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10 U.S. Code § 138 - Assistant Secretaries of Defense | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
(1)There are 14 Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
(2)The Assistant Secretaries of Defense shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(1)The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(2)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. In addition to any duties and powers prescribed under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs shall have as the principal duty of such Assistant Secretary the overall supervision of manpower and reserve affairs of the Department of Defense.
(3)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of the homeland defense activities of the Department of Defense.
(4)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision (including oversight of policy and resources) of special operations activities (as defined in section 167(j) of this title) and low intensity conflict activities of the Department of Defense. The Assistant Secretary is the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary of Defense on special operations and low intensity conflict matters and (after the Secretary and Deputy Secretary) is the principal special operations and low intensity conflict official within the senior management of the Department of Defense.
(5)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of legislative affairs of the Department of Defense.
(6)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition is the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics on matters relating to acquisition.
(7)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, who shall be appointed from among persons with an extensive background in the sustainment of major weapons systems and combat support equipment. The Assistant Secretary is the principal adviser to the Secretary and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics on logistics and materiel readiness in the Department of Defense and is the principal logistics official within the senior management of the Department of Defense. The Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties relating to logistics and materiel readiness as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics may assign, including—
(A)prescribing, by authority of the Secretary of Defense, policies and procedures for the conduct of logistics, maintenance, materiel readiness, and sustainment support in the Department of Defense;
(B)advising and assisting the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics providing guidance to and consulting with the Secretaries of the military departments, with respect to logistics, maintenance, materiel readiness, and sustainment support in the Department of Defense; and
(C)monitoring and reviewing all logistics, maintenance, materiel readiness, and sustainment support programs in the Department of Defense.
(8)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Except as otherwise prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall perform such duties relating to research and engineering as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics may prescribe. The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation, shall—
(A)periodically review and assess the technological maturity and integration risk of critical technologies of the major defense acquisition programs of the Department of Defense and report on the findings of such reviews and assessments to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; and
(B)submit to the Secretary of Defense and to the congressional defense committees by March 1 of each year a report on the technological maturity and integration risk of critical technologies of the major defense acquisition programs of the Department of Defense.
(9)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment. The Assistant Secretary—
(A)is the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics on matters relating to energy, installations, and environment; and
(B)is the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense regarding operational energy plans and programs.
(10)One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs. The Assistant Secretary may communicate views on issues within the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary directly to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any other official within the Department of Defense. The Assistant Secretary shall—
(A)advise the Secretary of Defense on nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, and chemical and biological defense;
(B)serve as the Staff Director of the Nuclear Weapons Council established by section 179 of this title; and
(C)perform such additional duties as the Secretary may prescribe.
(c)Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, an Assistant Secretary may not issue an order to a military department unless—
(1)the Secretary of Defense has specifically delegated that authority to the Assistant Secretary in writing; and
(2)the order is issued through the Secretary of the military department concerned.
(d)The Assistant Secretaries take precedence in the Department of Defense after the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, the Under Secretaries of Defense, the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the officials serving in positions specified in section 131(b)(4) of this title, and the Principal Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense. The Assistant Secretaries take precedence among themselves in the order prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(b), (e)(2),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 401, 402; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 901,Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IX, §§ 901(a), 902,Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2091; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IX, § 901], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–223; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IX, § 901(c)(1),Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1194; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title IX, § 902(a), (c), (d),Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2620, 2621; Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title IX, § 901(a),Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2350; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title IX, § 906(b)(2),Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2426; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(4),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4319; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 314(a),Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1357; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(c)(1)(A),Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1283; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(f)(3),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1952; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, §§ 901(f), (h)(1)–(3), (j)(2)(D), 902(a)(2), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3464, 3466, 3467, 3469.)
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 901(j)(2),Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3467, provided that, effective Feb. 1, 2017, subsection (d) of this section is amended by striking “the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense,”.
