Sec. 924. ASSIGNED FORCES OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS

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## SEC. 924 ASSIGNED FORCES OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS Section 162(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in paragraph (1)— #####

(A)by striking “Except as provided in paragraph (2)” and inserting “As directed by the Secretary of Defense”; #####

(B)by striking “all forces” and inserting “specified forces”; and #####

(C)by striking the second sentence; ####

(2)by striking paragraph

(2)and inserting the following new paragraph (2): > > #### “(2) > > A force not assigned to a combatant command or to the United States element of the North American Aerospace Defense Command under paragraph

(1)shall remain assigned to the military department concerned for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary of the military department concerned as specified in section 3013, 5013, or 8013 of this title, as applicable.” > ; and ####

(3)in paragraph (4)— #####

(A)by striking “operating with the geographic area” and #####

(B)by striking “assigned to, and”.