DEFENSE SUPPLY MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND MODERNIZATION PLAN

SEC. 341. DEFENSE SUPPLY MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND MODERNIZATION PLAN (a) Defense Inventory Security and Control Enhancement Study.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a study to determine the effectiveness of Department of Defense procedures for ensuring security and control of supplies at Department of Defense depots. (2)(A) Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study. The Secretary may submit the report in both classified and unclassified forms if the Secretary considers it necessary to do so in the interest of national security. (B) The Secretary of Defense, at the same time as the Secretary submits the report to Congress under subparagraph (A), shall transmit a copy of the report to the Comptroller General of the United States. (3) The Comptroller General shall— (A) review the report transmitted by the Secretary of Defense under paragraph (2)(B); and (B) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, within 90 days after the date on which the Comptroller General receives such report, 102 STAT. 1959any findings and recommendations on procedures for ensuring the security and control of supplies at Department of Defense depots that the Comptroller General considers appropriate. (b) Analysis of Sales of Surplus Munitions.—The Secretary of Defense shall— (1) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the practice of selling surplus Department of Defense munitions to the public and to licensed dealers; and (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report containing a description and discussion of each such practice. (c) Supply Traceability Enhancement.—The Secretary of Defense shall— (1) develop improved methods for the identification of and accounting for individual items of ammunition, explosives, and other Department of Defense supplies that are susceptible to pilferage; and (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report containing a description and discussion of each such method. (d) Supply System Modernization Plan.—The Secretary of Defense shall— (1) prepare a plan for the modernization of the supply facilities and supply distribution procedures of each of the military department and Defense Agencies of the Department of Defense; and (2) not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, transmit a copy of such plan to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.