DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, REINVESTMENT, AND CONVERSION PLANNING.

SEC. 1313. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, REINVESTMENT, AND CONVERSION PLANNING. (a) Abolishment of Defense Economic Adjustment Center.—(1) Section 2504 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 148 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to section 2504. (b) National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council.—Section 2502 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Alternative Performance of Responsibilities.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), the President may assign the responsibilities of the Council to another interagency organization of the Executive branch that includes among its members the officials specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b).”.