Sec. 906. Redesignation of Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense as Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense and related matters
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Section 137a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking Principal each place it appears. Section 137a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking five and inserting six . Effective on February 1, 2018, section 137a(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(2)through
(5)as paragraphs
(3)through (6), respectively; and by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraphs: One of the Deputy Under Secretaries is the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. One of the Deputy Under Secretaries is the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. . Paragraph
(6)of section 131(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense. . Section 138(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking Principal . Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— by striking Principal in the items relating to the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; and by inserting before the item relating to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, as amended by paragraph (1), the following new items: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. . The heading of section 137a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 137a and inserting the following new item: 137a. Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense. .