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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-231 SEC. 915. SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME BOARD BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. The Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (title XV of Public Law 101-510; 24 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1523 the following new section: "SEC. 1524. CONDITIONAL SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF RETIREMENT HOME BOARD BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. "(a) APPLICABILITY. —Th is section shall apply only when the deduction authorized by section 1007(i)(l) of title 37, United States Code, to be made from the monthly pay of certain members of the armed forces is equal to $1.00 for each enlisted member, warrant officer, and limited duty officer of the armed forces on active duty. "(b) BOARD AUTHORITY SUBJECT TO SECRETARY'S CONTROL.— The Retirement Home Board shall be subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense in the performance of the Board's duties under section 1516. " (c) APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS.—When an appointment of a member of the Retirement Home Board under section 1515 is not made by the Secretary of Defense, the appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense. "(d) TERMS OF BOARD MEMBERS.— (1) Notwithstanding section 1515(e)(3), only the Secretary of Defense may appoint a member of the Retirement Home Board for a second consecutive term. "(2) The Secretary of Defense may terminate the appointment of a member of the Retirement Home Board at the pleasure of the Secretary. "(e) RESPONSIBILITY OF CHAIRMAN TO THE SECRETARY.— Notwithstanding section 1515(d)(1)(B), the chairman of the Retirement Home Board shall be responsible to the Secretary of Defense, but not to the Secretaries of the military departments, for direction and management of the Retirement Home or each facility maintained as a separate facility of the Retirement Home.". SEC. 916. SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVER- SIGHT COUNCIL REFORM INITIATIVE. (a) SEMIANNUAL REPORT. — The Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a series of five semiannual reports, as prescribed by subsection (b), on the activities of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. The principal focus of each such report shall be on the progress made on the initiative of the Chairman to reform and refocus the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. (b) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Reports under this section shall be submitted not later than March 1, 2001, September 1, 2001, March 1, 2002, September 1, 2002, and March 1, 2003. Each report shall cover the half of a fiscal year that ends five months before the date on which the report is due. (c) CONTENT. —In the case of any report under this section after the first such report, if any matter to be included is unchanged from the preceding report, that matter may be included by reference to the preceding report. Each such report shall include, to the extent practicable, the following: (1) A listing of each of the capability areas designated by the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff as being within

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