STANDARDIZATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF MILITARY EXCHANGES.

SEC. 361. STANDARDIZATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF MILITARY EXCHANGES. (a) Standardization of Exchanges.—The Secretary of Defense shall standardize among the military departments the following programs and activities of the military exchanges of the military departments: (1) Accounting (including account titles and item descriptions). (2) Financial reporting formats. (3) Automatic data processing and telecommunications data in order to facilitate the transfer of information among military exchanges. (b) Time and Manner.—The standardization of programs and activities required by subsection (a) shall be completed not later than March 31, 1994, and shall be carried out in the most efficient manner practicable. (c) Report.—Not later than March 31, 1993, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report on other programs and activities of the military exchanges, if any, that the Secretary determines can be economically and efficiently managed through standardization or consolidation under a single nonappropriated fund instrumentality.