Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§1783 Family Members Serving on Advisory Committees
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 88— MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND MILITARY CHILD CARE › Subchapter I— MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS › § 1783
Summary
Defense committees that advise on military family matters and include family members are not automatically treated as advisory committees under federal rules.
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Title 10, §1783
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A committee within the Department of Defense which advises or assists the Department in the performance of any function which affects members of military families and which includes members of military families in its membership shall not be considered an advisory committee under section 1001(2) of title 5 solely because of such membership.
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2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 1001(2) of title 5” for “section 3(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)”.
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10 U.S.C. § 1783
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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