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 100 STAT. 1024

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PUBLIC LAW 99-433—OCT. 1, 1986

(iv) the commanders of unified or specified combatant commands; (C) creation of new Defense Agencies or Department of Defense Field Activities; (D) consolidation of two or more such agencies and activities; ' (E) elimination of any such agency or activity; and (F) other organizational changes in the Department of Defense designed to make the performance of those functions more effective, economical, or efficient. (3) Whether the requirements of the amendments made by section 301 will have the effect of ensuring the readiness and responsiveness of the Defense Agencies in the event of a war or threat to national security and whether any additional legislation is necessary to ensure such readiness and responsiveness. (4) Additional legislative or administrative actions that the Secretary considers necessary to ensure effective oversight of Defense Agency and Department of Defense Field Activity resource management, personnel policies, and budget procedures and to clarify supervisory responsibilities. (5) Whether the findings and recommendations of the report of March 1979 entitled "Report to the Secretary of Defense of the Defense Agency Review" and directed by Major General Theodore Antonelli, United States Army (Retired), should be the basis for additional legislative or administrative actions. (e) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following: (1) A report on the study required by subsection (a) that includes— (A) a discussion of and recommendations concerning each matter set forth in subsection (d); and (B) a discussion of the reports required by subsection (b). (2) A copy of each report required by subsection (b). (3) A study of the improved application of computer systems to functions of Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities, including a plan for the rapid replacement, where necessary, of existing automated data processing equipment with new equipment. (4) Plans to achieve reductions in the total number of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees assigned or detailed to permanent duty in the Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities (other than the National Security Agency) by 5 percent, 10 percent, and 15 percent of the total number of such members and employees projected to be assigned or detailed to such duty on September 30, 1988, together with a discussion of the implications of each such reduction and a draft of any legislation that would be required to implement each such plan. (f) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—The report required by subsection (e) shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 304. TRANSITION

10 USC 192 note.

(a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF DEFENSE AGENCIES.—The

first review under section 192(c) of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 301(a)), shall be completed not later than two years

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