91 STAT. 1172
PUBLIC LAW 95-140—OCT. 21, 1977 (jf-
Public Law 95-140 95th Congress An Act Oct. 21, 1977 [S. 1372]
Defense Department. Deputy and Under Secretaries of Defense. Position changes.
Under Secretary for Policy and Under Secretary for Research and Engineering.
Tu ameud title 10, United States Code, to abolish one of the two positions of Deputy Secretary of Defense and establish the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and to change the title of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by strikino; ont "There are two Deputy Secretaries" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "There is a Deputy Secretary", and by striking out "a" in the second sentence immediately before "Deputy Secretary"; (2) in subsection (b), by striking out "Deputy Secretaries" in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "Deputy Secretary" and by striking out "Deputy Secretaries, in the order of precedence, designated by the President" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "Deputy Secretary"; (3) in subsection (c), by striking out "The Deputy Secretaries take" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Deputy Secretary takes"; and (4) in the section heading, by striking out "Deputy Secretaries" and inserting in lieu thereof "Deputy Secretary", (b) The item relating to section 134 in the analysis of chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Deputy Secretaries" and inserting in lieu thereof "Deputy Secretary". SEC. 2. (a)(1) Subsection (a) of section 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) There are two Under Secretaries of Defense, one of whom shall be the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and one of whom shall be the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. The Under Secretaries of Defense shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A person may not be appointed Under Secretary of Defense for Policy within ten years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force.". (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out "The Director performs" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall perform". (3) Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out "Director" and inserting in lieu thereof "Under Secretary of Defense for Policy", by striking out "Deputy Secretaries" and inserting in lieu thereof "Deputy Secretary", and by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering takes precedence in the Department of Defense immediately after the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.".
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