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[CITE: 10USC3016]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                   CHAPTER 303--DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
Sec. 3016. Assistant Secretaries of the Army

    (a) There are five Assistant Secretaries of the Army. They shall be 
appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.
    (b)(1) The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties and 
exercise such powers as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe.
    (2) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He shall have as 
his principal duty the overall supervision of manpower and reserve 
component affairs of the Department of the Army.
    (3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. He shall have as his principal 
duty the overall supervision of the functions of the Department of the 
Army relating to programs for conservation and development of the 
national water resources, including flood control, navigation, shore 
protection, and related purposes.
    (4) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Financial Management. The Assistant Secretary 
shall have as his principal responsibility the exercise of the 
comptroller functions of the Department of the Army, including financial 
management functions. The Assistant Secretary shall be responsible for 
all financial management activities and operations of the Department of 
the Army and shall advise the Secretary of the Army on financial 
management.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 501(a)(5), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1038; amended Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title VII, Sec. 702(a)(1), Sept. 
29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1992.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 3013 of this title prior to enactment of Pub. L. 99-433.
    A prior section 3016 was renumbered section 3018 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 100-456 added par. (4).


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Section 702(e)(1) of Pub. L. 100-456 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsections (a) and (b) [enacting sections 3022 and 5025 of this 
title and amending this section and section 5016 of this title] shall 
take effect on January 20, 1989.''


                           Order of Succession

    For order of succession in event of death, disability, or 
resignation of Secretary of Defense, 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.
    For order of succession in event of death, permanent disability, or 
resignation of Secretary of the Army, see Ex. Ord. No. 12908, Apr. 22, 
1994, 59 F.R. 21907, set out as a note under section 3345 of Title 5.
