TITLE 24 - US CODE - SUBCHAPTER II - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

24 USC 431 - Temporary continuation of Armed Forces Retirement Home Board

Until the Secretary of Defense appoints the first Chief Operating Officer after December 28, 2001, the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board, as constituted on the day before December 28, 2001, shall continue to serve and shall perform the duties of the Chief Operating Officer.

24 USC 432 - Directors of facilities

(a) Active duty officers 
During the three-year period beginning on December 28, 2001, the Directors and Deputy Directors of the facilities shall be members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, notwithstanding the authority in subsections (b) and (d) of section 417 of this title for the Directors and Deputy Directors to be civilians.
(b) Temporary continuation of Director of the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington 
The person serving as the Director of the Armed Forces Retirement HomeWashington on the day before December 28, 2001, may continue to serve as the Director of that facility until April 2, 2002.

24 USC 433 - Temporary continuation of incumbent deputy directors

A person serving as the Deputy Director of a facility of the Retirement Home on the day before December 28, 2001, may continue to serve, at the pleasure of the Secretary of Defense, as the Deputy Director until the date on which a Deputy Director is appointed for that facility under section 417 of this title, except that the service in that position may not continue under this section after December 31, 2004.