PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 247 nance and repair requirements across the full range of peacetime and wartime scenarios. (5) Although it is possible that savings can be achieved by contracting with private-sector sources for the performance of some work currently performed by Department of Defense depots, the Department of Defense has not determined the type or amount of work that should be performed under contract with private-sector sources nor the relative costs and benefits of contracting for the performance of such work by those sources. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —It is the sense of Congress that there is a compelling need for the Department of Defense to articulate known and anticipated core maintenance and repair requirements, to organize the resources of the Department of Defense to meet those requirements economically and efficiently, and to determine what work should be performed by the private sector and how such work should be managed. (c) REQUIREMENT FOR POLICY.— Not later than March 31, 1996, Reports. the Secretary of Defense shall develop and report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a comprehensive policy on the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair for the Department of Defense that maintains the capability described in section 2464 of title 10, United States Code. (d) CONTENT OF POLICY.— In developing the policy, the Secretary of Defense shall do each of the following: (1) Identify for each military department, with the concurrence of the Secretary of that military department, those depotlevel maintenance and repair activities that are necessary to ensure the depot-level maintenance and repair capability as required by section 2464 of title 10, United States Code. (2) Provide for performance of core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities in facilities owned and operated by the United States. (3) Provide for the core capabilities to include sufficient skilled personnel, equipment, and facilities that— (A) is of the proper size (i) to ensure a ready and controlled source of technical competence and repair and maintenance capability necessary to meet the requirements of the National Military Strategy and other requirements for responding to mobilizations and military contingencies, and (ii) to provide for rapid augmentation in time of emergency; and (B) is assig;ned sufficient workload to ensure cost efficiency and technical proficiency in time of peace. (4) Address environmental liability. (5) In the case of depot-level maintenance and repair workloads in excess of the workload required to be performed by Department of Defense depots, provide for competition for those workloads between public and private entities when there is sufficient potential for realizing cost savings based on adequate private-sector competition and technical capabilities. (6) Address issues concerning exchange of technical data between the Federal Government and the private sector. (7) Provide for, in the Secretary's discretion and after consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the transfer from one military department to another, in accord-
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