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PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

"(E) Planned alternatives, if appropriate, for fulfilling requirements that during peacetime are fulfilled by sources outside the United States. "(2) In the conduct of the analysis required under subsection (a)(D, the Under Secretary shall minimize the paperwork burden on the contractor, its subcontractors, and suppliers. "(c) ASSESSMENTS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, shall ensure that, for each major defense acquisition program— "(A) the capability of the domestic defense industrial base to meet requirements for that program has been assessed by the military department or Defense Agency carrying out such program; and "(B) the capability of the domestic defense industrial base to meet the aggregate requirements for all such programs has been assessed in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. "(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'domestic defense industrial base' means firms engaged in production in the United States and Canada. "§ 2503. Defense industrial base office "The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition may establish within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition a defense industrial base office to be the principal office in the Department of Defense for the development of policies and plans regarding the conduct of programs for the improvement of the defense industrial base of the United States. Such an office shall, at a minimum— "(1) develop and propose plans and programs for the msdntenance and fostering of defense industrial readiness in the United States; "(2) develop and propose plans and programs to encourage the use by the defense industries of the United States of advanced manufacturing technology and processes and investment in improved productivity; "(3) propose, consistent with existing law, the repeal or amendment of the regulations of the Department of Defense prescribed as part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (the single system of Government-wide procurement regulation as defined in section 4(4) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act) and such other regulations and policies as may be necessary to eliminate any adverse effect that the regulations and policies may have on investment in improved productivity; and "(4) evaluate and propose for testing innovative ideas for improving defense industrial readiness in the United States, including ideas for improving— "(A) manufacturing processes; and "(B) the acquisition procedures of the Department of Defense.". (2) The items relating to chapter 148 in the tables of chapters at the beginning of part IV of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, and at the beginning of such subtitle, are each amended to read as follows: "148. Defense Industrial Base

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