Pub. L. 82-476, pt. II, ch. 7, sec. 256

Sec. 256. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall designate an Assistant Secretary of Defense who shall, in addition to other duties, have the 66 Stat. 497principal responsibility for all Reserve affairs of the Department of Defense. The Secretary of each military department and, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, or, as such Secretary may prescribe for his department, the Under Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such department, shall, in addition to other duties, have the principal responsibility for supervision of all activities of the reserve components under the jurisdiction of that department. (b) The Secretary of each military department and, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate a general or flag officer of each Armed Force of the United States therein who shall be directly responsible for reserve affairs to the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Murine Corps, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, as appropriate. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to curtail or infringe upon the present missions and functions of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.