MANAGEMENT OF DEPOT EMPLOYEES.

SEC. 312. MANAGEMENT OF DEPOT EMPLOYEES. (a) Depot Employees.— Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2472. Management of depot employees “(b) Annual Report.— Not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report on the number of employees employed and expected to be employed by the Department of Defense during that fiscal year to perform depot-level maintenance and repair of materiel. The report shall indicate whether that number is sufficient to perform the depot-level maintenance and repair functions for which funds are expected to be provided for that fiscal year for performance by Department of Defense employees.”. (b) Transfer of Subsection.— Subsection (b) of section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, is transferred to section 2472 of such title, as added by subsection (a), redesignated as subsection (a), and inserted after the section heading. (c) Submission of Initial Report.— The report under subsection (b) of section 2472 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), for fiscal year 1996 shall be submitted not later than March 15, 1996 (notwithstanding the date specified in such subsection). 110 STAT. 251 (d) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2472. Management of depot employees.”.