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10 U.S.C. § 7016 — Assistant Secretaries of the Army
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**(a)** There are five Assistant Secretaries of the Army. They 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 the Army may prescribe.
(2) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of manpower and reserve component affairs of the Department of the Army.
(3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of the functions of the Department of the Army relating to programs for conservation and development of the national water resources, including flood control, navigation, shore protection, and related purposes.
(4)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management.
(B) The Assistant Secretary shall be appointed from among persons who have significant budget, financial management, or audit experience in complex organizations.
(C) The principal responsibility of the Assistant Secretary shall be the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Army, including financial management functions. The Assistant Secretary shall be responsible for all financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Army and shall advise the Secretary of the Army on financial management.
(5)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervi
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**(a)** There are five Assistant Secretaries of the Army. They 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 the Army may prescribe.
(2) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of manpower and reserve component affairs of the Department of the Army.
(3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of the functions of the Department of the Army relating to programs for conservation and development of the national water resources, including flood control, navigation, shore protection, and related purposes.
(4)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management.
(B) The Assistant Secretary shall be appointed from among persons who have significant budget, financial management, or audit experience in complex organizations.
(C) The principal responsibility of the Assistant Secretary shall be the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Army, including financial management functions. The Assistant Secretary shall be responsible for all financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Army and shall advise the Secretary of the Army on financial management.
(5)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of acquisition, technology, and logistics matters of the Department of the Army.
(B) The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Military Deputy, who shall be an officer of the Army on active duty. The Principal Military Deputy shall be appointed from among officers who have significant experience in the areas of acquisition and program management. The position of Principal Military Deputy shall be designated as a critical acquisition position under [section 1731 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1731&num=0&edition=prelim). In the event of a vacancy in the position of Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, the Principal Military Deputy may serve as Acting Assistant Secretary for a period of not more than one year.
(6)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and Environment.
(B) The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and Environment shall be the overall supervision of energy, installation, and environment matters for the Department of the Army.
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In any chapter 137 legacy provision, the term “technical data” means recorded information (regardless of the form or method of the recording) of a scientific or technical nature (including computer software documentation) relating to supplies procured by an agency. Such term does not include computer software or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management data or other information incidental to contract administration.
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In this part, the term “chapter 137 legacy provisions” means the following sections of this title: sections 3002, 3004, 3011–3015, 3041, 3063–3069, 3134, 3151–3157, 3201–3208, 3221–3227, 3241, 3243, 3249, 3252, 3301–3309, 3321–3323, 3344, 3345, 3371–3375, 3377, 3401, 3403, 3405, 3406, 3501–3511, 3531–3535, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3701–3708, 3741–3750, 3761, 3771–3775, 3781–3786, 3791, 3794, 3801–3807, 3841, 3842, 3847, 3881, 3901, 3902, 4202(b), 4324, 4325, 4501, 4502, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4576, 4657, 4660, 4751, 4752, and 8751.
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**(a) In General.—** A product support manager is the individual responsible for managing product support required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of a covered system throughout the life cycle of the covered system.
**(b) Designation.—** The Secretary of Defense shall designate a product support manager for each covered system who shall be coequal with the program manager for such covered system and report directly to the portfolio acquisition executive responsible for such covered system.
**(c) Objectives.—** The product support manager shall seek to achieve the objectives of the defense acquisition system established pursuant to [section 3102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3102&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall identify, develop, implement, incentivize, and measure quantifiable best value outcome-based product support that optimizes life-cycle cost, readiness, and operational capability of a covered system.
**(d) Specific Responsibilities.—** A product support manager shall be responsible for the following with respect to a covered system:
(1) Developing and executing the product support strategy required under [section 4324 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4324&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Providing product support and subject matter expertise to the relevant program manager and portfolio acquisition executive.
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(A) in developing the life-cycle sustainment plan and product support strategy required under [section 4324 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4324&
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Designation of Critical Acquisition Positions.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the acquisition positions in the Department of Defense that are critical acquisition positions. Such positions shall include the following:
(A) Any acquisition position which—
(i) in the case of employees, is required to be filled by an employee in a senior position in the National Security Personnel System, as determined in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the Secretary, or in the Senior Executive Service; or
(ii) in the case of members of the armed forces, is required to be filled by a commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who is serving in the grade of lieutenant colonel, or, in the case of the Navy, commander, or a higher grade.
(B) Other selected acquisition positions not covered by subparagraph (A), including the following:
(i) Portfolio acquisition executive.
