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Title II: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

Sec. 212Deputy Directors of Operational Test and Evaluation

TL;DR

Amends title 10, United States Code relating to deputy directors of operational test and evaluation.

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..