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PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987 (c) PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO COMBATANT COMMAND STAFF.—(1) On

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September 30, 1988, the total number of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense assigned or detailed to permanent duty on the staff of the unified combatant command for special operations forces may not be less than 450. (2) Of the personnel assigned or detailed pursuant to paragraph (1), the number of civilian employees shall be 111 unless otherwise directed by the commander of the command or the Secretary of Defense. (d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.—Subsection (e) of section 167 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the commander of the command, in carrying out his functions under paragraph (IXG), shall have authority to exercise the functions of the head of an agency under chapter 137 of this title. The staff of the commander shall include an inspector general who shall conduct internal audits and inspections of purchasing and contracting actions through the special operations command and such other inspector general functions as may be assigned.". (e) RESOURCES AND PROGRAMMING.—(1) The major force program category for special operations forces of the Five-Year Defense Plan of the Department of Defense, to be created pursuant to section 1311(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99-661), shall be created not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) On the date that such major force program category is created, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives— (A) a certification that all program recommendations and budget proposals for special operations forces are included in such category; and (B) a report explaining the program recommendations and budget proposals that have been included in such category. SEC. 1212. CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE ADVISORY BOARD (a) CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE ADVISORY BOARD.—(1) The Secretary

of Defense shall appoint within the Department of Defense a Conventional Defense Advisory Board for the purpose of reviewing the report of the Conventional Defense Study Group submitted to the Secretary under subsection (b). The advisory board shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on such review, including any recommendations for the implementation of the report of the study group, not later than 75 days after the date on which that report is received by the Secretary. (2) Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report of the study group is received by the Secretary, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a copy of the report of the advisory board under paragraph (1), together with any comments the Secretary has on such report. The report of the advisory board shall be submitted to the committees in exactly the same form and with the same content as submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1). (b) CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE STUDY GROUP.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall convene and chair a Conventional Defense Study Group composed of representatives of the Library of

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