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 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2097 (3) The Secretary shall submit the plan required under para- Deadline, graph (1) to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Subtitle B—Department of Defense Financial Management SEC. 911. IMPROVED ACCOUNTING FOR DEFENSE CONTRACT SERV- ICES. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2211 the following new section: object classes "(a) LIMITATION ON REPORTING IN MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES OBJECT CLASS. —The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, in reporting to the Office of Management and Budget (pursuant to OMB Circular A-11 (relating to preparation and submission of budget estimates)) obligations of the Department of Defense for any period of time for contract services, no more than 15 percent of the total amount of obligations so reported is reported in the miscellaneous services object class. " (b) DEFINITION OF REPORTING CATEGORIES FOR ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES. —In carrying out section 1105(g) of title 31 for the Department of Defense (and in determining what services are to be reported to the Office of Management and Budget in the advisory and assistance services object class), the Secretary of Defense shall apply to the terms used for the definition of 'advisory and assistance services' in paragraph (2)(A) of that section the following meanings (subject to the authorized exemptions): "(1) MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES.— The term 'management and professional support services' (used in clause (i) of section 1105(g)(2)(A) of title 31) means services that provide engineering or technical support, assistance, advice, or training for the efficient and effective management and operation of organizations, activities, or systems. Those services— "(A) are closely related to the basic responsibilities and mission of the using organization; and "(B) include efforts that support or contribute to improved organization or program management, logistics management, project monitoring and reporting, data collection, budgeting, accounting, auditing, and administrative or technical support for conferences and training programs. "(2) STUDIES, ANALYSES, AND EVALUATIONS. — The term 'studies, analyses, and evaluations' (used in clause (ii) of section 1105(g)(2)(A) of title 31) means services that provide organized, analytic assessments to understand or evaluate complex issues to improve policy development, decisionmaking, management, or administration and that result in documents containing data or leading to conclusions or recommendations. Those services may include databases, models, methodologies, and related software created in support of a study, analysis, or evaluation.
 * § 2212. Obligations for contract services: reporting in budget

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