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76 Stat. 480.

Ante, p. 131780 Stat. 625. Effective date.

76 Stat. 518.

76 Stat. 518. 10 USC 1 3 5, 1 3 6.

PUBLIC LAW 92-596-OCT. 27, 1972

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leave accrued before entering a missing status, accrue not more than one hundred and fifty days' leave during the period he is in a missing status, unless his actual death occurs on a date when, had he lived, he would have accrued leave in excess of one hundred and fifty days, in which event settlement will be made for the number of days accrued to the actual date of death. Leave so accrued in a missing status shall be accounted for separately and paid for under the provisions of section 501 of title 37." SEC. 2. Section 501 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "section," in the first sentence of subsection (d) and inserting in place thereof "section and for accumulated leave under subsection (h) of this section,"; and (2) by adding the following new subsection: " (h) Payment shall be made for all leave accumulated under section 701(g) of title 10 as soon as possible after the name of the person concerned is removed from a missing status, as defined in section 551(2) of this title." SEC. 3. The first and second sections of this Act become effective as of February 28, 1961. SEC. 4. Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 134 is amended to read as follows: duties; precedence " (a) There are two Deputy Secretaries 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 a Deputy Secretary of Defense within ten years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force. " (b) The Deputy Secretaries shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe. The Deputy Secretaries, in the order of precedence, designated by the President shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Secretary when the Secretary is disabled or there is no Secretary of Defense. "(c) The Deputy Secretaries take precedence in the Department of Defense immediately after the Secretary." (2) Sections 135(c) and 136(e) are each amended by striking out "Deputy Secretary" and inserting in place thereof "Deputy Secretaries". (3) The item in the analysis relating to section 134 is amended to read as follows: "134. Deputy Secretaries of Defense: appointment; powers and duties; precedence."
 * § 134. Deputy Secretaries of Defense: appointment; powers and

70A Stat. 8. 80 Stat. 460.

78 Stat. 169. 76 Stat. 517.

SEC, 5. Section 171(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the" and inserting in place thereof "a". SEC. 6. Section 5313(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(1) Deputy Secretaries of Defense (2)." SEC. 7. Section 303(c) of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 833(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c) Notwithstanding section 133(d) of title 10, United States Code, only the Deputy Secretaries of Defense and the Director of the National Security Agency may be delegated any authority vested in the Secretary of Defense by subsection (a).". Approved October 27, 1972.

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