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 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 2487 (b) COVERED FUNDS. — Subsection (a) applies to funds made Applicability. available to the Department of Defense pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this title or title I or to the Department of Energy pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in title XXXI. Subtitle D—Improved Management of Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Facilities SEC. 231. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— (1) Subchapter I of chapter 8 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 196. Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center " (a) ESTABLISHMENT AS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FIELD ACTIVITY. — The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Department of Defense under section 191 of this title a Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Center*). The Secretary shall designate the Center as a Department of Defense Field Activity. "(b) DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.— (1) At the head of the Center shall be a Director, selected by the Secretary from among commissioned officers of the armed forces on active duty. The Director, while so serving, holds the grade of lieutenant general or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, vice admiral. "(2) There shall be a Deputy Director of the Center, selected by the Secretary from among senior civilian officers and employees of the Department of Defense who have substantial experience in the field of test and evaluation. The Deputy Director shall act for, and exercise the powers of, the Director when the Director is disabled or the position of Director is vacant. "(c) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.— The Director shall have the following duties: "(1) To review and provide oversight of proposed Department of Defense budgets and expenditures for— "(A) the test and evaluation facilities and resources of the Major Range and Test Facility Base of the Department of Defense; and "(B) all other test and evaluation facilities and resources within and outside of the Department of Defense. "(2) To complete and maintain the strategic plan required by subsection (d). "(3) To review proposed budgets under subsection (e) and submit reports and certifications required by such subsection. "(4) To administer the Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program and the program of the Department of Defense for test and evaluation science and technology. " (d) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST AND EVALUATION RESOURCES.—(1) Not less often than once every two fiscal years, the Director, in coordination with the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the heads of Defense Agencies with test and evaluation

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