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Title II: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Sec. 212 — Deputy Directors of Operational Test and Evaluation

TL;DR

Each such Deputy Director shall be a appointed from the Senior Executive Service..

Statutory text

Section 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and(2)by inserting after subsection (k) the following new subsection (l):

(l) The Director shall have a sufficient number of Deputy Directors to supervise the activities of the Office and to carry out the duties and responsibilities prescribed by law. Each such Deputy Director shall be a appointed from the Senior Executive Service..