; Assistant Secretaries and Other Officers after Under Secretaries ; (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following subparagraph (B) and making conforming changes: (B) An Associate Secretary of Homeland Security, who shall be the Secretary’s second assistant for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code and shall, on behalf of the Secretary, direct, authorize, and control U. S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States Secret Service, and Federal Protective Service, and, in consultation with the Deputy Secretary, the law enforcement activities in other Department components. ; and (B) by amending subparagraph (I) to read as follows: (I) An Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. ; (3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) Appointments The following Assistant Secretaries shall be appointed by the President or the Secretary, as the case may be, without the advice and consent of the Senate: (A) Presidential appointments The Department shall have the following positions appointed by the President: (i) The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. (ii) The Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. (iii) The Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. (iv) The Chief Medical Officer. (B) Secretarial appointments The Secretary shall appoint an Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement and, within the Office of Strategy, Policy and Plans, an Assistant Secretary for International Affairs in addition to five assistant secretaries with divided responsibility for the following areas: (i) Strategy. (ii) Threat prevention, including targeted violence. (iii) Integration. (iv) Border. (v) Immigration, including immigration statistics. (vi) Cybersecurity and infrastructure security. (vii) Screening and vetting, including biometrics. (viii) Law enforcement. (ix) Foreign investment and trade.