1.Deputy Secretary of Defense
for Management
(a)
(1)
(A)Chapter 4 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(i)in
section 131(b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new
paragraph:
(1)Two Deputy
Secretaries of Defense, as follows:
(A)The Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
(B)The Deputy
Secretary of Defense for Management.
;
and
(ii)by
inserting after section 132 the following new section 132a:
132a.Deputy Secretary of
Defense for Management
(a)(1)There is a Deputy
Secretary of Defense for Management, appointed from civilian life by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons
who have—
(A)extensive executive level leadership
and management experience in the private or public sector;
(B)strong leadership skills;
(C)a demonstrated ability to manage large
and complex organizations; and
(D)a record of achieving positive
operational results.
(2)A person may not be appointed as
Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management within 10 years after relief from
active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed
force.
(3)The Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management shall serve for a term of seven years, except that the Deputy
Secretary may be removed earlier if the Secretary of Defense determines under
subsection (h)(2) that the Deputy Secretary’s performance has not been
satisfactory.
(b)(1)The Deputy Secretary of
Defense for Management—
(A)serves as the Chief Management Officer
of the Department of Defense;
(B)is the principal adviser to the
Secretary of Defense on matters relating to the management of the Department of
Defense, including defense business activities, to ensure departmentwide
capability to carry out the strategic plan of the Department of Defense in
support of national security objectives; and
(C)performs such additional duties and
exercises such other powers as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2)The Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management takes precedence in the Department of Defense immediately after the
Deputy Secretary of Defense.
(3)(A)The Deputy Secretary of
Defense for Management shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Secretary
of Defense when—
(i)the Secretary is disabled or there is
no Secretary of Defense; and
(ii)the Deputy Secretary of Defense is
disabled or there is no Deputy Secretary of Defense.
(B)The Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Deputy Secretary of
Defense when the Deputy Secretary is disabled or there is no Deputy Secretary
of Defense.
(c)To support the economical, efficient, and effective
execution of the national defense objectives, policies, and plans of the
Department of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management shall be
responsible to the Secretary of Defense for the development, approval,
implementation, integration, and oversight of policies, procedures, processes,
and systems for the management of the Department of Defense that relate to
performance of the following functions:
(1)Planning and
budgeting, including performance measurement.
(2)Acquisition.
(3)Logistics.
(4)Facilities,
installations, and environment.
(5)Financial
management.
(6)Human resources
and personnel.
(7)Management of
information resources, including information technology, networks, and
telecommunications functions.
(d)For the functions specified in subsection (c),
the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management shall—
(1)develop and
maintain a departmentwide management strategic plan for business reform, and
identify key initiatives to be undertaken by the Department of Defense and its
components, together with related resource needs;
(2)establish
performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating overall economy,
efficiency, and effectiveness;
(3)monitor and
measure the progress of the Department and its components in meeting
established performance goals for improving economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness; and
(4)review and
approve plans and budgets for business reform, including any proposed changes
to policies, procedures, processes, and systems, to ensure the compatibility of
those plans and budgets with—
(A)the overall
strategic plan and budget of the Department;
(B)the strategic
plan for business reform of the Department; and
(C)achievement of
the integration of business activities throughout the Department.
(e)(1)In carrying out the
duties of the position under this section, the Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management shall oversee the implementation of a defense business systems
modernization program including the expenditure of any funds appropriated for
maintaining legacy systems and for modernizing defense business systems.
(2)The Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management shall—
(A)oversee the development of, and shall
review and approve, all budget requests for defense business systems, including
the information to be submitted to Congress under section 2222(h) of this
title; and
(B)subject to the authority, direction,
and control of the Secretary of Defense, perform the responsibilities of the
Secretary under section 2222 of this title.
(3)In this subsection, the terms
defense business system and defense business system
modernization have the meanings given to those terms in section 2222(j)
of this title.
(f)Relationship to
Other Defense OfficialsThe Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management exercises the authority of the Secretary of Defense in the
performance of the duties of the Deputy Secretary under this section, subject
to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary. The Secretaries of
the military departments and the heads of the other elements of the Department
of Defense are subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Deputy
Secretary in the performance of their duties with respect to matters within the
authority of the Deputy Secretary, and the exercise of that authority by the
Deputy Secretary is binding on the military departments and such other
elements.
(g)Consultation
With Other OfficialsIn carrying out the duties of the position
under this section, the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management shall
consult on a continuing basis with the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the
Secretaries of the military departments, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff—
(1)to support
economical, efficient, and effective performance of the missions of the
Department of Defense; and
(2)to support each
of those officials—
(A)in the
implementation of the national defense strategy and the strategic plan of the
Department of Defense; and
(B)in the
administration of related programs, plans, operations, and activities.
(h)Performance and
Evaluation(1)The Secretary of
Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management shall jointly
identify in writing each year the individual and organizational goals to be
achieved by the Deputy Secretary during the succeeding year. Such goals shall
be expressed in terms of measurable milestones, and shall be consistent with
the goals and measures established under subsection (d). Each set of goals so
identified shall be available for public disclosure.
(2)The Secretary of Defense shall
evaluate the performance of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management each
year and shall determine as part of each such evaluation whether the Deputy
Secretary has made satisfactory progress toward achieving the goals set out in
the performance agreement for that year under paragraph
(1).
.
(B)The table of
sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 132 the following new item:
132a. Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management.
.
(2)Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after Deputy Secretary of Defense.
the
following:
Deputy
Secretary of Defense for
Management.
.
(b)Membership of
Certain Department of Defense Management Committees
(1)Financial
management modernization executive committeeSection 185(a) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A)in paragraph
(2)—
(i)by
redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (B),
(C), (D), (E), and (F), respectively;
(ii)by
inserting after composed of the following:
the following new
subparagraph (A):
(A)The Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management, who shall be the chairman of the
committee.
;
and
(iii)in subparagraph
(B), as redesignated by clause (i), by striking , who shall be the
chairman of the committee
; and
(B)in paragraph (3),
by inserting the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management,
after the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
.
(2)Defense
business system management committeeSection 186 of such title is
amended by striking Deputy Secretary of Defense
each place it
appears in subsections (a)(1) and (b) and inserting Deputy Secretary of
Defense for Management
.
(c)Adjustments to
Duties and Precedence of Other Officials
(1)Under secretary
of defense for policySection 134 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(A)in subsection
(b)(2), by striking Secretary of Defense—
and inserting
Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense—
;
and
(B)in subsection
(c), by inserting the Deputy Secretary of Defense for
Management,
after the Deputy Secretary of
Defense,
.
(2)Under secretary
of defense for acquisition, technology, and logisticsSection
133(e) of such title is amended—
(A)in paragraph (1),
by striking and the Deputy Secretary of Defense
and inserting
, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Deputy Secretary of Defense
for Management
; and
(B)in paragraph (2),
by inserting the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management,
after the Deputy Secretary of Defense,
.
(3)Deputy under
secretary of defense for logistics and materiel readinessSection
133b(c)(2) of such title is amended by inserting the Deputy Secretary of
Defense for Management,
after the Deputy Secretary of
Defense,
.
(4)Director of
operational test and evaluationSection 139 of such title is
amended—
(A)in subsection
(b)—
(i)in
paragraph (2), by striking and the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
and inserting , the
Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management,
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics,
; and
(ii)in
paragraph (6), by inserting , the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the
Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management
after the Secretary
of Defense
; and
(B)in subsection
(c), by striking and the Deputy Secretary of Defense
in the
first sentence and inserting , the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the
Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management
.