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 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1217 (4) Replacement of the UH-IN helicopters with UH-60 helicopters or another platform, and establishment of composite units combining active duty Air Force and Army National Guard personnel. (5) Such other options as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate. (c) FACTORS.—Factors to be considered in preparing the report under subsection (a) include the following: (1) Any implications of transferring the helicopter support missions on the command and control of, and responsibility for, missile field force protection. (2) Current and future operational requirements, and the capabilities of the UH-IN or UH-60 helicopter or other aircraft to meet such requirements. (3) Cost, with particular attention to opportunities to realize efficiencies over the long run. (4) Implications for personnel training and retention. (5) Evaluation of the assumptions used in the plan specified in subsection (b)(3). (d) CONSIDERATION.—In preparing the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consider carefully the views of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, the commander of the United States Strategic Command, and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. (e) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. —The report required by subsection Deadline, (a) shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2003. Subtitle E—Other Department of Defense Provisions SEC. 1041. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RECOMMENDATION ON NEED FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF PROPOSED FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE IMPACT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE. (a) RECOMMENDATION ON NEED FOR DEFENSE IMPACT REVIEW PROCESS. —The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President the Secretary's recommendation as to whether there should be established within the executive branch a defense impact review process. The Secretary shall submit a copy of such recommendation to Congress. (b) DEFENSE IMPACT REVIEW PROCESS. — (1) For purposes of this section, the term "defense impact review process" means a formal process within the executive branch— (A) to provide for review by the Department of Defense of certain proposed actions of other Federal departments and agencies to identify any reasonably foreseeable significant adverse impact of such a proposed action on national defense; and (B) when such a review indicates that a proposed agency action may have such an adverse impact— (i) to afford the Secretary of Defense a timely opportunity to make recommendations for means to eliminate or mitigate any such adverse impact; and

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