Chief of National Guard Bureau: appointment; acting chief

§ 3015. Chief of National Guard Bureau: appointment; acting chief (a) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from officers of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States who— (1) have been recommended by their respective governors; (2) have had at least 10 years of commissioned service in the active National Guard; and (3) are in a grade above lieutenant colonel. (b) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau holds office for four years, but may be removed for cause at any time and may not hold that office after he becomes 64 years of age. He is eligible to succeed himself. If he holds a lower reserve grade he shall be appointed as a Reserve in his armed force in the grade of major general for service in the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be. (c) If the Chief of the National Guard Bureau is unable, because of disability, to perform the functions of his office, or if that office is vacant, the senior officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States on duty in the Bureau shall act as its chief until the disability ceases or a successor is appointed.