Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9024 Director of Small Business Programs
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION › Chapter CHAPTER 903— - DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE › § 9024
Summary
The Secretary must appoint a Director to lead the Air Force Office of Small Business Programs. The Secretary gives that Director the duties and powers to run small business programs, and section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) applies except where it specifically names the Director or the Office.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9024
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(a)There is a Director of Small Business Programs in the Department of the Air Force. The Director is appointed by the Secretary of the Air Force.
(b)The Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Air Force is the office that is established within the Department of the Air Force under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)). The Director of Small Business Programs is the head of such office.
(c)(1)The Director of Small Business Programs shall, subject to paragraph (2), perform such duties regarding small business programs of the Department of the Air Force, and shall exercise such powers regarding those programs, as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe.
(2)section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), except for the designations of the Director and the Office, applies to the Director of Small Business Programs.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8024 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
The Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Air Force and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Air Force were redesignated the Director of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Air Force and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Air Force, respectively, by Pub. L. 109–163 which also provided that references to the former were deemed to refer to the latter. See section 904(a) of Pub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 144 of this title.
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment 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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9024
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73