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(6) within the Department of Defense, the performance of any other functions with respect to the furnishing of military assistance. (b) The establishment of priorities in the procurement, delivery, and allocation of military equipment shall be determined by the Secretary of Defense. SEC. 624. STATUTORY OFFICERS.— (a) The President may appoint. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, twelve officers in the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, of whom— (1) one shall have the rank of an Under Secretary and shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law for any Under Secretary of an Executive Department; (2) two shall have the rank of Deputy Under Secretaries and shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law for any Deputy Under Secretary of an Executive Department; and (3) nine shall have the rank of Assistant Secretaries and shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law for any Assistant Secretary of an Executive Department, and in the selection of one of such persons due consideration shall be given to persons qualified as professional engineers. (b) Within the limitations established by subsection (a) of this section, the President may fix the rate of compensation, and may designate the title of, any officer appointed pursuant to the authority contained in that subsection. The President may also fix the order of succession among the officers provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section in the event of the absence, death, resignation, or disability of the officers provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection. (c) Any person who was appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to any statutory position authorized by any provision of law repealed by section 642(a) and who is serving in one of such positions at the time of transfer of functions pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 621, may be appointed by the President to a comparable position authorized by subsection (a) of this section on the date of the establishment of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, without further action by the Senate. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 642(a)(1) and 642(a)(2), any person who, on the date prior to the effective date of this Act, held an office or a position authorized pursuant to sections 205(b), 527(b), or 533A of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, or Eeorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1953, may continue to hold such office or position, subject to the discretion of the head of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, for a period of not more than sixty days following the effective date of this Act. (e)(1) In addition to the officers provided for in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be in the Department of State an officer with the title of "Inspector General, Foreign Assistance," who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In addition, there shall be one Deputy Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, and two Assistant Inspector Generals, Foreign Assistance, who shall be appointed by the President, and such other personnel as may be required to carry out the functions vested in the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, by this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such of the personnel employed under the authority of section 533A of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, as the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, may desig:nate, and such of the property, records, and funds of the office established by such section 533A as the Inspector General, Foreign
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