REPORT CONCERNING APPROPRIATE FORUM FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL ACTIONS.

SEC. 551. REPORT CONCERNING APPROPRIATE FORUM FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL ACTIONS. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary of Defense shall establish an advisory committee to consider issues relating to the appropriate forum for judicial review of Department of Defense administrative personnel actions. (b) Membership.— (1) The committee shall be composed of five members, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense after consultation with the Attorney General and the Chief Justice of the United States. (2) All members of the committee shall be appointed not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Duties.— The committee shall review, and provide findings and recommendations regarding, the following matters with respect to judicial review of administrative personnel actions of the Department of Defense: 110 STAT. 319 (1) Whether the existing forum for such review through the United States district courts provides appropriate and adequate review of such actions. (2) Whether jurisdiction to conduct judicial review of such actions should be established in a single court in order to provide a centralized review of such actions and, if so, in which court that jurisdiction should be vested. (d) Report.— (1) Not later than December 15, 1996, the commitee shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report setting forth its findings and recommendations, including its recommendations pursuant to subsection (c). (2) Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Attorney General, shall transmit the committee’s report to Congress. The Secretary may include in the transmittal any comments on the report that the Secretary or the Attorney General consider appropriate. (e) Termination of Committee.— The committee shall terminate 30 days after the date of the submission of its report to Congress under subsection (d)(2).