(a)
(A) are serving on active duty; and
(B) have served on active duty as a chaplain for at least eight years.
(2) An officer appointed as the Chief of Chaplains shall be appointed for a term of three years. However, the President may terminate or extend the appointment at any time.
(3) The Chief of Chaplains shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force and by law.
(b)
(c)
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, §806(c), renumbered section 8039 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, §809(a), substituted "section 9067(h)" for "section 8067(h)" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–232, §510(c), added subsec. (c).
2016—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–328, §502(mm)(1), redesignated subpars. (B) and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "are serving in the grade of colonel or above;".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–328, §502(mm)(2), struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: "An officer appointed as Chief of Chaplains who holds a lower regular grade may be appointed in the regular grade of major general."
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by sections 806(c) and 809(a) of 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.