DEFERRED REPEAL OF VARIOUS STATUTORY POSITIONS AND OFFICES IN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 903. DEFERRED REPEAL OF VARIOUS STATUTORY POSITIONS AND OFFICES IN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. (a) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section 10 USC 131 note, shall take effect on January 31, 1997. (b) Termination of Specification by Law of ASD Positions.— Subsection (b) of section 138 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(b) The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.”. (c) Repeal of Certain OSD Presidential Appointment Positions.— The following sections of chapter 4 of such title are repealed: 110 STAT. 402 (1) Section 133a, relating to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. (2) Section 134a, relating to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. (3) Section 137, relating to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. (4) Section 142, relating to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. (d) Director of Military Relocation Assistance Programs.— Section 1056 of such title is amended by striking out subsection (d). (e) Conforming Amendments Relating to Repeal of Various OSD Positions.— Chapter 4 of such title is further amended— (1) in section 131(b)— (A) by striking out paragraphs (6) and (8); and (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (9), (10), and (11), as paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; (2) in section 138(d), by striking out “the Under Secretaries of Defense, and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering” and inserting in lieu thereof “and the Under Secretaries of Defense”; and (3) in the table of sections at the beginning of the chapter, by striking out the items relating to sections 133a, 134a, 137, and 142. (f) Conforming Amendments Relating to Repeal of Specification of ASD Positions.— (1) Section 176(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking out “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “official in the Department of Defense with principal responsibility for health affairs”; and (B) by striking out “Chief Medical Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs”. (2) Section 1216(d) of such title is amended by striking out “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “official in the Department of Defense with principal responsibility for health affairs”. (3) Section 1587(d) of such title is amended by striking out “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Logistics” and inserting in lieu thereof “official in the Department of Defense with principal responsibility for personnel and readiness”. (4) The text of section 10201 of such title is amended to read as follows: “The official in the Department of Defense with responsibility for overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of Defense is the official designated by the Secretary of Defense to have that responsibility.”. (5) Section 1211(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (P.L. 100–180; 101 Stat 1155; 10 U.S.C. 167 note) is amended by striking out “the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict” and inserting in lieu thereof “the official 110 STAT. 403designated by the Secretary of Defense to have principal responsibility for matters relating to special operations and low intensity conflict”. (g) Repeal of Minimum Number of Senior Staff for Specified Assistant Secretary of Defense.— Section 355 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1540) is repealed.