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[CITE: 10USC134a]

 
                         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. 134a. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

    (a) There is a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 
appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.
    (b) The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall assist 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the performance of his 
duties. The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall act for, 
and exercise the powers of, the Under Secretary when the Under Secretary 
is absent or disabled.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title IX, Sec. 901(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1450; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title IX, 
Sec. 903(c)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 402; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, 
title IX, Sec. 901, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 134a was renumbered section 133 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 903(a), (c)(2), which directed repeal of 
this section eff. Jan. 31, 1997, was repealed by Pub. L. 104-201.


                           Order of Succession

    For order of succession in event of death, disability, or 
resignation of Secretary, see Ex. Ord. No. 13000, Apr. 24, 1996, 61 F.R. 
18483, set out as a note under section 3345 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.
