Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/1966

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118 STAT. 1936 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (B) by striking ‘‘National Guard Challenge Program’’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘Program’’; (2) by striking ‘‘National Guard Challenge Program’’ each place it appears in subsections (b) through (k) and subsection (m) and inserting ‘‘Program’’; (3) by striking ‘‘program’’ each place it appears in sub sections (b), (g), (i)(2)(A), (j), (k), and (m) and inserting ‘‘Pro gram’’; and (4) in subsection (l), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3) The term ‘Program’ means the National Guard Youth Challenge Program carried out pursuant to this section.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 509. National Guard Youth Challenge Program of opportunities for civilian youth’’. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 509 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘509. National Guard Youth Challenge Program of opportunities for civilian youth.’’. SEC. 595. REPORTS ON CERTAIN MILESTONES RELATING TO DEPART MENT OF DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION. (a) MILITARY TO CIVILIAN CONVERSIONS.—Not later than January 31, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report pro viding information as to the number of positions in the Department of Defense that were converted during fiscal year 2004 from performance by military personnel to performance by civilian per sonnel of the Department of Defense or contractor personnel. The report shall include the following: (1) A description of the skill sets of the military positions converted. (2) Specification of the total cost of the conversions and how that cost is being met. (3) The number of positions in the Department of Defense projected for such conversion during the period from March 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006. (b) MILITARY TO MILITARY CONVERSIONS.—Not later than March 31 of each of 2005, 2006, and 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa tives a report on— (1) the number of units, by type, converted from one pri mary military capability to another during the previous fiscal year and, for each such unit, what the new unit designation and new military capabilities are; (2) the number of military personnel, by military skill, who have converted during the previous fiscal year from one primary military skill to another, with a listing of the military skills to which the individuals converted; (3) a description of the military unit and military personnel conversions planned for the upcoming fiscal year; and (4) a statement of whether the overall unit and military personnel conversions planned for the previous fiscal year were