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[CITE: 10USC133b]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
              CHAPTER 4--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
Sec. 133b. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and 
        Materiel Readiness
        
    (a) There is a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and 
Materiel Readiness, appointed from civilian life by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Deputy Under 
Secretary shall be appointed from among persons with an extensive 
background in the sustainment of major weapon systems and combat support 
equipment.
    (b) The Deputy Under Secretary is the principal adviser to the 
Secretary and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics on logistics and materiel readiness in the 
Department of Defense and is the principal logistics official within the 
senior management of the Department of Defense.
    (c) The Deputy Under Secretary shall perform such duties relating to 
logistics and materiel readiness as the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics may assign, including--
        (1) prescribing, by authority of the Secretary of Defense, 
    policies and procedures for the conduct of logistics, maintenance, 
    materiel readiness, and sustainment support in the Department of 
    Defense;
        (2) advising and assisting the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 
    Secretary of Defense, and the Under Secretary of Defense for 
    Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics providing guidance to and 
    consulting with the Secretaries of the military departments, with 
    respect to logistics, maintenance, materiel readiness, and 
    sustainment support in the Department of Defense; and
        (3) monitoring and reviewing all logistics, maintenance, 
    materiel readiness, and sustainment support programs in the 
    Department of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 911(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 718.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 133b was renumbered section 118 of this title.