(ii) Program manager of a major defense acquisition program (as defined in [section 4201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4201&num=0&edition=prelim)) or of a significant nonmajor defense acquisition program (as defined in [section 1737(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1737/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(iii) Deputy program manager of a major defense acquisition program.
(iv) Product support manager.
(C) Any other acquisition position of significant responsibility in which the primary duties are supervisory or management duties.
(2) The Secretary shall periodically publish a list of the positions designated under this subsection.
**(b) Promotion Rate for Officers in the Acquisition Workforce.—** The Se
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Army shall provide that the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management shall direct and manage financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Army, including ensuring that financial management systems of the Department of the Army comply with subsection (b). The authority of the Assistant Secretary for such direction and management shall include the authority to—
(1) supervise and direct the preparation of budget estimates of the Department of the Army and otherwise carry out, with respect to the Department of the Army, the functions specified for the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) in [section 135(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section135/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) approve and supervise any project to design or enhance a financial management system for the Department of the Army; and
(3) approve the establishment and supervise the operation of any asset management system of the Department of the Army, including—
(A) systems for cash management, credit management, and debt collection; and
(B) systems for the accounting for the quantity, location, and cost of property and inventory.
**(b)**
(1) Financial management systems of the Department of the Army (including accounting systems, internal control systems, and financial reporting systems) shall be established and maintained in conformance with—
(A) the accounting and financial reporting principles, standards, and requirements established by the Comptroller General under [section 3511 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3511&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the internal control standards established by the Comptroller Ge
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**(a)** There are four Assistant Secretaries of the Navy. They 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 the Navy may prescribe.
(2) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He shall have as his principal duty the overall supervision of manpower and reserve component affairs of the Department of the Navy.
(3)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management.
(B) The Assistant Secretary shall be appointed from among persons who have significant budget, financial management, or audit experience in complex organizations.
(C) The principal responsibility of the Assistant Secretary shall be the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Navy, including financial management functions. The Assistant Secretary shall be responsible for all financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Navy and shall advise the Secretary of the Navy on financial management.
(4)
(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of research, development, acquisition, and sustainment (including maintenance) matters of the Department of the Navy.
(B) The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Military Deputy, who shall be an officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps on active duty. The Principal Military Deputy shall be appointed from among officers who have significant experience in t
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy shall provide that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management shall direct and manage financial management activities and operations of the Department of the Navy, including ensuring that financial management systems of the Department of the Navy comply with subsection (b). The authority of the Assistant Secretary for such direction and management shall include the authority to—
(1) supervise and direct the preparation of budget estimates of the Department of the Navy and otherwise carry out, with respect to the Department of the Navy, the functions specified for the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) in [section 135(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section135/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) approve and supervise any project to design or enhance a financial management system for the Department of the Navy; and
(3) approve the establishment and supervise the operation of any asset management system of the Department of the Navy, including—
(A) systems for cash management, credit management, and debt collection; and
(B) systems for the accounting for the quantity, location, and cost of property and inventory.
**(b)**
(1) Financial management systems of the Department of the Navy (including accounting systems, internal control systems, and financial reporting systems) shall be established and maintained in conformance with—
(A) the accounting and financial reporting principles, standards, and requirements established by the Comptroller General under [section 3511 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3511&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the internal control standards established by the Comptroller Ge
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 7016
Ex. Ord. No. 12908, Apr. 22, 1994, 59 F.R. 21907, listed in
a table under section 3345 of Title 5, Government Orga-
nization and Employees.
§ 7016. Assistant Secretaries of the Army
(a) There are five Assistant Secretaries of the
Army. They 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 Sec-
retary of the Army may prescribe.
(2) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Man-
power and Reserve Affairs. He shall have as his
principal duty the overall supervision of man-
power and reserve component affairs of the De-
partment of the Army.
(3) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works. He shall have as his principal duty the
overall supervision of the functions of the De-
partment of the Army relating to programs for
conservation and development of the national
water resources, including flood control, naviga-
tion, shore protection, and related purposes.
(4)(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Finan-
cial Management.
(B) The Assistant Secretary shall be appointed
from among persons who have significant budg-
et, financial management, or audit experience in
complex organizations.
(C) The principal responsibility of the Assist-
ant Secretary shall be the exercise of the comp-
troller functions of the Department of the
Army, including financial management func-
tions. The Assistant Secretary shall be respon-
sible for all financial management activities and
operations of the Department of the Army and
shall advise the Secretar
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