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PUBLIC LAW 87-651-SEPT. 7, 1962

(b) Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end of the analysis:

517 lo use 121-123.

"124. Combatant commands: establishment; composition; functions; administration and support. "125. Functions, powers, and duties: transfer, reassignment, consolidation, or abolition. "126, Transfer of funds and employees." SEC. 202. S u b title A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 10 USC 101 et adding after Chapter 3:
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"CHAPTER 4.—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE "Sec.

"131. "132. "133. "134. "135.

Executive department. Seal. Secretary of Defense: appointment; powers and duties; delegation by. Deputy Secretary of Defense: appointment; powers and duties; precedence. Director of Defense Research and Engineering: appointment; powers and duties; precedence. "136. Assistant Secretaries of Defense: appointment; powers and duties; precedence. "137. General Counsel: appointpient; powers and duties.

"§ 131. Executive department "The Department of Defense is an executive department of the United States. "§ 132. Seal "The Secretary of Defense shall have a seal for the Department of Defense. The design of the seal is subject to approval by the President. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal. "§133. Secretary of Defense: appointment; powers and duties; delegation by " (a) There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force. " (b) The Secretary is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. Subject to the direction of the President and to this title and section 401 of title 50, he has authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense. "(c) The Secretary shall report annually in writing to the President and the Congress on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of the Department of Defense during the period covered by the report, together with— "(1) a report from each military department on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of that department; "(2) itemized statements showing the savings of public funds, and the eliminations of unnecessary duplications, made under section 125 of this title; "(3) a report from the Reserve Forces Policy Board on the reserve programs of the Department of Defense, including a review of the effectiveness of chapters 51, 337, 361, 363, 549, 573, 837, 861, and 863 of this title, as far as they apply to reserve officers; and " (4) such recommendations as he considers appropriate. " (d) Unless specifically prohibited by law, the Secretary may, without being relieved of his responsibility, perform any of his functions or duties, or exercise any of his powers through, or with the aid of, such persons in, or organizations of, the Department of Defense as he may designate.

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