The text of section 138a
(b) and (c) of this title, which was transferred to subsec. (b)(7) of this section and amended by Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(1)(C)–(E), was based on Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IX, § 911(b)(1),Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 718, § 133b; renumbered § 138a and amended Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title IX, § 906(b)(1), (c)(2)(D),Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2426, 2427; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(5),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4319.
The text of section 138b of this title, which was transferred to subsec. (b)(8) of this section and amended by Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(2), was based on Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 202,Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 518, § 135; amended Pub. L. 92–596, § 4(2),Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1318; Pub. L. 95–140, § 2(a),Oct. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 1172; Pub. L. 99–348, title V, § 501(b)(1), (2), (e)(1),July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 707, 708; Pub. L. 99–433, title I, § 105,Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 903(b)(1)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–132, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 903(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–132; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, § 903(b)(1),Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3911, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5),Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273; renumbered § 137 and amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, §§ 901(a)(1), 904
(d)(1),Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1726, 1728; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, § 903(c)(3),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; renumbered § 139a,Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(1),Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2619; Pub. L. 111–23, title I, § 104(a)(1),May 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1717; renumbered § 138b and amended Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(6), (k)(1)(B),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4319, 4325; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title IX, § 904(e)(1),Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1867.
The text of section 138d of this title, which was transferred to subsec. (b)(10) of this section and amended by Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(3), was based on Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1245(a)(1),Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1165, § 141; renumbered § 142,Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(1),Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1726; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, §§ 903(c)(4), 904
(a)(1),Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 402, 403; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title IX, § 901,Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title IX, § 905,Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4568; renumbered § 138d and amended Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, § 901(b)(8), (k)(1)(D),Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4320, 4325.
2014—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 113–291, § 902(a)(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of Defense.”
Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(1)(D), (E), transferred section 138a
(c) of this title to subsec. (b)(7) of this section, inserted it at end, and redesignated pars. (1) to (3) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively.
Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(1)(C), transferred section 138a
(b) of this title to subsec. (b)(7) of this section and inserted it after first sentence.
Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(1)(A), (B), in first sentence, inserted “, who shall be appointed from among persons with an extensive background in the sustainment of major weapons systems and combat support equipment” after “Readiness” and struck out second sentence which read as follows: “In addition to any duties and powers prescribed under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness shall have the duties specified in section 138a of this title.”
Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(2)(C)–(E), transferred section 138b
(b)(1) and (2) of this title to subsec. (b)(8) of this section, inserted it at end, realigned margins, redesignated pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, in subpar. (A), struck out “The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the Director of Developmental Test and Evaluation, shall” before “periodically review” and substituted “; and” for period at end, and, in subpar. (B), struck out “The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation, shall” before “submit”.
Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(2)(B), inserted “The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation, shall—” after “Logistics may prescribe.”.
Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(2)(A), inserted text of section 138b
(a) of this title after first sentence of subsec. (b)(8) of this section and struck out at end: “In addition to any duties and powers prescribed under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall have the duties specified in section 138b of this title.”
Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(f), amended par. (9) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (9) read as follows: “One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs. In addition to any duties and powers prescribed under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs shall have the duties specified in section 138c of this title.”
Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(3)(B), transferred section 138d
(a) of this title to subsec. (b)(10) of this section, inserted it at end, struck out “of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs” before “shall—”, and redesignated pars. (1) to (3) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively.
Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(h)(3)(A), inserted text of section 138d
(b) after first sentence of subsec. (b)(10) of this section and struck out at end: “In addition to any duties and powers prescribed under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs shall have the duties specified in section 138d of this title.”
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–291, § 901(j)(2)(D), struck out “the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense,” before “the officials serving”.
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 901(j)(2),Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3467, provided that the amendment by section 901
(j)(2)(D) is effective on the effective date specified in section 901(a)(1) ofPub. L. 113–291, which is Feb. 1, 2017.
Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title IX, § 902(a)(1),Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3469, provided that: “The position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs is hereby redesignated as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. The individual serving in that position on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 2014] may continue in office after that date without further appointment.”