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10 U.S.C. 135: Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

Created in 1986 by Public Law 99-433. Changed by 8 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 7022, 10 U.S.C. 8025, 10 U.S.C. 9022.

This Congress

  • H.R. 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · passed house · would change (c)

How it got here

2021

  • Pub. L. 117–81 substituted "an armed force" for "the armed forces". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022) Law text · (a)

2017

  • Pub. L. 115–91, §905(a)(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–91, §904(1), inserted at end "A person may not be appointed as Under Secretary within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the armed forces." (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–91, §912(b), inserted "the duties assigned to the Under Secretary in section 2222 of this title and" after "shall perform". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–91, §905(a)(2), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018) Law text · (d), (e), (f)

2011

  • Pub. L. 111–383 substituted "paragraphs" for "clauses". (Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011) Law text · (c)

2003

  • 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— (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004) Law text · (e)

1999

  • Pub. L. 106–65 substituted "Committee on Armed Services" for "Committee on National Security". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (e)

1996

  • 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). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996) Law text · (e)

1994

  • Pub. L. 103–337, §903(a)(2), substituted "Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)" for "Comptroller" as section catchline.
  • Pub. L. 103–337, §903(a)(1)(A), substituted "an Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)" for "a Comptroller of the Department of Defense". · (a)
  • Pub. L. 103–337, §903(a)(1)(B), substituted "Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)" for "Comptroller" wherever appearing. · (b), (c), (d), (e)

1993

  • Pub. L. 103–160, §901(a)(2), renumbered section 137 of this title as this section.
  • 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". · (b)
  • Pub. L. 103–160, §901(a)(2), added subsec. (d). · (d)
  • Pub. L. 103–160, §902(b), added subsec. (e). · (e)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.