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 123STA T . 2 465PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 4 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9thes e rvic es and sacri f ices o fs u che mpl o y ees to and for the U nited S tates .( ii )I fle g islative action is considered advisa b le under clause (i) , a proposal for such action and an assessment of its costs. ( E ) T he opinions of the D irector of the C entral Intel - ligence A gency, if any, on any matters covered by the report that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency considers appropriate. ( 3 )A S S I S TANCEOF CO MP T R O L LER G ENERAL. — The Comp- troller G eneral of the United States shall, upon the re q uest of the Director of N ational Intelligence and in a manner con- sistent w ith the protection of classified information, assist the Director in the preparation of the report required by paragraph ( 1 ). ( 4 ) F ORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified anne x . SEC.1058 . R E PO R T O ND E F ENSE TR AV E L S IM PLIFICATION. (a) R EPORT RE QU IRE D .—Not later than 1 80 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and H ouse of Representatives a report setting forth a comprehensive plan to simplify Department of Defense travel procedures. (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following (1) A comprehensive discussion of aspects of the Depart- ment of Defense travel procedures that are most confusing, inefficient, and in need of revision. ( 2 ) A critical review of opportunities to streamline and simplify defense travel policies and to reduce travel-related costs to the Department of Defense. (3) A discussion of any actions to incorporate permanent duty travel that are being underta k en by the Secretary of Defense as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (4) A plan to gather data on the number of manual tem- porary duty vouchers processed by the Department of Defense. ( 5 ) O ptions to leverage industry capabilities and tech- nologies that could enhance management responsiveness to changing markets. ( 6 ) A discussion of pilot programs that the Secretary of Defense could carry out to demonstrate the merit of improve- ments identified pursuant to preparing the report required by this section, including a discussion of— (A) recommendations for legislative authority and ( B ) how the systems developed for purposes of such a pilot program would interact with the automated Defense Travel System in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ( 7 ) Such recommendations and an implementation plan for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate to improve defense travel. SEC. 105 9 . REPORT ON MODELIN G AND SIM U LATION TEC H NOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL B ASE. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, working