Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 83— CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES › Subchapter I— DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY › § 1606
The Secretary of Defense can create a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service for defense intelligence jobs that match Senior Executive Service jobs. The total number of these positions cannot be more than 594. The Secretary must write rules for this service that follow the requirements in title 5 (sections 3131; 3132(a)(2); 3396(c); 3592; 3595(a); 5384; 6304; subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 7543; and subchapter II of chapter 43). Any hearing or appeal a member gets must follow those rules. The Secretary may also apply other title 5 rules to these members and write rules to do so. The President, after the Secretary’s recommendation, may give members a rank under section 4507 of title 5, following that section. Members must be covered by a performance review system that the Secretary certifies under section 5307 of title 5 as making real distinctions based on performance. That system can be the same one used for the Department of Defense Senior Executive Service.
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10 U.S.C. § 1606
Title 10 — Armed Forces
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Apr 3, 2026
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