10 U.S.C. § 102 — Effect of certain amendments on conforming changes to tables of sections, tables of contents, and similar tabular entries

(a) Automatic Execution of Conforming Changes. When an amendment to a covered defense law adds a section or bigger unit, repeals or moves a section or bigger unit, or changes a section's or bigger unit's number or title, that amendment automatically also updates any table of sections, table of contents, or similar list in that law, so the table matches the change. (b) Exceptions. This automatic update in (a) does not apply when: (1) the amendment itself — or a clean-up amendment passed at the same time — already directly updates the table to match the change; or (2) the amendment expressly says this section does not apply to it. (c) Covered Defense Law. In this section, "covered defense law" means: (1) this title (title 10); (2) titles 32 and 37; (3) any national defense authorization act that funds the Department of Defense for a fiscal year; and (4) any other law that its own text names as a covered defense law for this section.