118 STAT. 1839 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 method for exploring and collaborating on innovation in ship building and ship repair that collectively benefits all compo nents of the industry. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress— (1) that Congress— (A) strongly supports the innovative Advanced Ship building Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program as an enterprise between the Navy and industry that has yielded new processes and techniques that reduce the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States; and (B) is concerned that the future years defense program of the Department of Defense that was submitted to Con gress for fiscal year 2005 does not reflect any funding for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise after fiscal year 2005; and (2) that the Secretary of Defense should continue to provide in the future years defense program for funding the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise at a sustaining level in order to support additional research to further reduce the cost of designing, building, and repairing ships. TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. Sec. 302. Working capital funds. Sec. 303. Other Department of Defense programs. Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions Sec. 311. Satisfaction of Superfund audit requirements by Inspector General of the Department of Defense. Sec. 312. Reimbursement of Environmental Protection Agency for certain costs in connection with Moses Lake Wellfield Superfund Site, Moses Lake, Washington. Sec. 313. Increase in authorized amount of environmental remediation, Front Royal, Virginia. Sec. 314. Small boat harbor, Unalaska, Alaska. Sec. 315. Report regarding encroachment issues affecting Utah Test and Training Range, Utah. Sec. 316. Comptroller General study and report on alternative technologies to de contaminate groundwater at Department of Defense installations. Sec. 317. Comptroller General study and report on drinking water contamination and related health effects at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Sec. 318. Sense of Congress regarding perchlorate contamination of ground and surface water from Department of Defense activities. Subtitle C—Workplace and Depot Issues Sec. 321. Simplification of annual reporting requirements concerning funds ex pended for depot maintenance and repair workloads. Sec. 322. Repeal of annual reporting requirement concerning management of depot employees. Sec. 323. Extension of special treatment for certain expenditures incurred in oper ation of Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence. Sec. 324. Temporary authority for contractor performance of security guard func tions. Sec. 325. Pilot program for purchase of certain municipal services for Army instal lations. Sec. 326. Bid protests by Federal employees in actions under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76. Sec. 327. Limitations on conversion of work performed by Department of Defense civilian employees to contractor performance.
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