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107 STAT. 1762 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 the special knowledge, experience, and expertise of those personnel that enable them to carry out the activities referred to in that paragraph. (6) An assessment of the adequacy of the staffing in each of the categories specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (4). (7) Reconmiendations concerning measures, including any legislation necessary, to eliminate any identified staffing deficiencies and to improve interagency coordination with respect to implementing export controls on goods and technology related to nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. (8) All Department of Defense activities undertaken during fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 in fulfillment of the responsibilities of the Department of Defense under section 602(c) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (Public Law 96-280; 22 U.S.C. 3282(c)) with respect to nuclear weapons proliferation threats and the role of the department in addressing such threats. (c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. —The committees to which the report is to be submitted are— (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (d) FORM OF REPORT. —The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but may also be submitted in classified form if the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy consider it necessary to include classified information in order to satisfy fully the requirements of this section. SEC. 1155. REPORT ON FOOD SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION PRACTICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Defense Personnel Support Center, a component of the Defense Logistics Agency, purchases more than 90 percent of the food supplied to military end-users, including dining halls, hospitals, and other facilities that feed troops. (2) Semiperishable items, such as canned goods, are stored in four depots of the Defense Logistics Agency, and perishable items, including fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits, and meats, are stored in 21 contractor-operated Defense Subsistence Offices. (3) Private sector end-users, including independent restaurants, hospitals, and hotels, obtain food through direct delivery from commercial distributors of food. (4) In a comprehensive inventory reduction plan issued in May 1990, the Secretary of Defense concluded that there was no benefit to using the food supply system of the Department of Defense in circumstances in which the food requirements of the Department could be met through the use of commercial distributors of food. (5) In a report published in June 1993, the General Accounting Office determined that the Department of Defense could achieve substantial cost savings by expanding the use of commercial distributors of food and related commercial practices in the food supply system of the Department.