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 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2101 (8) A discussion of any findings, analyses, and recommendations on the performance of the finance and accounting functions of the Department of Defense that have been made by the Task Force on Defense Reform appointed by the Secretary of Defense on May 14, 1997. (9) Any additional information and recommendations the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) MARKET RESEARCH. —In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall conduct market research to determine whether or not an efficient and competitive domestic market for finance and accounting services exists. In conducting that research, the Secretary shall consider whether the domestic market for finance and accounting services could be reasonably expected to generate responsive private sector competitors for the provision of the finance and accounting services, or a portion of such services, of the Department of Defense and whether there are any substantial barriers to entry or expansion in that market. In conducting such research, the Secretary shall consider not only the current state of the domestic market for finance and accounting services, but also the potential effects that the entry of the Department of Defense as a large, long-term consumer of such services might have on that market. SEC. 914. LIMITATION ON REORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF OPERATING LOCATIONS OF THE DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE. (a) LIMITATION.— The Secretary of Defense may not close any operating location of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service before the date that is 90 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives the plan required by subsection (b). (b) PLAN REQUIRED.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a strategic plan for improving the financial management operations at each of the operating locations of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. (c) CONTENT OF PLAN. —The plan shall include the following: (1) The workloads that it is necessary to perform at those operating locations each fiscal year. (2) The capacity and number of operating locations that are necessary for performing those workloads. (3) A discussion of the costs and benefits that could result from reorganizing the operating locations of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service on the basis of function performed, together with the Secretary's assessment of the feasibility of carrying out such a reorganization. (d) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN. —The plan shall be submitted to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives not later than January 15, 1999. SEC. 915. ANNUAL REPORT ON RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT AND MISSION ACTIVITIES. (a) REQUIREMENT. — Section 113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(1) The Secretary shall include in the annual report to Congress under subsection (c) the following:

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