---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2113b"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2113b"
heading: "Academic Health System"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2113b"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part III — Training and Education"
  - "Chapter 104 — Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences"
---

# §2113b. Academic Health System

- (a) **In General.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may establish an Academic Health System to integrate the [health care](/usc/10/1072.md?p=10), health professions education, and health research activities of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) health system, including under this chapter, in the National Capital Region.
- (b) **Leadership.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may appoint employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense to leadership positions in the Academic Health System established under [subsection (a)](#a).
  - (2) Such positions may include responsibilities for management of the [health care](/usc/10/1072.md?p=10), health professions education, and health research activities described in [subsection (a)](#a) and are in addition to similar leadership positions for members of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4).
- (c) **National Capital Region Defined.—** In this section, the term “National Capital Region” means the area, or portion thereof, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3), in the vicinity of the District of Columbia.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VII, § 734(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1461.)