SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.

SEC. 545. SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. (a) In General.—Section 1044f of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “The policies shall” and inserting “Subject to subsection (c), the policies shall”; (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) Special Trial Counsel of Department of the Air Force.—In establishing policies under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall— “(1) in lieu of providing for separate offices for the Air Force and Space Force under subsection (a)(1), provide for the establishment of a single dedicated office from which office the activities of the special trial counsel of the Department of the Air Force shall be supervised and overseen; and “(2) in lieu of providing for separate lead special trial counsels for the Air Force and Space Force under subsection (a)(2), provide for the appointment of one lead special trial counsel who shall be responsible for the overall supervision and oversight of the activities of the special trial counsel of the Department of the Air Force.” . (b) [10 U.S.C. 1044f note] Effective Date.—The amendments made subsection (a) shall take effect immediately after the coming into effect of the amendments made by section 532 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1694) as provided in section 539C of that Act (10 U.S.C. 801 note).