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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-313 (5) The pilot program shall be carried out in at least one military department and two Defense Agencies. (b) REPORT.— Not later than 90 days following the end of the first and last full or partial fiscal years during which the pilot program is implemented, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot program. Such report shall contain the following: (1) A description of the processes tested by the pilot program. (2) The results of such testing. (3) Recommendations for changes to the processes for the resolution of equal employment opportunity complaints as a result of such pilot program. (4) A comparison of the processes used, and results obtained, under the pilot program to traditional and alternative dispute resolution processes used in the government or private industry. i SEC. 1112. WORK SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a defense employees work safety demonstration program. (b) PRIVATE SECTOR WORK SAFETY MODELS. —Under the demonstration program, the Secretary shall— (1) adopt for use in the workplace of civilian employees of the Department of Defense such work safety models used by employers in the private sector that the Secretary considers as being representative of the best work safety practices in use by private sector employers; and (2) determine whether the use of those practices in the Department of Defense improves the work safety record of Department of Defense employees. (c) SITES.—(1) The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program— (A) at not fewer than two installations of each of the Armed Forces (other than the Coast Guard), for employees of the military department concerned; and (B) in at least two Defense Agencies (as defined in section lOKaXll) of title 10, United States Code). (2) The Secretary shall select the installations and Defense Agencies from among the installations and Defense Agencies listed in the Federal Worker 2000 Presidential Initiative. (d) PERIOD FOR PROGRAM.— The demonstration program shall begin not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall terminate on September 30, 2002. (e) REPORTS. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an interim report on the demonstration program to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than December 1, 2001. The interim report shall contain, at a minimum, for each site of the demonstration program the following: (A) A baseline assessment of the lost workday injury rate. (B) A comparison of the lost workday injury rate for fiscal year 2000 with the lost workday injury rate for fiscal year 1999. (C) The direct and indirect costs associated with all lost workday injuries.

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