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 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2621 SEC. 908. JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL. Section 181 of title 10, United States Code, as added effective Effective date. January 31, 1997, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d) AVAILABILITY OF OVERSIGHT INFORMATION TO CONGRES- SIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, in the case of a recommendation by the Chairman to the Secretary that is approved by the Secretary, oversight information with respect to such recommendation that is produced as a result of the activities of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council is made available in a timely fashion to the congressional defense committees. "(2) In this subsection: "(A) The term 'oversight information' means information and materials comprising analysis and justification that are prepared to support a recommendation that is made to, and approved by, the Secretary of Defense. "(B) The term 'congressional defense committees' means— "(i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and "(ii) the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.". SEC. 909. MEMBERSHIP OF THE AMMUNITION STORAGE BOARD. Section 172(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "a joint board of officers selected by them" and inserting in lieu thereof "a joint board selected by them composed of officers, civilian officers and employees of the Department of Defense, or both". SEC. 910. REMOVAL OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FROM MEMBER- SHIP ON THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE BOARD. The first section of the Act of June 18, 1934 (Public Law Numbered 397, Seventy-third Congress; 48 Stat. 998) (19 U.S.C. 81a), popularly known as the "Foreign Trade Zones Act", is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking out "the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War" and inserting in lieu thereof "and the Secretary of the Treasury"; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking out "Alaska, Hawaii,". SEC. 911. COMPOSITION OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARDS. (a) SELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS.— (1) Chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: requirements "(a) REQUIRED MEMBERSHIP OF BOARDS.— Whenever the Secretsiry of a military department convenes an aircraft accident investigation board to conduct an accident investigation (as described in section 2254(a)(2) of this title) with respect to a Class A accident involving an aircraft under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary shall select the membership of the board so that— "(1) a majority of the members (or in the case of a board consisting of a single member, the member) is selected from
 * §2255. Aircraft accident investigation boards: composition

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