DIRECT VENDOR DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CONSUMABLE INVENTORY ITEMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 352. DIRECT VENDOR DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CONSUMABLE INVENTORY ITEMS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Implementation of Direct Vendor Delivery System — Not later than September 30, 1997, the Secretary of Defense shall, to the maximum extent practicable, implement a system under which consumable inventory items referred to in subsection (b) are delivered to military installations throughout the United States directly by the vendors of those items. The purpose for implementing the system is to reduce the expense and necessity of maintaining extensive warehouses for those items within the Department of Defense. (b) Covered Items.— The items referred to in subsection (a) are the following: 110 STAT. 267 (1) Food and clothing. (2) Medical and pharmaceutical supplies. (3) Automotive, electrical, fuel, and construction supplies. (4) Other consumable inventory items the Secretary considers appropriate.