10-U.S.C.-135
§135 – Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part I > Chapter 4 > Section 135
Details
- Reference: Section 135
- Legend: §135 – Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) There is an Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is the agency Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense for the purposes of chapter 9 of title 31. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall perform such additional duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(c) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall advise and assist the Secretary of Defense—
(1) in performing such budgetary and fiscal functions and duties, and in exercising such budgetary and fiscal powers, as are needed to carry out the powers of the Secretary;
(2) in supervising and directing the preparation of budget estimates of the Department of Defense;
(3) in establishing and supervising the execution of principles, policies, and procedures to be followed in connection with organizational and administrative matters relating to—
(A) the preparation and execution of budgets;
(B) fiscal, cost, operating, and capital property accounting; and
(C) progress and statistical reporting;
(4) in establishing and supervising the execution of policies and procedures relating to the expenditure and collection of funds administered by the Department of Defense; and
(5) in establishing uniform terminologies, classifications, and procedures concerning matters covered by paragraphs (1) through (4).
(d) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) takes precedence in the Department of Defense after the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
(e) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall ensure that each of the congressional defense committees is informed, in a timely manner, regarding all matters relating to the budgetary, fiscal, and analytic activities of the Department of Defense that are under the supervision of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title I, §107, Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 998, §137; renumbered §135 and amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, §§901(a)(2), 902(a)(1), (b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1726, 1727; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, §903(a)(1), (2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2823; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §1502(a)(6), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1043(b)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1610; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title IX, §901(m)(3), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4326.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 135 was renumbered section 138b of this title.
Amendments
2011—Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 111–383 substituted paragraphs for clauses.
2003—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–136 struck out (1) before The Under Secretary, substituted each of the congressional defense committees for each congressional committee specified in paragraph (2), and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
1999—Subsec. (e)(2)(B). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted Committee on Armed Services for Committee on National Security.
1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–106 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted each congressional committee specified in paragraph (2) is for the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives are each, and added par. (2).
1994—Pub. L. 103–337, §903(a)(2), substituted Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) for Comptroller as section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–337, §903(a)(1)(A), substituted an Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) for a Comptroller of the Department of Defense.
Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 103–337, §903(a)(1)(B), substituted Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) for Comptroller wherever appearing.
1993—Pub. L. 103–160, §901(a)(2), renumbered section 137 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–160, §902(a)(1), inserted The Comptroller is the agency Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense for the purposes of chapter 9 of title 31. after (b) and additional after shall perform such.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–160, §901(a)(2), added subsec. (d).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–160, §902(b), added subsec. (e).
Change of Name
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, §903(d), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2823, provided that: Any reference to the Comptroller of the Department of Defense in any provision of law other than title 10, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, or other paper of the United States shall be treated as referring to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
Effective Date of 2011 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–383 effective Jan. 1, 2011, see section 901(p) of Pub. L. 111–383, set out as a note under section 131 of this title.
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