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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§9496 Miscellaneous Personnel Authorities

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 959 — CIVIL AIR PATROL › § 9496

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can hire a retired Air Force member, if that person asks, to work under a personal services contract as an administrator or liaison for the Civil Air Patrol. The person’s qualifications must be set and approved under the rules made under section 9498. The contract can let that person accept services for the Air Force, but the person is not on active duty or inactive‑duty training while working under the contract. The Secretary can also use Civil Air Patrol chaplains to help Air Force active duty and reserve forces as the Secretary decides.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9496

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Use of Retired Air Force Personnel.—
(1)Upon the request of a person retired from service in the Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into a personal services contract with that person providing for the person to serve as an administrator or liaison officer for the Civil Air Patrol. The qualifications of a person to provide the services shall be determined and approved in accordance with regulations prescribed under section 9498 of this title.
(2)To the extent provided in a contract under paragraph (1), a person providing services under the contract may accept services on behalf of the Air Force.
(3)A person, while providing services under a contract authorized under paragraph (1), may not be considered to be on active duty or inactive-duty training for any purpose.
(b)Use of Civil Air Patrol Chaplains.—
The Secretary of the Air Force may use the services of Civil Air Patrol chaplains in support of the Air Force active duty and reserve component forces to the extent and under conditions that the Secretary determines appropriate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 806(a)(1), renumbered section 9446 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9498” for “section 9448”.

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

Section effective 120 days after Oct. 30, 2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1090(c)] of Pub. L. 106–398, set out as a note under section 9491 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 9496

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110