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 Ill STAT. 1700 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 Reports. capacity certified to the 1995 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, after the transfers are completed (not taking into account any workloads that may be transferred as a result of a public-private competition carried out under section 2469a of such title, as described in paragraph (3)). (d) REVIEW REGARDING AWARD FOR C-5 AIRCRAFT WORKLOAD.— (1) The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the award for the performance of the C-5 aircraft workload that was made to Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. As part of the review, the Comptroller General shall— (A) determine whether the procedures used to conduct the competition— (i) provided substantially equal opportunity for public and private offerors to compete for the award without regard to the location at which the workload is to be performed; and (ii) are in compliance with the requirements of all applicable provisions of law and the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and (B) determine whether that award results in the lowest total cost to the Department of Defense for performance of the workload. (2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the review. SEC. 360. CLARIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON MANAGEMENT OF DEPOT EMPLOYEES BY CONSTRAINTS ON PERSONNEL LEVELS. Section 2472(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The civilian employees of the Department of Defense, including the civilian employees of the military departments and the Defense Agencies, who perform, or are involved in the performance of, depot-level maintenance and repair workloads may not be managed on the basis of any constraint or limitation in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent positions, or maximum number of employees.". SEC. 361. CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE. (a) DESIGNATION AND PURPOSE. —(1) Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 2474. Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence: designation; public-private partnerships " (a) DESIGNATION.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall designate each depot-level activity of the military departments and the Defense Agencies (other than facilities approved for closure or major realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note)) as a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence in the recognized core competencies of the activity. "(2) The Secretary shall establish a policy to encourage the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency to reengineer industrial processes and adopt best-business practices at their depot-level activities in connection with their core competency requirements, so as to serve as recognized leaders

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