12 2 STA T .80PUBLIC LA W 110 – 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (4)TheS e cr e ta r yofD efe ns e sha l l d es ig nate the p osition of Director as a critical ac qu isition position under section 173 3( b )(1)( C ) of this title .’ ’. ( 2 )C ONF O RMI N GA M E N D MEN TS . — Section 222 8 (b) of such title is a m ended— ( A ) in paragraph (1) , by stri k ing ‘‘official or organi z a - tion designated under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of Corrosion P olicy and Ov ersight (in this section referred to as the ‘Director’)’’
and ( B ) in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and ( 5 ), by striking ‘‘designated official or organization’’ and inserting ‘‘Director’’. (b) ADDITIONA L A U T H ORIT Y FOR DIRE C TOR OF OFFICE.—Section 2228 of such title is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (f), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follo w ing new sub- section
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR DIRECTOR.—The Director is authorized to— ‘‘(1) develop, update, and coordinate corrosion training with the Defense Acquisition U niversity; ‘‘(2) participate in the process within the Department of Defense for the development of relevant directives and instruc- tions; and ‘‘(3) interact directly with the corrosion prevention industry, trade associations, other government corrosion prevention agen- cies, academic research and educational institutions, and sci- entific organizations engaged in corrosion prevention, including the N ational Academy of Sciences.’’. (c) I NCLUSION OF COO P ERATI V E R ESEARCH AGREEMENTS AS PART OF CORROSION REDUCTION STRATEGY.—Subsection (d)(2)(D) of sec- tion 2228 of such title, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting after ‘‘operational strategies’’ the following: ‘‘, including through the establishment of memoranda of agreement, j oint funding agreements, public-private partnerships, university research and education centers, and other cooperative research agreements’’. (d) REPORT RE Q UIREMENT.—Section 2228 of such title is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) (as redesignated by sub- section (b)) the following new subsection: ‘‘(e) REPORT.—(1) F or each budget for a fiscal year, beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2 0 0 9 , the Secretary of Defense shall submit, with the defense budget materials, a report on the following: ‘‘(A) Funding requirements for the long-term strategy devel- oped under subsection (d). ‘‘(B) The return on investment that would be achieved by implementing the strategy. ‘‘(C) The funds requested in the budget compared to the funding requirements. ‘‘(D) An e x planation if the funding requirements are not fully funded in the budget. ‘‘(2) W ithin 6 0 days after submission of the budget for a fiscal year, the Comptroller G eneral shall provide to the congressional defense committees—
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