ENHANCED POSITION FOR COMPTROLLER OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 901. ENHANCED POSITION FOR COMPTROLLER OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) In General.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, and 141 as sections 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, and 142, respectively; and (2) by transferring section 137 (relating to the Comptroller) so as to appear after section 134a, redesignating that section as section 135, and amending that section by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) The Comptroller takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.”. (b) Executive Schedule III Pay Level.—Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy the following: “Comptroller of the Department of Defense.”. 107 STAT. 1727 (c) Conforming Amendment.—Subsection (d) of section 138 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by inserting “and Comptroller” after “Under Secretaries of Defense”.