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 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2715 Secretary should encourage the use of the facility by members and employees referred to in subsection (a) who are not under the jurisdiction of the military department operating the facility. SEC. 329. STUDY OF ESTABLISHMENT OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND 10 USC 2661 TRAINING CENTER. " °*® (a) STUDY. —The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a study of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a center for the land management activities and land management training activities of the Department of Defense. (b) REPORT.— Not later than May 1, 1996, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study required under subsection (a). If the Secretary concludes as a result of the study that establishing the center is feasible and advisable, the report shall include a statement of the Secretary's recommendations for the location of the center and the specific activities to be conducted at the center. Subtitle D—Depot-Level Activities SEC. 331. FINDINGS. 10 USC 2466 Congress makes the following findings: (1) By providing the Armed Forces with a critical capacity to respond to the needs of the Armed Forces for depot-level maintenance and repair of weapon systems and equipment, the depot-level maintenance and repair activities of the Department of Defense play an essential role in maintaining the readiness of the Armed Forces. (2) It is appropriate for the capability of the depot-level maintenance and repair activities of the Department of Defense to perform maintenance and repair of weapon systems and equipment to be based on policies that take into consideration the readiness, mobilization, and deployment requirements of the military departments. (3) It is appropriate for the msuiagement of employees of the depot-level maintenance and repair activities of the Department of Defense to be based on the amount of workload necessary to be performed by such activities to maintain the readiness of the weapon systems and equipment of the military departments and on the funds made available for the performance of such workload. SEC. 332. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON PERFORMANCE OF DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE. (a) MODIFICATION.—Subsection (a) of section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) PERCENTAGE LIMITATION.— Not more than 40 percent of the funds made available in a fiscal year to a military department or a Defense Agency for depot-level maintenance and repair workload may be used to contract for the performance by non-Federal Government personnel of such workload for the military department or the Defense Agency. Any such funds that are not used for such a contract shall be used for the performance of depot-level msdntenance and repair workload by employees of the Department of Defense.".

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