Sec. 903. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment
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Section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. In addition to any duties and powers prescribed under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment shall have the duties specified in section 138e of this title. . Chapter 4 of such title is amended by inserting after section 138d the following new section:
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment shall— provide leadership and facilitate communication regarding, and conduct oversight to manage and be accountable for, military construction and environmental programs within the Department of Defense and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps; coordinate and oversee planning and programming activities of the Department of Defense and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps; establish policies and guidance, in coordination with the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, regarding installation assets and services that are required to support defense missions.
The Assistant Secretary may communicate views on issues within the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary directly to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any other official within the Department of Defense. . The table of sections for chapter 4 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 138c the following new item: 138e. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. .
Section 2701(k)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment and inserting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment . Section 2885(a)(3) of such title is amended by striking Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) and inserting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment . Any reference in any law, regulation, document, or other record of the United States to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment shall be treated as referring to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment.
No additional funds are authorized by this Act to accomplish the mission of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. Such mission shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized or appropriated. The number of positions for military and civilian personnel and the number of full-time equivalent positions for contractor personnel associated with the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment shall not exceed the number of such positions that were associated with the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed as exempting the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment from further reductions as part of headquarters efficiencies initiatives of the Department of Defense.