REDESIGNATION OF VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.

SEC. 508. REDESIGNATION OF VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AS DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.(a) Redesignation of Position.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau” and inserting “Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau”.118 STAT. 1877(b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Subsections (a)(3)(A), (a)(3)(B), (b), and (c) of section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking “Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau” and inserting “Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau”. (2) Subsection (a)(3)(B) of such section, as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended by striking “as the Vice Chief” and inserting “as the Director”.(3) Paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (a) of such section are amended by striking “Chief and Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau” and inserting “Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau”.(4) Section 10506(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking “Chief and Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau” and inserting “Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau”.(c) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading for section 10505 of such title is amended to read as follows:“§ 10505. Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau” .(2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended to read as follows: “10505. Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau.”. (d) Other References.—Any reference in any law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall be deemed to be a reference to the Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau.