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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 405 percent over a period of five years, beginning on October 1, 1995. (B) Eliminate duplication of functions among existing acquisition organizations of the Department of Defense. (C) Maximize opportunity for consolidation among acquisition organizations of the Department of Defense to reduce management overhead. (2) In the report, the Secretary shall also identify any statutory requirement or congressional directive that inhibits any proposed restructuring plan or reduction in the size of the defense acquisition organization. (3) In designing the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give full consideration to the process efficiencies expected to be achieved through the implementation of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355), the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995 (division D of this Act), and other ongoing initiatives to increase the use of commercial practices and reduce contract overhead in the defense procurement system. (c) ASSESSMENT OF SPECIFIED RESTRUCTURING OPTIONS.— The Secretary shall include in the report under subsection (a) a detailed assessment of each of the following options for streamlining and restructuring the existing defense acquisition organization, together with a specific recommendation as to whether each such option should be implemented: (1) Consolidation of certain functions of the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Command. (2) Contracting for performance of a significant portion of the workload of the Defense Contract Audit Agency and other Defense Agencies that perform acquisition functions. (3) Consolidation or selected elimination of Department of Defense acquisition organizations. (4) Any other defense acquisition infrastructure streamlining or restructuring option the Secretary may determine. (d) REDUCTION OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall accomplish reductions in defense acquisition personnel positions during fiscal year 1996 so that the total number of such personnel as of October 1, 1996, is less than the total number of such personnel as of October 1, 1995, by at least 15,000. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "defense acquisition personnel" means military and civilian personnel assigned to, or employed in, acquisition organizations of the Department of Defense (as specified in Department of Defense Instruction numbered 5000.58 dated January 14, 1992) with the exception of personnel who possess technical competence in trade-skill maintenance and repair positions involved in performing depot maintenance functions. SEC. 907. REPORT ON NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW AND ON PLANS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS MANAGEMENT IN EVENT OF ABOLITION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report concerning the nuclear weapons complex. The report shall set forth— (1) the Secretary's views on the effectiveness of the Department of Energy in managing the nuclear weapons complex, including the fulfillment of the requirements for nuclear weap-

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