ENHANCEMENT OF DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER WITH RESPECT TO THE MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITY BASE.

SEC. 251. ENHANCEMENT OF DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTER WITH RESPECT TO THE MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITY BASE.(a) Authority To Review Proposals for Significant Changes.—Section 196(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;(3) by inserting “(1)” before “The Director”;(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), as so redesignated, as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively; and123 STAT. 2242(5) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph (B):“(B) To review proposed significant changes to the test and evaluation facilities and resources of the Major Range and Test Facility Base before they are implemented by the Secretaries of the military departments or the heads of the Defense Agencies with test and evaluation responsibilities and advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the impact of such changes on the adequacy of such test and evaluation facilities and resources to meet the test and evaluation requirements of the Department.”.(b) Access to Records and Data.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) The Director shall have access to such records and data of the Department of Defense (including the appropriate records and data of each military department and Defense Agency) that are necessary in order to carry out the duties of the Director under this section.”.