who shall have been temporarily extended 
Federal recognition by the Secretary of the Air Force pursuant to 
section 5'30 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 802). 
SEC. 305. The Air National Guard referred to in the Army and Air 
Force Authorization Act of 1949, which consists of those units, organi-
zations, and personnel of the National Guard (as that term is defined 
in section 71 of the National Defense Act, as amended) for which 
Federal responsibility has been vested in the Secretary of the Air 
Force or the Department of the Air Force pursuant to law, shall be, 
while in the service of the United States, a component of the Air Force. 
SEC. 306. All persons inducted in or holding appointments or enlist-
ments in the Air Force or transferred therein pursuant to the National 
Security Act of 1947, as amended, on the effective date of this Act, 
shall be deemed, without further action, to hold their military status 
in the corresponding components set forth in section 301 of this Act 
or in the Air Force without specification of component and without 
specification of any arm, branch, service, or corps. 
SEC. 307. (a) Qualified members of the Air Force shall be desig-
nated to perform medical, dental, medical service, veterinary, nursing, 
women's medical specialist, judge advocate, chaplain, or other duties 
requiring special training or ejiperience, under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Air Force. Qualifications for designations 
under this subsection shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 
Force in conformity with qualifications specified in any of the follow-
ing statutory provisions for the respective types of duties: 
(1) Act of August 5, 1947 (ch. 494, title II, sec. 201; 61 Stat. 777 
(10U.S.C.91a,121a)). 
Act of April 23, 1907 (ch. 150, sec. 4, 35 Stat. 67 (10 U. S. C. 
Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 101 (c); 61 Stat. 41, 
S. C. 166 (c)). 
Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 102 (c); 61 Stat. 42, 
S. C. 166a (c)). 
Act of March 2, 1899 (ch. 352, sec. 7, 30 Stat. 979; 10 U. S. C. 
(2) 
93)). 
(3) 
10 U. 
(4) 
10 U. 
(5) 
232). 
(6) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 116; 61 Stat. 46, 10 
U. S. C. 376). 
(7) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 506; 61 Stat. 890, 
lOU. S. C. 506c). 
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(8) Act of Mav 16, 1950 (ch. 186, sec. 1; 64 Stat. 160, 10 U. S. C. 
166b-l, 2). 
(b) Original appointments made with a view to designation for the m^'ts^'"'*' ^^^P*'""* 
performance of duties under subsection (a) of this section shall be in 
the grades prescribed in any of the following statutory provisions for 
the respective types of duties: 
(1) Act of August 5, 1947 (ch. 494, title II, sec. 201; 61 Stat. 777, 
l O U . S . C . 91a, 121a). 
(2) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 101 (c); 61 Stat. 41, 
lOU. S. C. 166 (c)). 
(3) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 102 (c); 61 Stat. 42, 
lOU. S. C. 166a (c)). 
(4) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 104; 61 Stat. 43, as 
amended May 16, 1950; ch. 186, sec. 3 ( b ) ; 64 Stat. 160, 10 U. S. C. 
166c). 
(5) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 106; 61 Stat. 43, 10 
U. S. C. 166d). 
(6) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 116; 61 Stat. 46, 10 
U. S. C. 376). 
(7) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 506; 61 Stat. 890, 
10 U. S. C. 506c). 
(8) Act of May 16, 1950 (ch. 186, sees. 1, 2; 64 Stat. 160,10 U. S. C. 
166b-l, 2, d-1). 
(c) Members of the Air Force designated to perform duties under 
Benefits, conditions. 
subsection (a) of this section shall, while performing such duties, have 
the benefits and be subject to the conditions provided by the following 
statutory provisions, insofar as the same are presently in effect, relat-
ing to their respective types of duties and components: 
(1) Act of August 5, 1947 (ch. 494, title II, sec. 201; 61 Stat. 777, 
lOU. S. C. 91a, 121a). 
(2) Act of April 23, 1908 (ch. 150, sec. 5; 35 Stat. 67, 10 U. S. C. 
101,102). 
(3) Act of March 3, 1909 (ch. 252, 35 Stat. 737, 10 U. S. C. 103). 
(4) Act of June 3, 1916 (ch. 134, sec. 24c, as added June 4 1920; 
ch. 227, sec. 24; 41 Stat. 774, and amended August 7, 1947; ch. 512, 
title V, sec. 507 (d) (1); 61 Stat. 894,10 U. S. C. 125,143a). 
(5) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 105; 61 Stat. 43, as 
amended May 16,1950; ch. 186, sees. 1,2,64 Stat. 160,10 U. S. C. 166d). 
(6) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 106; 61 Stat. 44, 10 
U.S.C.166e). 
(7) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 107; 61 Stat. 44, as 
amended May 16, 1950; ch. 186, sec. 3 (c), 64 Stat. 160, 10 U. S. C. 
166f). 
(8) Act of April 16,1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 108 (a); 61 Stat. 44, as 
amended May 16, 1950; ch. 186, sec. 3 ( d ) ; 64 Stat. 160, 10 U. S. C. 
