118 STAT. 2037 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (C) identify the Secretary’s preferred approach among the alternatives identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) and pro vide the Secretary’s rationale for preferring that approach. (3) In identifying alternative approaches pursuant to paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary shall examine— (A) approaches used by other Federal departments and agencies; and (B) the feasibility of using private economic forecasting. (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW AND REPORT.—The Comp troller General shall review the report under subsection (a), including the basis for the Secretary’s conclusions stated in the report, and shall submit, not later than January 15, 2005, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report con taining the results of that review. SEC. 1007. FISCAL YEAR 2004 TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Section 1001(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1582) is amended by striking ‘‘$2,500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,800,000,000’’. SEC. 1008. CLARIFICATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2004 FUNDING LEVEL FOR A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH NOLOGY ACCOUNT. For the purposes of applying sections 204 and 605 of the Depart ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (division B of Public Law 108– 199) to matters in title II of such Act under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY’’ (118 Stat. 69), in the account under the heading ‘‘INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES’’, the Secretary of Commerce shall make all determinations based on the Industrial Technology Services funding level of $218,782,000 for reprogramming and transferring of funds for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and may submit such a reprogram ming or transfer, as the case may be, to the appropriate committees within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 1009. NOTIFICATION OF FUND TRANSFERS FROM WORKING CAP ITAL FUNDS. Section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(r) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFERS.—(1) Notwithstanding any authority provided in this section to transfer funds, the transfer of funds from a working capital fund, including a transfer to another working capital fund, shall not be made under such authority unless the Secretary of Defense submits, in advance, a notification of the proposed transfer to the congressional defense committees in accordance with customary procedures. ‘‘(2) The amount of a transfer covered by a notification under paragraph (1) that is made in a fiscal year does not count toward any limitation on the total amount of transfers that may be made for that fiscal year under authority provided to the Secretary of Defense in a law authorizing appropriations for a fiscal year for military activities of the Department of Defense or a law making appropriations for the Department of Defense.’’.
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