REVISED REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SUBMISSION OF JOINT WARFIGHTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLAN.

SEC. 253. REVISED REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SUBMISSION OF JOINT WARFIGHTING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLAN.(a) Biennial Submittal.—Section 270 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended—(1) by striking “annual” in the section heading and inserting “biennial”; and(2) by striking “(a) Annual Plan Required.—On March 1 of each year” and inserting “Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year”.119 STAT. 3180(b) Repeal of Requirement for Inclusion of Technology Area Review and Assessment Summaries With JWSTP.—Subsection (b) of such section is repealed.(c) Requirement for Separate Reports on Technology Area Review and Assessment Summaries.—Whenever the Secretary of Defense provides for the conduct of a study referred to as a Technology Area Review and Assessment, the Secretary shall, not later than March 1 of the year following the year in which that study is conducted, submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a summary of each such Technology Area Review and Assessment conducted during that year.