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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§9024 Director of Small Business Programs

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 903 — DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE › § 9024

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force must appoint a Director of Small Business Programs for the Department of the Air Force. The Director leads the Air Force Office of Small Business Programs, which is set up under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act. The Secretary gives the Director the duties and powers over small business programs. Most of the rules in section 15(k) of the Small Business Act apply to the Director, except the parts that create and name the Director and the Office.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9024

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Director.— (b) Office of Small Business Programs.—
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.
(c)Duties and Powers.—
(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

Prior section 9025 and 9027 were renumbered section 9375 and 9377 of this title, respectively.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9024

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110