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 PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

102 STAT. 1955

SEC. 325. QUALIFICATIONS FOR HEAD OF AUDITING FUNCTION IN MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

(a) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.—Section 3014(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5) The head of the office or other entity established or designated by the Secretary to conduct the auditing function shall have at least five years of professional experience in accounting or auditing. The position shall be considered to be a career reserved position as defined in section 3132(a)(8) of title 5.". (b) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.—Section 5014(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5)(A) The head of the office or other entity established or designated by the Secretary to conduct the auditing function shall have at least five years of professional experience in accounting or auditing. The position shall be considered to be a career reserved position as defined in section 3132(a)(8) of title 5. "(B) The position of regional director within such office or entity, and any other position within such office or entity the primary responsibilities of which are to carry out supervisory functions, may not be held by a member of the armed forces on active duty.". (c) DEPARTMEJ^ OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 8014(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5) The head of the office or other entity established or designated by the Secretary to conduct the auditing function shall have at least five years of professioned experience in accounting or auditing. The position shall be considered to be a career reserved position as defined in section 3132(a)(8) of title 5.". (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) The requirements of sections 3014(c)(5), lo use 5014 5014(c)(5)(A), and 8014(c)(5) of title 10, United States Code (as added note. by subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively), shall apply with respect to any person appointed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act as the head of the office or other entity designated for conducting the auditing function in a military department. (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 5014(c)(5) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)), shall take effect at the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 326. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN DEPOT MAINTENANCE WORKLOAD COMPETITIONS

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§2466. Prohibition on certain depot maintenance workload competitions "The Secretary of Defense may not require the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, in selecting an entity to perform any depot maintenance workload, to carry out a competition for such selection— "(1) between or among maintenance activities of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force; or "(2) between a maintenance activity of either such department and a private contractor.".

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