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 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2671 "(2) The term 'national defense' means programs for military and atomic energy production or construction, military assistance to any foreign nation, stockpiling, space, and directly related activity.. SEC. 4218. IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT, 10 USC 2501 PLANNING, AND ANALYSIS. note (a) REGULATIONS.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations, including milestones for actions, to ensure the timely and thorough collection of information, completion of assessments, and issuance of plans to be accomplished by the Secretary of Defense that are required by the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 148. Such regulations shall be prescribed in consultation with the other heads of departments comprising the National Defense Technology^ and Industrial Base Council. (b) FIRST ASSESSMENT AND PLAN. — (1) The first assessment required by section 2505 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 4215, shall be completed not later than September 30, 1993. (2) The first plan required by section 2506 of such title, as added by section 4216, shall be completed not later than December 1, 1993. (3) The Secretary may prescribe regulations authorizing the presentation of information in a preliminary form in the first periodic assessment and the first periodic plan to the extent that the necessary information cannot reasonably be collected, analyzed, or presented in accordance with section 2505 or 2506, respectively, of title 10, United States Code, by the dates specified in paragraphs (l)and(2). (c) TEXTILES.— The periodic national technology and industrial base assessment submitted to Congress pursuant to section 2506(e) of title 10, United States Code, shall include, through 1995, a specific assessment of the capability of the domestic textile and apparel industrial base of the United States to support national defense mobilization requirements. Each such assessment shall include the following: (1) An identification of textile and apparel mobilization requirements of the Department of Defense that cannot be satisfied on a timely basis by domestic industries. (2) An assessment of the effect that any inadequacy in the textile and apparel industrial base would have on a mobilization. (3) Recommendations for ways to alleviate any such inadequacy that the Secretary considers critical to national defense mobihzation requirements. SEC. 4219. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE 10 USC 2505 NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE PERI- note. ODIC ASSESSMENT. (a) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. —Except as otherwise expressly provided, in this section each reference to a section is a reference to a section of title 10, United States Code. (b) INITIAL REGULATIONS. — The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the initial regulations prescribed to implement section 2505 provide that the periodic assessment required by such section address the matters set forth in this section.

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