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10 U.S.C. § 131 — Office of the Secretary of Defense

submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-433 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 521 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates the Office of the Secretary of Defense to help the Secretary do their job. It lists the officials who work in that office. Other Defense Department leaders must cooperate with the office.

(a) Purpose. The Department of Defense has an Office of the Secretary of Defense. Its job is to help the Secretary of Defense carry out the Secretary's duties and responsibilities, plus any other duties the law assigns. (b) Who's in the Office. The Office is made up of: (1) the Deputy Secretary of Defense; (2) [this clause has been repealed]; (3) the Under Secretaries of Defense — for Research and Engineering, for Acquisition and Sustainment, for Policy, for Comptroller matters, for Personnel and Readiness, and for Intelligence and Security; (4) officers appointed by the President with Senate confirmation who report straight to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary with no one in between — the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the General Counsel, and the Inspector General; (5) the Chief Information Officer, who also reports directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary; (6) the Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense; (7) the Assistant Secretaries of Defense; (8) other officials the law creates, including the two Deputy Directors in the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office, the Director of Small Business Programs, the official in charge of missing-persons matters, the Director of Military Family Readiness Policy, the Director of the Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight, and the official in charge of performance assessments and root-cause analyses for major acquisition programs; and (9) any other offices or officials created by law, or that the Secretary of Defense chooses to establish or designate within the Office. (c) Military staff. Armed forces officers can be assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. But the Secretary is not allowed to set up a separate military staff inside that Office. (d) Cooperation. The Secretary of each military department, along with the civilian employees and armed forces members under that Secretary, must fully cooperate with people in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. This is meant to keep the Department of Defense running efficiently and to make sure the Secretary of Defense's authority, direction, and control are carried out effectively.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

There is in the Department of Defense an Office of the Secretary of Defense. The function of the Office is to assist the Secretary of Defense in carrying out the Secretary’s duties and responsibilities and to carry out such other duties as may be prescribed by law.

(b)

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is composed of the following:

(1)

The Deputy Secretary of Defense.

[(2)

Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(2)(A), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3794.]

(3)

The Under Secretaries of Defense, as follows:

(A)

The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

(B)

The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.

(C)

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

(D)

The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).

(E)

The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

(F)

The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.

(4)

Other officers who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who report directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary without intervening authority, as follows:

(A)

The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.

(B)

The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

(C)

The General Counsel of the Department of Defense.

(D)

The Inspector General of the Department of Defense.

(5)

The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, who reports directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary without intervening authority.

(6)

The Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense.

(7)

The Assistant Secretaries of Defense.

(8)

Other officials provided for by law, as follows:

(A)

The two Deputy Directors within the Office of the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation under section 139a(c) of this title.

(B)

The Director of Small Business Programs appointed pursuant to section 144 of this title.

(C)

The official designated under section 1501(a) of this title to have responsibility for Department of Defense matters relating to missing persons as set forth in section 1501 of this title.

(D)

The Director of Military Family Readiness Policy under section 1781 of this title.

(E)

The Director of the Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight assigned pursuant to section 2228(a) of this title.

(F)

The official designated under section 4273(a) of this title to have responsibility for conducting and overseeing performance assessments and root cause analyses for major defense acquisition programs.

(9)

Such other offices and officials as may be established by law or the Secretary of Defense may establish or designate in the Office.

(c)

Officers of the armed forces may be assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. However, the Secretary may not establish a military staff in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

(d)

The Secretary of each military department, and the civilian employees and members of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, shall cooperate fully with personnel of the Office of the Secretary of Defense to achieve efficient administration of the Department of Defense and to carry out effectively the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title I, § 104, Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 996; amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 906(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 903(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2823; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 903(e)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 402; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 901, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 911(d)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2619; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title IX, § 904(a)(4), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 274; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(b)(7), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4613; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(2), (m)(1), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4317, 4326; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(2), (b)(2), (j)(1)(A), (k)(1), (n)(1), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3463, 3467, 3469; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title IX, §§ 901(d), (f), 902(b), 933(a)(3), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2342, 2344, 2364; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title IX, §§ 906(d)(1), 910(c)(1), title X, § 1081(b)(1)(A), (D), (d)(9), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1513, 1518, 1597, 1600; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(3), (f)(1)(B), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1983, 1986; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(e)(1)(A)(i), title XVII, § 1731(a)(7), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1733, 1812; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(2)(A), title XVIII, § 1847(e)(6)(A), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3794, 4257.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-433 · 100 Stat. 996
  • 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-160 · 107 Stat. 1729
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-337 · 108 Stat. 2823
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-106 · 110 Stat. 402
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2617
  • 1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-65 · 113 Stat. 719
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-314 · 116 Stat. 2619
  • 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 274
  • 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-417 · 122 Stat. 4613
  • 2011Amended · Pub. L. 111-383 · 124 Stat. 4317, 4326
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-291 · 128 Stat. 3463, 3467, 3469
  • 2016Amended · Pub. L. 114-328 · 130 Stat. 2342, 2344, 2364
  • 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-91 · 131 Stat. 1513, 1518, 1597, 1600
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1983, 1986
  • 2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1733, 1812
  • 2021Amended · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3794, 4257

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-433 on 1986-10-01.

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