Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2370

 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2339

‘‘(E) The Secretary of the Navy. ‘‘(F) The Secretary of the Air Force. ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—In addition to other matters assigned to it by the Secretary of Defense, the Board shall— ‘‘(1) determine the need to provide a long term domestic supply of materials designated as critical to national security to ensure that national defense needs are met; ‘‘(2) analyze the risk associated with each material designated as critical to national security and the effect on national defense that the nonavailability of such material from a domestic source would have; ‘‘(3) recommend a strategy to the President to ensure the domestic availability of materials designated as critical to national security; ‘‘(4) recommend such other strategies to the President as the Board considers appropriate to strengthen the industrial base with respect to materials critical to national security; and ‘‘(5) publish not less frequently than once every two years in the Federal Register recommendations regarding materials critical to national security, including a list of specialty metals, if any, recommended for addition to, or removal from, the definition of ‘specialty metal’ for purposes of section 2533b of this title. ‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet as determined necessary by the Secretary of Defense but not less frequently than once every two years to make recommendations regarding materials critical to national security as described in subsection (b)(5). ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—After each meeting of the Board, the Board shall prepare and submit to Congress a report containing the results of the meeting and such recommendations as the Board determines appropriate.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

Federal Register, publication.

‘‘187. Strategic Materials Protection Board.’’.

(c) FIRST MEETING OF BOARD.—The first meeting of the Strategic Materials Protection Board, established by section 187 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) shall be not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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Subtitle E—Other Matters SEC. 851. REPORT ON FORMER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICIALS EMPLOYED BY CONTRACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 1, 2007, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the employment of former officials of the Department of Defense by major defense contractors during the most recent calendar year for which, in the judgment of the Comptroller General, data are reasonably available. The report shall assess the extent to which

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