Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 1.djvu/1059

 PUBLIC LAW 99-433—OCT. 1, 1986

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100 STAT. 1023

Reorganization Act of 1986)) to perform a supply or service activity common to more than one military department; and "(B) that is designated by the Secretary of Defense as a Department of Defense Field Activity.".

SEC. 303. REASSESSMENT OF DEFENSE AGENCIES AND DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES

10 USC 191 note.

(a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study of the functions and organizational structure of the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities. The study shall determine the most effective, economical, or efficient means of providing supply or service activities common to more than one military department, after considering the matters set forth in subsection (d) and the reports submitted under subsection (b). (2) To the extent that the most effective, economical, or efficient means of providing those activities is determined under paragraph (1) to be the existing Defense Agency and Department of Defense Field Activity structure, the study shall analyze methods to improve the performance and responsiveness of Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities with respect to the entities to which they provide supplies and services, particularly with regard to the unified and specified combatant commands. (b) SERVICE SECRETARIES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE JCS.—The Secretaries of the military departments and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall each conduct a study of the functions and organizational structure of the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities. The Secretaries and Chairman shall each Reports. submit a report to the Secretary of Defense on such study at a time specified by the Secretary. Each such report shall include a discussion of and recommendations concerning each matter set forth in subsection (d). (c) NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.—This section shall apply to the National Security Agency as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence. The Secretary shall establish procedures under which information required for review of the National Security Agency shall be obtained. (d) MATTERS CONSIDERED.—The studies required by subsections (a) and (b) shall consider the following matters: (1) Whether the existing allocation of functions to, and organizational structure of, the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities meet the statutory requirement of providing a supply or service activity common to more than one military department in a more effective, economical, or efficient manner. (2) Alternative allocations of authority and functions assigned to the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities, including— (A) various possible redistributions of responsibilities among those agencies and activities; (B) transfer of the responsibility for those functions to— (i) the Secretaries of the military departments; (ii) the appropriate officers in the Office of the Sec' ^ > retary of Defense; (iii) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; or

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