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 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2493 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2013. Training at non-Government facilities.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. — Section 2013 of title 10, United States 10 USC 2013 Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October note. 1, 1996. SEC. 363. REQUIREMENT FOR PREPARATION OF PLAN FOR IMPROVED 10 USC 2216a OPERATION OF WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS AND EFFECT OF note. FAILURE TO PRODUCE AN APPROVED PLAN. (a) PLAN FOR IMPROVED OPERATION OF WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS. —Not later than September 30, 1997, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan to improve the management and performance of the industrial, commercial, and support type activities of the military departments or the Defense Agencies that are currently managed through the Defense Business Operations Fund. (b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN. —The plan required by subsection (a) shall address the following issues: (1) The ability of each military department or Defense Agency to set working capital requirements and set charges at its own industrial and supply activities. (2) The desirability of separate business accounts for the management of both industrial and supply activities for each military department or Defense Agency. (3) Liability for operation losses at industrial and supply activities. (4) Reimbursement to the Department of Defense by each military department or Defense Agency of its fair share of the costs of legitimate common business support services (such as accounting and financial services and central logistics services) provided by the Department of Defense. (5) The role of the Department of Defense in setting charges or imposing surcharges for activities managed by the business accounts of a military department or Defense Agency (except for the common business support cost described in paragraph (4)), and what such charges should properly reflect. (6) The appropriate use of operating profits arising from the operations of the industrial and supply activities of a military department or Defense Agency. (7) The ability of a military department or Defense Agency to purchase industrial and supply services from, and provide such services to, other military departments or Defense Agencies. (8) Standardization of financial management and accounting practices employed by the business accounts of a military department or Defense Agency. (9) Reporting requirements related to actual and projected performance of business management account activities of a military department or Defense Agency. (c) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT OR APPROVE OF PLAN.— lo use 2216a. (1) Unless, before October 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense submits the plan required by subsection (a) and Congress enacts a provision of law described in paragraph (2) that approves of the plan as submitted or in an amended form, then section 2216a of title 10, United States Code, regarding the Defense Business Operations

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