(a)
(1)
(2)
(A) An officer of the Air Force on active duty in a grade not below the grade of colonel who possesses such qualifications as the Secretary considers appropriate and is assigned or detailed to such position.
(B) A member of the Senior Executive Service or a civilian individual, including an individual who was retired from the Air Force in a grade not below brigadier general, who has the qualifications appropriate for the position of Director and Chancellor and is selected by the Secretary as the best qualified from among candidates for the position in accordance with a process and criteria determined by the Secretary.
(3)
(b)
(1)
(2)
(3)
References in Text
Level IV of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is set out in section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–92, §556(a)(1), (2), substituted "
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 116–92, §556(a)(3), which directed substitution of "
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9314b of this title as this section.
Change of Name
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, §556(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1392, provided that: "Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Commandant of the United States Air Force Institute of Technology shall be deemed to be a reference to the Director and Chancellor of the United States Air Force Institute of Technology."
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment 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.