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In this subtitle, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
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**(a)**
(1) There are 20 Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
(2) The Assistant Secretaries of Defense shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(b)**
(1) The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.
(2)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision (including oversight of policy and resources) of special operations activities (as defined in [section 167(k) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section167/k&num=0&edition=prelim)) and low intensity conflict activities of the Department of Defense. The Assistant Secretary is the principal civilian adviser to the Secretary of Defense on special operations and low intensity conflict matters and (after the Secretary and Deputy Secretary) is the principal special operations and low intensity conflict official within the senior management of the Department of Defense. A person may not be appointed as Assistant Secretary within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force. Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary shall do the following:
(i) Exercise authority, direction, and control of all special-operations peculiar administrative matters relating to the organization, training, and equipping of special operations forces through the administrative chain of command specified in [section 167(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid
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**(a) Entitlement to Allowance.—**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) or otherwise provided by law, each member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence as set forth in this section.
(2) An enlisted member is not entitled to the basic allowance for subsistence during basic training.
**(b) Rates of Allowance Based on Food Costs.—**
(1)
(A) The monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence to be in effect for an enlisted member for a year (beginning on January 1 of that year) shall be equal to the monthly cost of a liberal food plan for a male in the United States who is between 19 and 50 years of age, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture on October 1 of the preceding year.
(B) With respect to a member who is subject to monthly deduction from pay for meals under [section 1011(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section1011/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the amount payable under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by the amount of such deduction from pay, in accordance with policies prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(C) The monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence to be in effect for an enlisted member for a year under subparagraph (A) may not decrease relative to the rate in effect for the preceding year.
(2) The monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence to be in effect for an officer for a year (beginning on January 1 of that year) shall be the amount equal to the monthly rate of basic allowance for subsistence in effect for officers for the preceding year, increased by the same percentage by which the rate of basic allowance for subsistence for enlisted members for the preceding year is increased effective on such Januar
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TITLE 37—PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES
§ 405
‘‘(b) INCREASES.—The Secretary may increase an
OCONUS COLA at any time.
‘‘(c) REPORTING.—Not later than February 1 of each
year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives a report regarding reductions and increases to
OCONUS COLAs during the previous calendar year.
Such report shall include the following elements:
‘‘(1) The areas outside the continental United
States subject to such a reduction or increase.
‘‘(2) The previous and new amounts of an adjusted
OCONUS COLA for a member with three dependents,
10 years of service, and in grade—
‘‘(A) E-6; and
‘‘(B) O-4.
‘‘(3) The number of OCONUS COLA index points by
which a new OCONUS COLA index differs from such
previous index.
‘‘(4) The number of members of the uniformed serv-
ices affected by each such reduction or increase.
‘‘(5) The assessment of the Secretary of the calcula-
tion of an OCONUS COLA. In making such assess-
ment, the Secretary shall consider factors includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) Costs of local transportation in the area sur-
rounding the duty station of a member.
‘‘(B) Costs of travel from such duty station to the
United States.
‘‘(C) Other costs the Secretary determines appro-
priate.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘continental United States’ has the
meaning given such term in section 101 of title 37,
United States Code.
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered member’ means a member of
the uniformed services—
‘‘(A) who is assigned to a permanent duty station
located outside the continental United States; or
‘‘(B) whose dependents reside outside the conti-
nental United States but not withing the vicinity
to permanent duty station of such member.
‘‘(
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