PARTICIPATION OF DEPUTY CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

SEC. 904. PARTICIPATION OF DEPUTY CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.(a) Participation.—Subsection (a) of section 186 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively;122 STAT. 4568(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):“(2) The Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense.”; and(3) by striking paragraph (7), as redesignated by paragraph (1), and inserting the following new paragraph:“(7) The Chief Management Officers of the military departments and the heads of such Defense Agencies as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense.”.(b) Service as Vice Chairman.—The second sentence of subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: “The Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense shall serve as the vice chairman of the Committee, and shall act as chairman in the absence of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.”.