10 U.S.C. § 131
Office of the Secretary of Defense
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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The Office of the Secretary of Defense is composed of the following:
The Under Secretaries of Defense, as follows:
Other officers who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who report directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary without intervening authority, as follows:
Other officials provided for by law, as follows:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003House: 359–58Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
- Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011House: 341–48Senate: no recorded tally
- Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021