Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§3004 Head of an Agency
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart A — General › CHAPTER 201 — DEFINITIONS › SUBCHAPTER I — DEFINITIONS RELATING TO DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEM GENERALLY › § 3004
Summary
Names six officials as "head of an agency": Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Homeland Security, and NASA.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §3004
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In this part, the term “head of an agency” means the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The text of par. (1) of section 2302 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1806(a)(6), was based on act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 127; Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 301(b),
July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 432; 96–513, title V, § 511(74), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2926; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VII, § 2722(a),
July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1186; Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1806(a)(6), transferred par. (1) of section 2302 of this title to this section, realigned margin, struck out par. (1) designation at beginning, and substituted “In this part, the term” for “The term”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 3004
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102