REPORT ON THE COMMAND SELECTION PROCESS FOR DISTRICT ENGINEERS OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

SEC. 508. REPORT ON THE COMMAND SELECTION PROCESS FOR DISTRICT ENGINEERS OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Not later than March 31, 1998, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a report on the command selection process for officers serving as District Engineers of the Corps of Engineers. The report shall include the following: (1) An identification of each major Corps of Engineers project that— (A) is being carried out by each District Engineer as of the date of the report; or (B) is being planned by each District Engineer to be carried out during the five-year period beginning on the date of the report. (2) The expected start and completion dates, during that period, for each major phase of each project identified under paragraph (1). (3) The expected dates for changes in the District Engineer in each Corps of Engineers District during that period. (4) A plan for optimizing the timing of changes in the District Engineer in each such District so that there is minimal disruption to major phases of major Corps of Engineers projects. (5) A review of the effect on the Corps of Engineers, and on the mission of each District of the Corps of Engineers, of allowing major command tours of District Engineers to be of two-to-four years in duration, with the selection of the exact timing of the change of command to be at the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, who shall act with the goal of optimizing 111 STAT. 1728the timing of each change so that it has minimal disruption on the mission of the District Engineer.