Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9132 Regular Air Force and Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 913— - ENLISTMENTS › § 9132
Summary
The Secretary of the Air Force must not use a person's gender when deciding who to accept for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force or the Space Force. That means no gender quotas for jobs or skill groups and no other gender-based rules for accepting recruits.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9132
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In accepting persons for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force or the Space Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may not—
(1)set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who may be accepted for such an enlistment according to gender for skill categories or jobs; or
(2)in any other way base the acceptance of a person for such an enlistment on gender.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Another section 9132 was renumbered section 9138 of this title.
Amendments
2023—Pub. L. 118–31 struck out “Regular” before “Space Force:” in section catchline and “Regular” before “Space Force” in introductory provisions. 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments” for “Regular Air Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments” in section catchline and inserted “or the Regular Space Force” after “Regular Air Force” in introductory provisions. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8252 of this title as this section. 1992—Pub. L. 102–484 substituted “In” for “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in” and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an enlistment specified as being for training leading to designation in a skill category involving duty assignments to which, under section 8549 of this title, female members of the Air Force may not be assigned.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title V, § 522(c), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1974, provided that: “Such section [10 U.S.C. 8252] shall apply with respect to persons accepted for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force after
September 30, 1989.” Implementation Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title V, § 522(b), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1973, provided that: “The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a methodology for implementing section 8252 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than
October 1, 1989.”
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9132
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73