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[CITE: 10USC135]

 
                         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. 135. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

    (a) There is an Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), appointed 
from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate.
    (b) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is the agency Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Defense for the purposes of 
chapter 9 of title 31. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
shall perform such additional duties and exercise such powers as the 
Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
    (c) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall advise and 
assist the Secretary of Defense--
        (1) in performing such budgetary and fiscal functions and 
    duties, and in exercising such budgetary and fiscal powers, as are 
    needed to carry out the powers of the Secretary;
        (2) in supervising and directing the preparation of budget 
    estimates of the Department of Defense;
        (3) in establishing and supervising the execution of principles, 
    policies, and procedures to be followed in connection with 
    organizational and administrative matters relating to--
            (A) the preparation and execution of budgets;
            (B) fiscal, cost, operating, and capital property 
        accounting; and
            (C) progress and statistical reporting;

        (4) in establishing and supervising the execution of policies 
    and procedures relating to the expenditure and collection of funds 
    administered by the Department of Defense; and
        (5) in establishing uniform terminologies, classifications, and 
    procedures concerning matters covered by clauses (1) through (4).

    (d) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) takes precedence in 
the Department of Defense after the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy.
    (e)(1) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall ensure 
that each congressional committee specified in paragraph (2) is 
informed, in a timely manner, regarding all matters relating to the 
budgetary, fiscal, and analytic activities of the Department of Defense 
that are under the supervision of the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller).
    (2) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are--
        (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
    Appropriations of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
    Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title I, Sec. 107, Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 998, 
Sec. 137; renumbered Sec. 135 and amended Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title 
IX, Secs. 901(a)(2), 902(a)(1), (b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1726, 
1727; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IX, Sec. 903(a)(1), (2), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2823; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1502(a)(6), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 135 was renumbered section 137 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (e)(2)(B). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services'' for ``Committee on National Security''.
    1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-106 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1), substituted ``each congressional committee specified in 
paragraph (2) is'' for ``the Committees on Armed Services and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 
are each'', and added par. (2).
    1994--Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 903(a)(2), substituted ``Under Secretary 
of Defense (Comptroller)'' for ``Comptroller'' as section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 903(a)(1)(A), substituted ``an 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)'' for ``a Comptroller of the 
Department of Defense''.
    Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 903(a)(1)(B), substituted 
``Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)'' for ``Comptroller'' 
wherever appearing.
    1993--Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 901(a)(2), renumbered section 137 of 
this title as this section.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 902(a)(1), inserted ``The 
Comptroller is the agency Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
Defense for the purposes of chapter 9 of title 31.'' after ``(b)'' and 
``additional'' after ``shall perform such''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 901(a)(2), added subsec. (d).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 902(b), added subsec. (e).

                         Change of Name

    Section 903(d) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that: ``Any reference to 
the Comptroller of the Department of Defense in any provision of law 
other than title 10, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, or 
other paper of the United States shall be treated as referring to the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).''


                           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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3022, 5025, 8022 of this 
title.
