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 124 STAT. 4320 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’’; and (D) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engineering,’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,’’; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. (7) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OPERATIONAL ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS.—Section 139b of such title is transferred so as to appear after section 138b (as transferred and redesignated by paragraph (6)), redesignated as section 138c, and amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘There is a’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting ‘‘The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs’’; (B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’; (C) in subsection (d)(2)— (i) by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘military departments’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of each military department’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘who will’’ and inserting ‘‘who shall’’; and (iii) by inserting ‘‘so designated’’ after ‘‘The offi- cials’’; and (D) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘The initial’’ and all that follows through ‘‘updates to the strategy’’ and inserting ‘‘Updates to the strategy required by paragraph (1)’’. (8) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAMS.—Section 142 of such title is transferred so as to appear after section 138c (as redesignated and transferred by paragraph (7)), redesignated as section 138d, and amended— (A) by striking subsection (a); (B) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (a) and in that subsection, as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The Assistant to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Assist- ant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs’’; and (C) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol- lowing new subsection (b): ‘‘(b) The Assistant Secretary may communicate views on issues within the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary directly to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any other official within the Department of Defense.’’. (c) DEPUTY CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 132 the following new section: 10 USC 139.