REORGANIZATION OF OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF DUTIES RELATING TO HOMELAND DEFENSE AND COMBATING TERRORISM.

SEC. 902. REORGANIZATION OF OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF DUTIES RELATING TO HOMELAND DEFENSE AND COMBATING TERRORISM. (a) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense.—Section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be 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.”. (b) Transfer to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy of Responsibility for Combating Terrorism.—Section 134(b) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall have overall direction and supervision for policy, program planning and execution, and allocation and use of resources for the activities of the Department of Defense for combating terrorism.”.116 STAT. 2621 (c) Conforming Amendment.—Section 138(b) of such title is amended by striking paragraph (6). (d) Repeal of Previous Contingent Reduction in Number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense.—Subsections (c) and (d) of section 901 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1194) are repealed.