REVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES.

SEC. 268. REVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES. (a) Responsible Official.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate an official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to be responsible for conducting an annual review of program elements for proper categorization to the research and development categories of the Department of Defense designated as 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6. (b) Review Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a review of the general content of the research and development categories specified in subsection (a), including a review of the criteria for assigning programs to those categories. The review shall examine the assignment of current programs to those categories for the purpose of ensuring that those programs are correctly categorized and assigned program element numbers in accordance with existing Department of Defense policy. (c) Report.—The Secretary shall include with the budget justification materials for fiscal year 1995 submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the President’s budget for that year a report on the implementation of this section. The report— (1) shall specify the official designated under subsection (a); and (2) shall include a certification (or an explanation of why the Secretary cannot certify) that current research and development programs are correctly categorized as described in subsection (b). 107 STAT. 1613