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 320 Catalog distribution.

Procurement o f supplies.

Required ports.

G S A and De • f e n s e coordination.

PUBLIC LAW 4 3 6 - J U L Y 1, 1952

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SEC. 6. When portions of the single supply catalog provided for herein are complete and ready for use they shall be distributed by the Agency and all existing catalogs shall be replaced according to schedules established by the Director. Thereafter all departments, bureaus, and services within the Department of Defense shall use such single supply catalog and no other. All property reports and records shall use the nomenclature, item numbers, and descriptive data as published in the single supply catalog. SEC. 7. Following the publication and promulgation of the single supply catalog or portions thereof as provided herein only those items of supply listed therein shall thereafter be procured for repetitive use in the departments, bureaus, and services of the Department of Defense: Provided, however, That items so cataloged may be changed from time to time to include new items and to delete obsolete items: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the military departments in the Department of Defense from acquiring new" items required to carry out their missions: And provided further, That such new items when and if acquired shall be immediately submitted to the Director of the Agency for inclusion in the cataloging and standardization program established in this Act. SEC. 8. The reports required by sections 9 and 10 of this Act may at the discretion of the Director be combined into one report. SEC. 9. The Director of the Agency shall transmit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 31 and July 31 of each year, progress reports on cataloging from each of the military departments within the Department of Defense for the previous six months between July 1 and December 31 and January 1 and June 30, respectively. These reports shall contain— (a) the number of single supply catalog sections or portions published and the titles; (b) the number of item identification numbers developed under the single catalog system which have replaced, for all supply purposes, former item identifications, stock or catalog numbers; (c) the reduction in the number of separate item identifications achieved; and (d) such other information as the Director considers will best inform _the Congress of the status and progress of the cataloging program herein established. SEC. 10. The Director of the Agency shall transmit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on January 31 and July 31 of each year, progress reports on standardization within the military departments in the Department of Defense for the previous six months between July 1 and December 31 and January 1 and June 30 respectively. The report shall contain— (a) the number of separate specifications which have been consolidated into single specifications for the use of all of the military departments, bureaus, and services; (b) the reduction achieved in the number of sizes, kinds, or types of generally similar items; (c) duplications eliminated in services, space, and facilities; and (d) such other information as the Director considers will best inform the Congress of the progress of the standardization program herein established. SEC. 11. The Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate the cataloging and standardization activities of the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense so as to avoid unnecessary duplication.

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