AUTHORIZATION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEPOT MAINTENANCE WORKLOAD COMPETITION

SEC. 922. AUTHORIZATION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEPOT MAINTENANCE WORKLOAD COMPETITION (a) Pilot Program Authorized.— (1) Notwithstanding section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may conduct a depot maintenance workload competition pilot program during fiscal year 1991. (b) Elements of Program.— (1) The pilot program authorized by subsection (a) shall involve competition for a portion of the depot maintenance workload at one Army depot maintenance activity and one Air Force depot maintenance activity. (2) Any competition under such pilot program shall be open to such maintenance activities of the Department of Defense as the Secretary of Defense may designate. The Secretary may also include private contractors in such competition. (c) Report.— Not later than March 31, 1992, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report— (1) explaining the basis for selecting the installations and workload selected to participate in the pilot program authorized by subsection (a); (2) containing a detailed explanation of the results of such pilot program; and (3) comparing such results to the experience of one Navy depot maintenance activity that competed its workload during fiscal year 1991.