ENHANCEMENT OF CORROSION CONTROL AND PREVENTION FUNCTIONS WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 371. ENHANCEMENT OF CORROSION CONTROL AND PREVENTION FUNCTIONS WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.(a) Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight.—(1) In general.—Section 2228 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the section heading and subsection (a) and inserting the following:“§ 2228. Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight“(a) Office and Director.—(1) There is an Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.“(2) The Office shall be headed by a Director of Corrosion Policy and Oversight, who shall be assigned to such position by the Under Secretary from among civilian employees of the Department of Defense with the qualifications described in paragraph (3). The Director is responsible in the Department of Defense to the Secretary of Defense (after the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) for the prevention and mitigation of corrosion of the military equipment and infrastructure of the Department of Defense. The Director shall report directly to the Under Secretary.“(3) In order to qualify to be assigned to the position of Director, an individual shall—“(A) have management expertise in, and professional experience with, corrosion project and policy implementation, including an understanding of the effects of corrosion policies on infrastructure; research, development, test, and evaluation; and maintenance; and“(B) have an understanding of Department of Defense budget formulation and execution, policy formulation, and planning and program requirements.122 STAT. 80“(4) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the position of Director as a critical acquisition position under section 1733(b)(1)(C) of this title.” .(2) Conforming amendments.—Section 2228(b) of such title is amended—(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “official or organization designated under subsection (a)” and inserting “Director of Corrosion Policy and Oversight (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’)”; and(B) in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), by striking “designated official or organization” and inserting “Director”.(b) Additional Authority for Director of Office.—Section 2228 of such title is further amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (f), respectively; and(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:“(c) Additional Authorities for Director.—The Director is authorized to—“(1) develop, update, and coordinate corrosion training with the Defense Acquisition University;“(2) participate in the process within the Department of Defense for the development of relevant directives and instructions; and“(3) interact directly with the corrosion prevention industry, trade associations, other government corrosion prevention agencies, academic research and educational institutions, and scientific organizations engaged in corrosion prevention, including the National Academy of Sciences.”.(c) Inclusion of Cooperative Research Agreements as Part of Corrosion Reduction Strategy.—Subsection (d)(2)(D) of section 2228 of such title, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting after “operational strategies” the following: “, including through the establishment of memoranda of agreement, joint funding agreements, public-private partnerships, university research and education centers, and other cooperative research agreements”.(d) Report Requirement.—Section 2228 of such title is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (b)) the following new subsection:“(e) Report.—(1) For each budget for a fiscal year, beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit, with the defense budget materials, a report on the following:“(A) Funding requirements for the long-term strategy developed under subsection (d).“(B) The return on investment that would be achieved by implementing the strategy.“(C) The funds requested in the budget compared to the funding requirements.“(D) An explanation if the funding requirements are not fully funded in the budget.“(2) Within 60 days after submission of the budget for a fiscal year, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees—122 STAT. 81“(A) an analysis of the budget submission for corrosion control and prevention by the Department of Defense; and“(B) an analysis of the report required under paragraph (1).”.(e) Definitions.—Subsection (f) of section 2228 of such title, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:“(4) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31.“(5) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that fiscal year.”.(f) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 2228 and inserting the following new item: “2228. Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight.”.