STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

SEC. 238. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.(a) In General.—Section 2521 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(e) Five-Year Strategic Plan.—(1) The Secretary shall develop a plan for the program that includes the following:“(A) The overall manufacturing technology goals, milestones, priorities, and investment strategy for the program.“(B) The objectives of, and funding for, the program for each military department and each Defense Agency that shall participate in the program during the period of the plan.“(2) The Secretary shall include in the plan mechanisms for assessing the effectiveness of the program under the plan.“(3) The Secretary shall update the plan on a biennial basis.“(4) Each plan, and each update to the plan, shall cover a period of five fiscal years.”.(b) Initial Development and Submission of Plan.—(1) Development.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop the strategic plan required by subsection (e) of section 2521 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), so that the plan goes into effect at the beginning of fiscal year 2009.(2) Submission.—Not later than the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2010 is submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the plan specified in paragraph (1).