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 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1101 (3) Recommended goals for attendance at the Joint Forces Staff College en route to a first joint duty assignment. (4) An assessment of the continuing utility of statutory requirements for use of officers following joint professional military education, as prescribed by section 662(d) of title 10, United States Code. (5) Determination of whether joint professional military education programs should remain principally an in-resident, multi-service experience and what role non-resident or distributive learning can or should play in future joint professional military education programs. (6) Examination of options for the length of and increased capacity at Joint Forces Staff College, and whether other inresident joint professional military education sources should be opened, and if opened, how they might be properly accredited and overseen to provide instruction at the level of the program designated as "joint professional military education". (d) CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. —With respect to the roles of the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the entity conducting the independent study shall— (1) provide for an evaluation of the current roles of the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and joint staff in law, policy, and implementation with regard to establishing and maintaining oversight of joint officer management, career guidelines, and joint professional military education; and (2) make recommendations to improve and strengthen those roles. (e) REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDY ENTITY.— In providing for the independent study required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the entity conducting the study— (1) is not a Department of Defense organization; and (2) shall, at a minimum, involve in the study, in an integral way, the following persons: (A) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and available former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (B) Members and former members of the Joint Staff, the Armed Forces, the Congress, and congressional staff who are or who have been significantly involved in the development, implementation, or modification of joint officer management and joint professional military education. (C) Experts in joint officer management and education from civilian academic and research centers. SEC. 527. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION. (a) EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR FUNDING.—(1) Effective beginning Effective date, with fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall be the executive ^^^USC 2162 agent for funding professional development education operations of all components of the National Defense University, including the Joint Forces Staff College. The Secretary may not delegate the Secretary's functions and responsibilities under the preceding sentence to the Secretary of a military department. (2) Nothing in this subsection affects policies in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to— note.

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