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[CITE: 10USC142]

 
                         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. 142. Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and 
        Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
        
    (a) There is an Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear 
and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) The Assistant to the Secretary shall--
        (1) advise the Secretary of Defense on nuclear energy, nuclear 
    weapons, and chemical and biological defense;
        (2) serve as the Staff Director of the Nuclear Weapons Council 
    established by section 179 of this title; and
        (3) perform such additional duties as the Secretary may 
    prescribe.

(Added Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1245(a)(1), Dec. 4, 
1987, 101 Stat. 1165, Sec. 141; renumbered Sec. 142, Pub. L. 103-160, 
div. A, title IX, Sec. 901(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1726; amended 
Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title IX, Secs. 903(c)(4), 904(a)(1), Feb. 10, 
1996, 110 Stat. 402, 403; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title IX, Sec. 901, 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2617.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 142 of this title was contained in chapter 5 of this 
title, prior to amendment by Pub. L. 99-433. See note preceding section 
151 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 904(a)(1)(A), substituted ``Nuclear and 
Chemical and Biological Defense Programs'' for ``Atomic Energy'' in 
section catchline.
    Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 903(a), (c)(4), which directed repeal of this 
section eff. Jan. 31, 1997, was repealed by Pub. L. 104-201.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 904(a)(1)(B), substituted 
``Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs'' for ``Atomic 
Energy''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 904(a)(1)(C), added subsec. (b) 
and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``The Assistant 
to the Secretary shall advise the Secretary of Defense and the Nuclear 
Weapons Council on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons matters.''
    1993--Pub. L. 103-160 renumbered section 141 of this title as this 
section.


              Exception to Senate Confirmation Requirement

    Section 1245(b) of Pub. L. 100-180 provided that: ``The person 
serving as Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee, Department of 
Defense, under section 27 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (42 U.S.C. 
2037) on October 16, 1986, may be appointed as the Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy under section 141 [now 142] of 
title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), without the 
advice and consent of the Senate.''
