REORGANIZATION AND CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 1072. REORGANIZATION AND CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Transfer of Certain Transportation Authorities.—Sections 4744, 4745, 4746, and 4747 of title 10, United States Code, are transferred to chapter 157 of such title, inserted (in that order) at the end of such chapter, and redesignated as sections 2648, 2649, 2650, and 2651, respectively.(b) Clarification of Applicability of Transferred Authorities Throughout the Department of Defense.—(1) Section 2648 of such title, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—(A) by striking “Secretary of the Army” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting “Secretary of Defense”;(B) by striking “Army transport agencies” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through “military transport agency of”;(C) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3);(D) by redesignating paragraph (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively;(E) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (5) and in that paragraph striking “persons described in clauses (1), (2), (4), (5), and (7)” and inserting “members of the armed forces, officers and employees of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, and persons described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4)”; and (F) by striking “clause (7) or (8)” in the last sentence and inserting “paragraph (4) or (5)”. (2) Section 2649 of such title, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—(A) by striking the section heading and inserting the following:118 STAT. 2058 “§ 2649. Civilian passengers and commercial cargoes: transportation on Department of Defense vessels” ;(B) by striking “(1) on vessels” and all that follows through “Department of the Army”;(C) by striking “any transport agency of”; and(D) by striking “Secretary of the Army” and all that follows through “be transported” and inserting “Secretary of Defense, be transported”.(3) Section 2650 of such title, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (a), is amended—(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “Army transport agencies” and all that follows through “military transport agency of”;(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “Secretary of the Army” and inserting “Secretary of Defense”; and(C) in paragraph (4), by striking “by air—” and all that follows through “the transportation cannot” and inserting “by air, the transportation cannot”.(4) Section 2651 of such title, as transferred and redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by striking “Army transport agencies” and all that follows and inserting “the Department of Defense, under regulations and at rates to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.”.(c) Repeal of Superseded and Obsolete Provisions.—The following sections of such title are repealed: sections 4741, 4743, 9741, 9743, and 9746.(d) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 157 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new items: “2648. Persons and supplies: sea transportation. “2649. Civilian passengers and commercial cargoes: transportation on Department of Defense vessels. “2650. Civilian personnel in Alaska. “2651. Passengers and merchandise to Guam: sea transport.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 447 of such title is amended by striking the items relating to sections 4741, 4743, 4744, 4745, 4746, and 4747.(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 947 of such title is amended by striking the items relating to sections 9741, 9743, and 9746.