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PUBLIC LAW 108–87—SEPT. 30, 2003

Corps, and related personnel requirements, for the 10-year period beginning on the date of the report. SEC. 8142. The Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Chief of Air Force Reserve, shall study the mission of the 932nd Airlift Wing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and evaluate whether it would be appropriate to substitute for that mission a mixed mission of transporting patients, passengers, and cargo that would increase the airlift capability of the Air Force while continuing the use and training of aeromedical evacuation personnel. The Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the study and evaluation to the congressional defense committees not later than January 16, 2004. SEC. 8143. REPORTS ON SAFETY ISSUES DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS. (a) REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall by March 31, 2004, examine and report back to the congressional defense committees on— (1) how to implement a system for tracking safety-critical parts so that parts discovered to be defective, including due to faulty or fraudulent work by a contractor or subcontractor, can be identified and found; (2) appropriate standards and procedures to ensure timely notification of contracting agencies and contractors about safety issues including parts that may be defective, and whether the Government Industry Data Exchange Program should be made mandatory; (3) efforts to find and test airplane parts that have been heat treated by companies alleged to have done so improperly; and (4) whether contracting agencies and contractors have been notified about alleged improper heat treatment of airplane parts. (b) REPORT FROM THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller General shall examine and report back to the congressional defense committees on— (1) the oversight of subcontractors by prime contractors, and testing and quality assurance of the work of the subcontractors; and (2) the oversight of prime contractors by the Department, the accountability of prime contractors for overseeing subcontractors, and the use of enforcement mechanisms by the Department. SEC. 8144. Section 8149(b) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248; 116 Stat. 1572) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3) This subsection shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2004.’’. SEC. 8145. (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer by gift under section 7306 of title 10, United States Code, the Sturgeon Class submarine NARWHAL (SSN–671) to the National Submarine Science Discovery Center, Newport, Kentucky, upon receipt of an application for donation of such vessel to the Center that is satisfactory to the Secretary. (b) Before transferring the submarine as required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall remove the nuclear reactor compartment and the other classified or otherwise sensitive military equipment of the submarine. (c) Subsection (c) of section 7306 of title 10, United States Code, does not apply to the cost of carrying out subsection (b)

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