PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 249 311 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 is approved."; or (B) "The policy on the performance of depot-level maintenance and repair for the Department of Defense that was submitted by the Secretary of Defense to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives pursuant to section 311 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 is approved with the following modifications:" (with the modifications being stated in matter appearing after the colon), (g) ANNUAL REPORT.—I f legislation referred to in subsection (f)(3) is enacted, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than March 1 of each year (beginning with the year after the year in which such legislation is enacted), submit to Congress a report that— (1) specifies depot maintenance core capability requirements determined in accordance with the procedures established to comply with the policy prescribed pursuant to subsections (d)(2) and (d)(3); (2) specifies the planned amount of workload to be accomplished by the depot-level activities of each military department in support of those requirements for the following fiscal year; and (3) identifies the planned amount of workload, which— (A) shall be measured by direct labor hours and by amounts to be expended; and (B) shall be shown separately for each commodity group. (h) REVIEW BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. —(1) The Secretary shall make available to the Comptroller General of the United States all information used by the Department of Defense in developing the policy under subsections (c) through (e) of this section. (2) Not later than 45 days after the date on which the Secretary Reports, submits to Congress the report required by subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall transmit to Congress a report containing a detailed analysis of the Secretary's proposed policy as reported under such subsection. (i) REPORT ON DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK- LOAD.— Not later than March 31, 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the depot-level maintenance and repair workload of the Department of Defense. The report shall, to the maximum extent practicable, include the following: (1) An analysis of the need for and effect of the requirement under section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, that no more than 40 percent of the depot-level maintenance and repair work of the Department of Defense be contracted for performance by non-Government personnel, including a description of the effect on military readiness and the national security resulting from that requirement and a description of any specific difficulties experienced by the Department of Defense as a result of that requirement. (2) An analysis of the distribution during the five fiscal years ending with fiscal year 1995 of the depot-level maintenance and repair workload of the Department of Defense between depot-level activities of the Department of Defense and non-Government personnel, measured by direct labor hours
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