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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4435 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 908

Sec. 908. Amendments relating to organization and management of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

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(b)of section 132a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Chief Management Officer shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary may prescribe. The Deputy Chief Management Officer shall— assist the Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Deputy Secretary’s capacity as Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense under section 132(c) of this title and perform those duties assigned by the Secretary of Defense or delegated by the Deputy Secretary pursuant to section 904(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ; 10 U.S.C. 132 note); assist the Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Deputy Secretary’s capacity as the Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Defense under section 1123 of title 31; establish policies for the strategic management and integration of the Department of Defense business operations and activities; have the responsibilities specified for the Deputy Chief Management Officer for the purposes of section 2222 of this title; and be the Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense for the purposes of section 1124(a)(1) of title 31. . Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 141 the following new section: There is a Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense. The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense— is the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense for the purposes of sections 3506(a)(2) and 3544(a)(3) of title 44; has the responsibilities and duties specified in section 11315 of title 40; and has the responsibilities specified for the Chief Information Officer in sections 2222, 2223(a), and 2224 of this title. The Chief Information Officer shall perform such additional duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. The Chief Information Officer takes precedence in the Department of Defense with the officials serving in positions specified in section 131(b)(4) of this title. The officials serving in positions specified in section 131(b)(4) and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense take precedence among themselves in the order prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. . Section 131(b) of such title is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(5)through
(8)as paragraphs
(6)through (9), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraph (5): The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense. . Section 186 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. Section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by inserting and at the end of paragraph (1); by striking ; and at the end of paragraph
(2)and inserting a period; and by striking paragraph (3); in subsection (c)(1), by striking Defense Business Systems Management Committee and inserting investment review board established under subsection
(g); and in subsection (g)— in paragraph (1), by striking , not later than March 15, 2012, ; in paragraph (2)(C), by striking each the first place it appears and inserting the ; and in paragraph (2)(F), by striking and the Defense Business Systems Management Committee, as required by section 186(c) of this title, . The investment review board and investment management process required by section 2222(g) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (d)(3), shall be established not later than March 15, 2015. Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended as follows: Paragraph
(7)of section 138(b) is amended— by inserting after Readiness in the first sentence the following: , who shall be appointed from among persons with an extensive background in the sustainment of major weapons systems and combat support equipment ; by striking the second sentence; by transferring to the end of that paragraph (as amended by subparagraph (B)) the text of subsection
(b)of section 138a of such title; by transferring to the end of that paragraph (as amended by subparagraph (C)) the text of subsection
(c)of section 138a of such title; and by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)in the text transferred by subparagraph
(D)of this paragraph as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively. Paragraph
(8)of such section is amended— by striking the second sentence and inserting the text of subsection
(a)of section 138b; by inserting after the text added by subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph the following: The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation, shall— ; by transferring paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection
(b)of section 138b to the end of that paragraph (as amended by subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of this paragraph), indenting those paragraphs 2 ems from the left margin, and redesignating those paragraphs as subparagraphs
(A)and (B), respectively; in subparagraph
(A)(as so transferred and redesignated)— by striking The Assistant Secretary and all that follows through Test and Evaluation, shall ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and in subparagraph
(B)(as so transferred and redesignated), by striking The Assistant Secretary and all that follows through Test and Evaluation, shall . Paragraph
(10)of such section is amended— by striking the second sentence and inserting the text of subsection
(b)of section 138d; and by inserting after the text added by subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph the text of subsection
(a)of such section and in that text as so inserted— by striking of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs and by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively. Sections 138a, 138b, and 138d are repealed. Section 137a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The officials authorized under this section shall be the only Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense. . Section 906(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2426; 10 U.S.C. 137a note) is repealed. Section 137a(b) of such title is amended by striking is absent or disabled and inserting dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office . Subsection
(d)of section 137a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking and the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense and inserting the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, and the officials serving in the positions specified in section 131(b)(4) of this title and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense . Subsection
(d)of section 138 of such title is amended by inserting and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense after section 131(b)(4) of this title . Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking Assistant Secretaries of Defense
(16)and inserting Assistant Secretaries of Defense
(14). Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 is amended— by striking the items relating to sections 138a, 138b, and 138d; and by inserting after the item relating to section 141 the following new item: 142. Chief Information Officer. . Section 131(b)(8), as redesignated by subsection (b)(2)(A), is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)through
(H)as subparagraphs
(B)through (I), respectively; and by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated by subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph, the following new subparagraph (A): The two Deputy Directors within the Office of the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation under section 139a(c) of this title. . Section 132(b) is amended by striking is disabled or there is no Secretary of Defense and inserting dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 is amended by striking the item relating to section 186.
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  • Pub. L. 110-181
  • Pub. L. 111-84
  • 123 Stat. 2426
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Sec. 908
Amendments relating to organization and management of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
U.S.C.§ 132
U.S.C.§ 137a
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-181
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-84
Stat.123 Stat. 2426
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