Sec. 913. Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense
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Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 142 the following new section: There is an Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense, who is designated as provided in section 1124(a)(1) of title 31. The Performance Improvement Officer shall— perform the duties and responsibilities, and exercise the powers set forth in section 1124 of title 31; and perform such additional duties and responsibilities, and exercise such other powers, as the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Performance Improvement Officer reports, without intervening authority, directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, in the Deputy Secretary's role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Department of Defense under section 1123 of title 31. The Performance Improvement Officer may communicate views on matters within the responsibility of the Officer directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any other officer in the Department of Defense. .
The table of section at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 142 the following new item: 142a. Performance Improvement Officer of the Department of Defense. . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on such date as the Secretary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this section, which date may not be later than one day before the effective date specified by the Secretary pursuant to section 911(a)(1). The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a notice on the effective date specified pursuant to paragraph (1).