Sec. 922. Transfer of personnel, functions, and assets to the Space Corps

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The Secretary of Defense shall, during the transition period, transfer all covered military personnel to the Space Corps. Covered military personnel transferred to the Space Corps pursuant to subparagraph

(A)shall retain the grade and date of obtaining such grade that the individual person had before the date of the transfer unless otherwise altered or terminated in accordance with law. Except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense, all functions, assets, and obligations of the space elements of the Air Force (including all property, records, installations, activities, facilities, agencies, and projects of such elements) shall be transferred to the Space Corps. Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking section 2279c. The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to section 2279c. The amendments made by paragraphs

(1)and

(2)shall take effect on the date on which the transition period terminates, as determined by the Secretary of Defense in accordance with subsection (c), which date shall be not later than December 30, 2023. Not later than 30 days before the date on which the transition period terminates, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that identifies the date on which transition period will terminate. In this section: The term covered military personnel means commissioned officers and enlisted members of the space elements of the Air Force who are assigned to such elements as of the date on which such officers and members are transferred under subsection (a)(1). The term transition period means a period prescribed by the Secretary of Defense that— begins on January 1, 2021; and ends not later than December 30, 2023.