REALIGNMENT OF POLICY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

SEC. 215. REALIGNMENT OF POLICY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) In General.—Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by— (1) redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (g), and moving such subsection to appear after subsection (f); (2) inserting after subsection (c) the following: “(d) The Department has an Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary shall provide leadership in the development of policy for the Department, supervise the policy activities of Assistant Secretaries with primary responsibility for aviation, international, and other transportation policy development and carry out other powers and duties prescribed by the Secretary. The Under Secretary acts for the Secretary when the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary are absent or unable to serve, or when the offices of Secretary and Deputy Secretary are vacant.”; and 116 STAT. 2102 (3) by striking “Secretary and the Deputy Secretary” each place it appears in the last sentence of subsection (e), and inserting “Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy”. (b) Position in Executive Service.—Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy.”. (c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by striking subsection (g), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), on the date that an individual is appointed to the position of Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy under subsection (d) of such section, as added by subsection (a)(2) of this section.