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[CITE: 10USC136]

 
                         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. 136. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

    (a) There is an Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the 
Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the 
Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the areas of military readiness, 
total force management, military and civilian personnel requirements, 
military and civilian personnel training, military and civilian family 
matters, exchange, commissary, and nonappropriated fund activities, 
personnel requirements for weapons support, National Guard and reserve 
components, and health affairs.
    (c) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness takes 
precedence in the Department of Defense after the Under Secretary of 
Defense (Comptroller).
    (d) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness is 
responsible, subject to the authority, direction, and control of the 
Secretary of Defense, for the monitoring of the operations tempo and 
personnel tempo of the armed forces. The Under Secretary shall 
establish, to the extent practicable, uniform standards within the 
Department of Defense for terminology and policies relating to 
deployment of units and personnel away from their assigned duty stations 
(including the length of time units or personnel may be away for such a 
deployment) and shall establish uniform reporting systems for tracking 
deployments.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, Sec. 903(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1727; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1503(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 510; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title IX, Sec. 923(a), title X, Sec. 1066(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
724, 770.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 136 was renumbered section 138 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1066(a)(1), inserted 
``advice and'' after ``by and with the''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 923(a), added subsec. (d).
    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Under Secretary of 
Defense (Comptroller)'' for ``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.