166g (a)). 
(9) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 109; 61 Stat. 45, 10 
U. S. C. 166h). 
(10) Act of April 16, 1947 (ch. 38, title I, sec. 110; 61 Stat. 46, as 
amended May 16, 1950; ch. 186, sec. 3 (f); 64 Stat. 160, 10 U. S. C. 
I66i). 
(11) Revised Statutes, section 1122 (10 IT. S. C. 235). 
(12) Act of June 24, 1948 (ch. 632, sec. 1; 62 Stat. 650, 10 U. S. C. 
291 o-l). 
(13) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 506 (c); 61 Stat. 
890,10 11. S. C. 506c (c)). 
(14) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 505; 61 Stat. 888, 
lOU. S. C. 559). 
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Separate promotion 
lists. 
Commands. 
Air Force areas. 
J u d g e A d v o c a t e 
General of the Air 
Force. 
Grade. 
(15) Act of August 7,1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 517; 61 Stat. 909, 
lOU. S.C. 559h). 
(16) Act of August 7, 1947 (ch. 512, title V, sec. 514 (d) ; 61 
Stat. 902,10 U. S. C. 941a (d)). 
(17) Act of May 29,1928 (ch. 902,45 Stat. 996, as amended January 
29,1938; ch. 12, sec. 2; 52 Stat. 8,10 U. S. C. 953a). 
(18) Act of June 29, 1948 (ch. 708, title II, sec, 203 (d) ; 62 Stat. 
1085,1017. S.C. 1003). 
(19) Act of October 12, 1949 (ch. 681-, title II, sec. 203; 63 Stat. 
809,37 U. S.C. 234). 
(d) Separate promotion lists are authorized, within the discretion of 
the Secretary, for each of the categories of duties to which members 
of the Air Force are designated under section 307 (a) of this Act. 
Seniority and numbers in the several grades on the promotion lists 
so established under this section shall be as prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Air Force in accordance with the provisions of sections 505 (b) 
and 505 (d) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 888; 10 
U, S. C. 559 (b), 559 (d.)) : Provided., That such provisions of said 
section 505 (b) as relate to medical, dental, and chaplain officers shall, 
for the purposes of this section, also be applicable to officers designated 
to perform judge advocate duties in the Air Force. 
SEC. 308. (a) 
There shall be within the Air Force— 
(1) the following major air commands: 
(i) an air defense command; 
(ii) a strategic air command; and 
(iii) a tactical air command; 
(2) such other commands and organizations as may from time 
to time be established by the Secretary of the Air Force in the 
interest of efficiency and economy of operation. 
(b) For the duration of any war or national emergency declared 
by the President or the Congress, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
establish new major commands in lieu of, or discontinue or consolidate 
themajor commands enumerated in, subsection (a) (1) of this section. 
SEC. 309. For Air Force purposes, the United States of America, its 
Territories and possessions, and other territory in which elements of 
the Air Force may be stationed or operate, may be divided into such 
areas as directed by the Secretary of the Air Force; and officers of 
the Air Force may be assigned to command of the Air Force activities, 
installations and personnel in such areas. In the discharge of the 
Air Force's functions or such other functions as may be authorized 
by other provisions of law^, officers of the Air Force so assigned shall 
perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of the 
Air Force may prescribe. 
SEC. 310. (a) There shall be in the Air Force a Judge Advocate 
General who shall be appointed, subject to the provisions of the Act 
of May 5, 1950 (64 Stat. 147; 50 U. S. C. 741), by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four 
years, which term may be extended by the President at his discretion. 
Any such appointment may be terminated at any time by the President 
at his discretion. 
An officer heretofore or hereafter appointed as 
Judge Advocate General of the Air Force shall not be a chief of a 
branch, arm, or service within the meaning of section 513 of the 
Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 901; 10 U. S. C. 559g) but he 
shall nevertheless, if he does not already hold a permanent appoint-
ment in the Regular Air Force in the grade of major general, be 
appointed by the President, hj and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, as a permanent major general in the Regular Air Force. 
The officer serving as Judge Advocate General on the effective date, 
of this Act shall, subject to the provisions of this section, continue to 
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hold his appointment as Judge Advocate General and no reappoint-
ment of such officer as Judge Advocate General shall be required after 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force, the Judge Advocate General 
of the Air Force, and officers heretofore or hereafter designated as 
judge advocates shall be vested with and shall exercise the same 
powers and duties with respect to the administration of military 
justice within the Air Force as are vested in the Secretary of the 
Army, the Judge Advocate General of the Army and judge advocates 
of the Army, respectively, with respect to the administration of mili-
tary justice within the Army. The Judge Advocate General of the 
Air Force shall perform such other legal duties as may be directed by 
the Secretary of the Air Force. 
Administration ol 
military justice. 
