PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2099 for the reporting of obligations for miscellaneous or unspecified contract services). "(4) The term 'authorized exemptions' means those exemptions authorized (as of the date of the enactment of this section) under Department of Defense Directive 4205.2, captioned 'Acquiring and Managing Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services (CAAS)' and issued by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology on February 10, 1992, such exemptions being set forth in Enclosure 3 to that directive (captioned 'CAAS Exemptions').". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2211 the following new item: "2212. Obligations for contract services: reporting in budget object classes.". (b) TRANSITION.—For the budget for fiscal year 2000, and the reporting of information to the Office of Management and Budget in connection with the preparation of that budget, section 2212 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be applied by substituting "30 percent" in subsection (a) for "15 percent". (c) INITIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERV- ICES. —Not later than February 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), shall conduct a review of Department of Defense services performed or expected to be performed as contract services during fiscal year 1999 in order to ensure that those services that are advisory and assistance services (as defined in accordance with subsection (b) of section 2212 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)) are in fact properly classified, in accordance with that subsection, in the advisory and assistance services object class (as defined in subsection (f)(2) of that section), (d) FISCAL YEAR 1999 REDUCTION.— The total amount that may be obligated by the Secretary of Defense for contracted advisory and assistance services from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 is the amount programmed for those services resulting from the review referred to in subsection (c) reduced by $240,000,000. SEC. 912. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL MANAGE- MENT IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the first biennial financial management improvement plan required by section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress an analysis of the plan. The analysis shall include a discussion of the content of the plan and the extent to which the plan— (1) complies with the requirements of such section 2222; and (2) is a workable plan for addressing the financial management problems of the Department of Defense. SEC. 913. STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS BY PRIVATE SECTOR SOURCES OR OTHER FEDERAL SOURCES. (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a study of the feasibility and advisability of selecting on a competitive basis the source or sources for performing the finance Applicability. 10 USC 2212 note. Deadline. Deadline.
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