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10 USC 2501 note.

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

(b) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR INCLUSION OF TECHNOLOGY AREA REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES WITH JWSTP.—Subsection (b) of such section is repealed. (c) REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATE REPORTS ON TECHNOLOGY AREA REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES.—Whenever the Secretary of Defense provides for the conduct of a study referred to as a Technology Area Review and Assessment, the Secretary shall, not later than March 1 of the year following the year in which that study is conducted, submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a summary of each such Technology Area Review and Assessment conducted during that year. SEC.

254.

REPORT ON INDUSTRY.

EFFICIENCY

OF

NAVAL

SHIPBUILDING

(a) ASSESSMENT OF EFFICIENCY OF NAVAL SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY.— (1) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct an assessment of the United States naval shipbuilding industry to determine how worldwide shipbuilding industry best practices for innovation, design, and production technologies, processes, and infrastructure could be adopted to improve efficiency in the following areas: (A) Program design, engineering, and production engineering. (B) Organization and operating systems. (C) Steelwork production. (D) Ship construction and outfitting. (2) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An identification of any best practice of the worldwide shipbuilding industry that the United States naval shipbuilding industry has not adopted, the adoption of which would lower construction costs. (B) The estimated cost of adopting any best practice identified under subparagraph (A) and any estimated return on an investment made by a shipyard to adopt such a best practice. (C) Any recommendation of the Secretary to increase the efficiency of the United States naval shipbuilding industry. (3) RELATION TO INDEPENDENT NAVY SHIP CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT.—The assessment under paragraph (1) shall occur subsequent to, and take into consideration the results of, the study of the cost effectiveness of the ship construction program of the Navy required by section 1014 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2041). (b) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2006, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the Secretary’s findings and conclusions based on the assessment under subsection (a). SEC. 255. TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION.

(a) CLARIFICATION OF DUTIES OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION COUNCIL.—Paragraph (2) of section 2359a(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(2) The duty of the Council shall be to support the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in

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