PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1727 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT. —Subsection (d) of section 138 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by inserting "and Comptroller^after "^nder Secretaries of Defense". SEC. 902. ADDITIONAL RESPONSmilinES OF THE COMPTROLLER. (a) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. —(1) Section 135 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated and amended by section 901, is further amended in subsection (\>)— (A) by inserting after "(b)" the following: "The Comptroller is the agency Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense tor the purposes of chapter 9 of title 31."; and (B) by inserting "additional" after "shall perform such". (2) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out the following: "Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense.". (b) CONGRESSIONAL INFORMATION RESPONSIBILITIES.— Such section is further amended by adding after subsection (d), as added by section 901(a)(2), the following new subsection: "(e) The Comptroller shall ensure that the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives are each informed, in a timelv manner, regarding all matters relating to the budgetary, fiscal, and analytic activities of the Department of Defense that are under the supervision of the Comptroller.". SEC. 903. NEW POSITION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 135, as transferred and redesignated by section 901(a), the following new section:
- § 136. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
"(a) There is an Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel President. and Readiness, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. "(b) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the areas of military readiness, total force management, military and civilian personnel re(]^uirements, military and civilian personnel training, military and civilian family matters, exchange, commissary, and nonappropriated fund activities, personnel requirements for weapons support. National Guard and reserve components, and health affairs. "(c) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the Comptroller.". (b) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE III PAY LEVEL.— Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relatin|^ to the Comptroller of the Department of Defense, as added by section 901(b), the following: "Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.". (c) OFFSETTING REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ASSISTANT SEC- RETARY OF DEFENSE POSITIONS.— (1) Subsection (a) of section 138 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by section 901(a),
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