PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986
100 STAT. 1783-132
(b) PAY GRADE.—Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition.". SEC. 903. OTHER SENIOR CIVILIAN ACQUISITION OFFICIALS (a) PRECEDENCE OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY.—Section 134 of
title 10, United State Code (as designated by section 105 of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-433)), is amended by inserting "the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition," in subsection (c) after "Deputy Secretary of Defense,". (b) FUNCTIONS AND GRADE OF DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND
ENGINEERING.—(1) Section 135 of title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 105 of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-433)), is amended— (A) by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(b) Except as otherwise prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering shall perform such duties relating to research and engineering as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition may prescribe."; and (B) by striking out subsection (c). (2)(A) Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Director of Defense Research and Engineering.". (B) Section 5315 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: "Director of Defense Research and Engineering.". (c) INDEPENDENCE AND STAFF OF DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST
AND EVALUATION.—Section 138 of title 10, United States Code (as redesignated by section 101(a), of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-433)) is amended— (1) by inserting "and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition" after "Secretary of Defense" in the first sentence of subsection (b); '"-' (2) by inserting "and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition" after "Secretary of Defense" in subsection (b)(2); "'>• (3) by inserting ", to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition," in subsection (b)(5) after "Secretary of Defense"; (4) by inserting ", to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition," in subsection (c) after "Secretary of Defense" the - first place such term appears; (5) by inserting "personally" in the first sentence of subsec^ tion (d) after "Secretary of Defense"; (6) by inserting ", the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition," in the second sentence of subsection (g)(1) after "Secretary of Defense"; and (7) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i) The Director shall have sufficient professional staff of military and civilian personnel to enable the Director to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Director prescribed by law.". (d) DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
UTILIZATION.—Section 15(k)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)(3)) is amended by inserting ", except that in the case of the Department of Defense the Director of the Office of Small and
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