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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1608 Time-limited appointments

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 83— - CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY › § 1608

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can set rules that let officials make short-term hires for certain defense intelligence jobs. Each hire must be reviewed after one year, and the Secretary must approve any extension. Those employees cannot get a permanent Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service post unless they win a competitive selection. Time-limited appointments last up to two years.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1608

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Defense may by regulation authorize appointing officials to make time-limited appointments to defense intelligence positions specified in the regulations.
(b)The Secretary of Defense shall review each time-limited appointment in a defense intelligence position at the end of the first year of the period of the appointment and determine whether the appointment should be continued for the remainder of the period. The continuation of a time-limited appointment after the first year shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary.
(c)An employee serving in a defense intelligence position pursuant to a time-limited appointment is not eligible for a permanent appointment to a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service position (including a position in which the employee is serving) unless the employee is selected for the permanent appointment on a competitive basis.
(d)In this section, the term “time-limited appointment” means an appointment (subject to the condition in subsection (b)) for a period not to exceed two years.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1608 was renumbered section 1623 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1635 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1996 Amendment note under section 1593 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1608

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73