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 124 STAT. 4324 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 (A) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 15, 2013, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit- tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth a plan for the realignment of the organizational structure of the Office of the Secretary of Defense to comply with the requirement of section 906(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, as amended by paragraph (1). (B) ELEMENTS.—In preparing the report required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider, at a min- imum, the feasibility of taking the following actions on or before January 1, 2015: (i) A merger of the position of Deputy Under Sec- retary of Defense (Installations and Environment) and the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Oper- ational Energy Plans and Programs (as established in accordance with the amendments made by sub- section (b)(7)) into a single Assistant Secretary position. (ii) A realignment of positions within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to elimi- nate the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Strategy, Plans, and Forces). (j) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10.— (1) Section 179(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking ‘‘Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec- retary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs’’; and (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘that Assistant to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. (2) Section 2272 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engineering’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’’. (3) Section 2365 of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec- retary’’; (B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’; (C) in subsection (d)(2)— (i) by striking ‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘Director may’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary may’’; and (D) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’. (4) Sections 2350a(g)(3), 2366b(a)(3)(D), 2374a(a), and 2517(a) of such title are amended by striking ‘‘Director of Defense Research and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’’. (5) Section 2902(b) of such title is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Deputy Under Sec- retary of Defense for Science and Technology’’ and inserting