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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§9498 Regulations

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 959 — CIVIL AIR PATROL › § 9498

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force must make rules to run this chapter. The rules must cover Civil Air Patrol conduct when it serves as the Air Force’s volunteer civilian auxiliary (section 9492), how the Air Force provides or arranges help with other agencies (section 9494), and the qualifications for retired Air Force personnel hired under personal services contracts (section 9496(a)). Rules about support and arranging help under section 9494 must be approved by the Secretary of Defense.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §9498

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Authority.—
The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this chapter.
(b)Required Regulations.—
The regulations shall include the following:
(1)Regulations governing the conduct of the activities of the Civil Air Patrol when it is performing its duties as a volunteer civilian auxiliary of the Air Force under section 9492 of this title.
(2)Regulations for providing support by the Air Force and for arranging assistance by other agencies under section 9494 of this title.
(3)Regulations governing the qualifications of retired Air Force personnel to serve as an administrator or liaison officer for the Civil Air Patrol under a personal services contract entered into under section 9496(a) of this title.
(c)Approval by Secretary of Defense.—
The regulations required by subsection (b)(2) shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 806(a)(1), renumbered section 9448 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9492” for “section 9442”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9494” for “section 9444”. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9496(a)” for “section 9446(a)”.

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. § 9498

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110