PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 2489 "(3) The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than March 31 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which such budgets are proposeid, submit to Congress a report on those proposed budgets which the Director has not certified under paragraph (2)(A) to be adequate. The report shall include the following matters: "(A) A discussion of the actions that the Secretary proposes to take, together with any recommended legislation that the Secretary considers appropriate, to address the inadequacy of the proposed budgets. "(B) Any additional comments that the Secretary considers appropriate regarding the inadequacy of the proposed budgets. "(f) SUPERVISION OF DIRECTOR BY UNDER SECRETARY. —The Director of the Center shall be subject to the supervision of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. The Director shall report directly to the Under Secretary, without the interposition of any other supervising official. "(g) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OF CENTER. — The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Director with administrative support adequate for carrying out the Director's responsibilities under this section. The Secretary shall provide the support out of the headquarters activities of the Department or any other activities that the Secretary considers appropriate. "(h) DEFINITION.— In this section, the term 'Major Range and Test Facility Base' means the test and evaluation facilities and resources that are designated by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation as facilities and resources comprising the Major Range and Test Facility Base.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "196. Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center.". (b) FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN. —The first strategic plan required to be completed under subsection (d)(1) of section 196 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be completed not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) ADMINISTRATION OF CTEIP AND DOD T&E S&T PROGRAMS.— The duty of the Director of the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center to administer the programs specified in subsection (c)(4) of section 196 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect, and such programs shall be placed under control of such Director, upon the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after the report on the first strategic plan referred to subsection (b) is transmitted to the congressional committees required by subsection (d)(4) of such section 196. SEC. 232. OBJECTIVE FOR INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING OF TEST AND EVALUATION FACILITIES. (a) FUNDING OBJECTIVE. —The Secretary of Defense shall establish the objective of ensuring that, by fiscal year 2006— (1) the institutional and overhead costs of a facility or resource of a military department or Defense Agency that is within the Major Range and Test Facility Base are fully funded through the major test and evaluation investment accounts of the military department or Defense Agency, the account of the Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program of Deadline. Reports. Deadline. 10 USC 196 note.
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