DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND INVESTMENT CONTROL PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES.

SEC. 323. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND INVESTMENT CONTROL PROCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES. (a) Purposes.—The purposes of this section are— (1) to hold the Department of Defense and the military departments accountable for achieving performance-based results in the management of environmental technology by providing a connection between program direction and the achievement of specific performance-based results; (2) to assure the identification of end-user requirements for environmental technology within the military departments; (3) to assure results, quality of effort, and appropriate levels of service and support for end-users of environmental technology within the military departments; and (4) to promote improvement in the performance of environmental technologies by establishing objectives for environmental technology programs, measuring performance against such objectives, and making public reports on the progress made in such performance. (b) Investment Control Process.—(1) Chapter 160 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2709. Investment control process for environmental technologies “(a) Investment Control Process.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the technology planning process developed to implement section 2501 of this title and section 270(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2469) provides for an investment control process for the selection, prioritization, management, and evaluation of environmental technologies by the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the Defense Agencies. “(b) Planning and Evaluation.—The environmental technology investment control process required by subsection (a) shall provide, at a minimum, for the following: “(1) The active participation by end-users of environmental technology, including the officials responsible for the environmental security programs of the Department of Defense and the military departments, in the selection and prioritization of environmental technologies. “(2) The development of measurable performance goals and objectives for the management and development of environmental technologies and specific mechanisms for assuring the achievement of the goals and objectives.113 STAT. 563 “(3) Annual performance reviews to determine whether the goals and objectives have been achieved and to take appropriate action in the event that they are not achieved.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “2709. Investment control process for environmental technologies.”. (c) Annual Report.—(1) Section 2706 of such title, as amended by 322(b), is further amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: “(d) Report on Environmental Technology Program.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each year, not later than 45 days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year, a report on the progress made by the Department of Defense in achieving the objectives and goals of its environmental technology program during the preceding fiscal year and an overall trend analysis for the program covering the previous four fiscal years. “(2) Each such report shall include, with respect to each project under the environmental technology program of the Department of Defense, the following: “(A) The performance objectives established for the project for the fiscal year and an assessment of the performance achieved with respect to the project in light of performance indicators for the project. “(B) A description of the extent to which the project met the performance objectives established for the project for the fiscal year. “(C) If a project did not meet the performance objectives for the project for the fiscal year— “(i) an explanation for the failure of the project to meet the performance objectives; and “(ii) a modified schedule for meeting the performance objectives or, if a performance objective is determined to be impracticable or infeasible to meet, a statement of alternative actions to be taken with respect to the project.”. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall include in the first report submitted under section 2706(d) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this subsection, a description of the steps taken by the Secretary to ensure that the environmental technology investment control process for the Department of Defense satisfies the requirements of section 2709 of such title, as added by subsection (b).