Section 138(b)(2) of this title, referred to in text, was struck out and subsec. (b)(4) was redesignated subsec. (b)(2) by Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title IX, § 907(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1514.

2014—Pub. L. 113–291 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “As provided in section 138(b)(2) of this title, the official in the Department of Defense with responsibility for overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of Defense is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.”

1996—Pub. L. 104–106, § 903(a), (f)(4), which directed that this section be amended, eff. Jan. 31, 1997, to read “The official in the Department of Defense with responsibility for overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of Defense is the official designated by the Secretary of Defense to have that responsibility.”, was repealed by Pub. L. 104–201.

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.