TITLE IV—KEPEALS, AMENDMENTS, AND SAVING 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) The following laws and parts of laws are hereby 
repealed: 
(1) The proviso of section 401 of the Army Organization Act of 
1950 and all laws and parts of laws set forth in said section to the 
extent applicable to the Department of the Air Force or the Air Force 
Establishment and not heretofore repealed; 
(2) Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act of June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1014; 
5 U. S.C. 627 j-1) : Provided^ That such repeal shall not affect the 
existing applicability of the Articles of War to the Air Force and 
actions under such articles shall be enforced in the same manner and 
with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed. 
(b) All other laws and parts of laws to the extent that they are 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 402. The National Security Act of 1947, as amended, is hereby 
amended by striking out the words "command over the United States 
Air Force" in section 208 (b) thereof and substituting in lieu thereof 
the words "command over the air defense command, the strategic air 
command, the tactical air command, and such other major commands 
as may be established by the Secretary under section 308 (b) of the 
Air Force Organization Act of 1951, and shall have supervision over 
all other members and organizations of the Air Force,". 
SEC. 403. All laws and parts of laws not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act applicable to the Air Force Establishment, or to 
organizations, components or personnel thereof, whether so applicable 
by their terms or by operation of the National Security Act of 1947, 
as amended, shall continue in effect and shall be construed to apply 
to the Air Force Establishment and to the corresponding successive 
organizations, components, and personnel as set forth in this Act. 
SEC. 404. (a) Nothing in this Act shall require the reappointment 
or redesignation of any person in the Air Force Establishment occupy-
ing a position or performing a duty as now prescribed by law. 
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act every power 
vested in and every duty imposed upon any office or officer, civilian or 
military, of the Air Force Establishment by any law, regulation, or 
order in force immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, shall 
continue to be applicable to such office and exercised and performed 
by such officer until the Secretary of the Air Force shall otherwise 
direct in accordance with the authority conferred upon him by this 
Act. 
SEC. 405. Except as provided in section 305, nothing contained in 
this Act shall be construed to amend or repeal the provisions of law 
64 Stat. 270. 
lOU. S. C.§lbno.te. 
61 Stat. 503. 
5 U. S. C. § 626c. 
Reappointment; re-
designation. 
Prior powers and 
duties. 
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PUBLIC LAW 151—SEPT. 21, 1951 
[65 STAT. 
Intrusting of mon-
eys. 
61 Stat. 495. 
5U.S.C.§ 171 note. 
Separability. 
pertaining to the National Guard, the Air National Guard or the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
SEO. 406. Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, officers of the Air Force accountable for 
public moneys may intrust moneys to other officers of the Air Force 
for the purpose of having them make disbursements as their agents, and 
the officer to whom the moneys are intrusted, as well as the officer who 
intrusts the moneys to him, shall be held pecuniarily responsible there-
for to the United States. 
SEC. 407. Except as provided in section 402 of this Act, nothing in 
this Act shall be construed as amending, repealing, limiting, enlarging, 
or in any way modifying any provision of the National Security Act 
of 1947, as amended. 
SEO. 408. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstances be held invalid, the validity of the 
remainder of the Act and of the application of such provisions to other 
persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved September 19, 1951. 
September 21, 1951 
[H. R. 3176] 
Public Law 151 
CHAPTER 4 0 8 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces 
to commemorate the life and perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker 
T. Washington", approved August 7, 1946. 
Booker T. Washing-
ton; George Washing-
ton Carver. 
Commemorative 
coins. 
60 Stat. 863. 
Expense of prepara-
tions. 
Issuance. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assembled, That the Act 
entitled "An Act to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces to com-
memorate the life and perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker 
T. Washington", approved August 7, 1946, is amended to read as 
follows: "That in order to commemorate the lives and perpetuate the 
ideals and teachings of Booker T. Washington and George Washing-
ton Carver, two great Americans, there shall be coined by the Director 
of the Mint (1) a number of silver 50-cent pieces equal to the number 
of 50-cent pieces authorized by the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 
863), but not yet coined on the date of the enactment of this Act, plus 
(2) an additional number of silver 50-cent pieces equal to the number 
of 50-cent pieces coined under such Act of August 7,1946, and returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with section 5 of this Act. The silver 
50-cent pieces authorized by this section shall be of standard size, 
weight, and fineness, and of a special appropriate design to be fixed by 
the Director of the Mint with the approval of the Secretary of the 
Treasury; but the United States shall not be subject to the expense 
of making the models for master dies or other preparations for the 
coinage authorized by this section, or to the expense of making any 
changes in design which may be necessitated by reason of the enact-
ment of this Act, 
"SEC. 2, The coins authorized by the first section of this Act shall 
be issued at par, and only upon the request of the Booker T. Wash-
ington Birthplace Memorial (established at the birthplace of Booker 
T. Washington in Franklin County, Virginia) and the George Wash-
ington Carver National Monument Foundation (established at the 
birthplace of George Washington Carver in Diamond, Missouri). 
"SEC. 3. The coins authorized by the firet section of this Act shall 
be issued in such numbers, and at such times, as shall be requested by 
the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and the George