REPORT ON RECURRING PROVISIONS OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT

SEC 1624. REPORT ON RECURRING PROVISIONS OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT (a) Report.—Not later than April 1, 1990, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the defense committees of Congress a report on recurring provisions of law enacted in the General Provisions title of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990. (b) Matters To Be Included.—With respect to each provision covered by the report, the report shall indicate the following: (1) When the provision (or a substantially similar provision) was first included in an annual Department of Defense Appropriations Act. (2) The original policy reason (as nearly as the Secretary can determine) for the inclusion of such a provision. (3) The Secretary’s assessment as to whether that reason still pertains and whether there are additional policy reasons for the 103 STAT. 1607continuing inclusion of the provision in annual Acts making appropriations for the Department of Defense. (4) The Secretary’s recommendation as to whether the policy of that provision should continue to be provided by law and, if the recommendation is that the policy should not continue to be provided by law, a detailed statement of the reasons for such recommendation. (5) In the case of each provision which the Secretary recommends under paragraph (4) should continue to be provided by law, the recommendation of the Secretary as to whether such provision should continue to be included in annual Acts making appropriations for the Department of Defense or whether it would be desirable for Congress to enact such provision as permanent law and, if the recommendation is that the policy should not be enacted as permanent law, a detailed statement of the reasons for such recommendation. (c) Draft of Proposed Legislation.—The report shall include a draft of proposed legislation for the codification into title 10, United States Code, or other appropriate statutes of those provisions covered by the report which the Secretary recommends (under subsection (b)(5)) would be desirable for Congress to enact as permanent law. (d) Update of Earlier Report.—The report shall be an update of the report submitted by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense pursuant to section 1267 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 (Public Law 98–94; 97 Stat. 705). (e) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term “defense committees of Congress” means the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. (2) The term “recurring provision” means a provision of an appropriatons Act which (1) is not permanent law, and (2) has been enacted in substantially the same form in previous Acts making appropriations for the same purpose.