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 PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987

101 STAT. 1123

(e) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (h) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(D, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(5) The term 'Armed Services Committees' means the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.". SEC. 734. GAO REPORT ON PAYMENT OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EXPENSES

(a) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General shall review and evaluate the practices under various insurance plans with respect to payments to hospitals for charges for medic^ services in cases in which the hospital does not impose a legal obligation on patients to pay for such services. In the review, the Comptroller General shall— (1) review the practices with respect to such payments of private sector insurance plans, including self-insured plans, as well as federally sponsored or funded programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Federal Employees' Health Benefit Plan; and (2) provide an assessment and comparison of the practices with respect to such payments under regulations of the Civilian I Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), together with such recommendations for changing I such practices as the Comptroller General considers appropriate and an estimate of the costs involved in carrying out such recommendations. (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the review and evaluation required under subsection (a). TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY PART A—ACQUISITION PROCESS SEC. 801. FUNCTIONS OF EVALUATION

DIRECTOR OF

OPERATIONAL TEST AND

Section 138(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(d)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(2) The Director may not be assigned any responsibility for developmental test and evaluation, other than the provision of advice to officials responsible for such testing." SEC. 802. SURVIVABILITY AND LETHALITY TESTING OF MAJOR SYSTEMS (a)

INCLUSION OF SIGNIFICANT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PRO-

GRAMS.—(1) Subsection (a) of section 2366 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting "(1)" after "REQUIREMENTS.—"; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; and (C) by adding at the end the following: "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall provide that a covered product improvement program may not proceed beyond low-rate initial production until— "(A) in the case of a product improvement to a covered system, realistic survivability testing is completed in accordance with this section; and

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