MODIFICATIONS TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 203. MODIFICATIONS TO STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) Council Membership.— Section 2902(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “thirteen” and inserting in lieu thereof “12”; (2) by striking out paragraph (3); (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and (4) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by striking out “;, who shall be nonvoting members”. (b) Annual Report.— (1) Section 2902 of such title is amended in subsection (d)— (A) by striking out paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(3) To prepare an annual report that contains the following: “(A) A description of activities of the strategic environmental research and development program carried out during the fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the report is prepared. “(B) A general outline of the activities planned for the program during the fiscal year in which the report is prepared. “(C) A summary of projects continued from the fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the report is prepared and projects expected to be started during the fiscal year in which the report is prepared and during the following fiscal year.”; and (B) in paragraph (4), by striking out “Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology” and inserting in lieu thereof “National Science and Technology Council”. (2) Section 2902 of such title is further amended— (A) by striking out subsections (f) and (h); (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and (C) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 110 STAT. 218 “(g) (1) Not later than February 1 of each year, the Council shall submit to the Secretary of Defense the annual report prepared pursuant to subsection (d)(3). “(2) Not later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit such annual report to Congress, along with such comments as the Secretary considers appropriate.”. (3) The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to the annual report prepared during fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter. (c) Policies and Procedures.— Section 2902(e) of such title is amended in paragraph (3) by striking out “programs, particularly” and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof “programs;”. (d) Competitive Procedures.— Section 2903(c) of such title is amended— (1) by striking out “or” after “contracts” and inserting in lieu thereof “using competitive procedures. The Executive Director may enter into”; and (2) by striking out “law, except that” and inserting in lieu thereof “law. In either case,”. (e) Continuation of Expiring Authority.— (1) Section 2903(d) of such title is amended in paragraph (2) by striking out the last sentence. (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as of September 29, 1995.