; (8) in section 2303, as so redesignated— (A) in subsection (a), by striking Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and inserting Chief Medical Officer ; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) in paragraph (1), by striking Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9-Defense of the United States Agriculture and Food and inserting National Security Memorandum 16—Strengthening the Security and Resilience of the United States Food and Agriculture ; and (ii) in paragraph (6), by inserting the Department of Agriculture and other before appropriate ; (9) by redesignating section 1932 ( 6 U.S.C. 597a ) as section 2304 and transferring such section to appear after section 2303, as so redesignated; (10) in section 2304(f)(2)(B), as so redesignated, by striking Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and inserting Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response ; and (11) by inserting after section 2304, as so redesignated, the following: 2305. Rules of construction Nothing in this title shall be construed to— (1) override or otherwise affect the requirements described in section 888; (2) require the advice of the Chief Medical Officer on the appointment of Coast Guard officers or the officer from the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services assigned to the Coast Guard; (3) provide the Chief Medical Officer with authority to take any action that would diminish the interoperability of the Coast Guard medical system with the medical systems of the other branches of the Armed Forces of the United States