{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s161","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f161.","heading":"Combatant commands: establishment","text":"\u00a7\u202f161.\nCombatant commands: establishment\n(a)\nUnified and Specified Combatant Commands.\u2014\nWith the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, shall\u2014\n(1) establish unified combatant commands and specified combatant commands to perform military missions; and\n(2) prescribe the force structure of those commands.\n(b)\nPeriodic Review.\u2014\n(1) The Chairman periodically (and not less often than every two years) shall\u2014\n(A) review the missions, responsibilities (including geographic boundaries), and force structure of each combatant command; and\n(B) recommend to the President, through the Secretary of Defense, any changes to such missions, responsibilities, and force structures as may be necessary.\n(2) Except during time of hostilities or imminent threat of hostilities, the President shall\u2014\n(A) not more than 60 days after establishing a new combatant command\u2014\n(i) notify Congress of the establishment of such command; and\n(ii) provide to Congress a briefing on the establishment of such command; and\n(B) not more than 60 days after significantly revising the missions, responsibilities, or force structure of an existing combatant command\u2014\n(i) notify Congress of such revisions; and\n(ii) provide to Congress a briefing on such revisions.\n(c)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this chapter:\n(1) The term \u201cunified combatant command\u201d means a military command which has broad, continuing missions and which is composed of forces from two or more military departments.\n(2) The term \u201cspecified combatant command\u201d means a military command which has broad, continuing missions and which is normally composed of forces from a single military department.\n(3) The term \u201ccombatant command\u201d means a unified combatant command or a specified combatant command.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s161.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f161."},{"t":"heading","text":"Combatant commands: establishment"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Unified and Specified Combatant Commands.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"With the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President, through the Secretary of Defense, shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish unified combatant commands and specified combatant commands to perform military missions; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" prescribe the force structure of those commands.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Periodic Review.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The Chairman periodically (and not less often than every two years) shall\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" review the missions, responsibilities (including geographic boundaries), and force structure of each combatant command; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" recommend to the President, through the Secretary of Defense, any changes to such missions, responsibilities, and force structures as may be necessary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Except during time of hostilities or imminent threat of hostilities, the President shall\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" not more than 60 days after establishing a new combatant command\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2/A/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" notify Congress of the establishment of such command; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2/A/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" provide to Congress a briefing on the establishment of such command; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" not more than 60 days after significantly revising the missions, responsibilities, or force structure of an existing combatant command\u2014"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2/B/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"content","text":" notify Congress of such revisions; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/b/2/B/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"content","text":" provide to Congress a briefing on such revisions.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cunified combatant command\u201d means a military command which has broad, continuing missions and which is composed of forces from two or more military departments.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cspecified combatant command\u201d means a military command which has broad, continuing missions and which is normally composed of forces from a single military department.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s161/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201ccombatant command\u201d means a unified combatant command or a specified combatant command.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}