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 65 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 150—SEPT. 19, 1951

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(b) The Secretary of the Air Force may assign to the Under Secretary 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 supervision 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) The 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 personnel 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) I n 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 perform 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 — C H I E F OF S T A F F AND THE A I R S T A F F SEC. 201. (a) There shall be in the Department of the Air Force a 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 Department of the Air Force as may be assigned or detailed under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.

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