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124 STAT. 4282 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b)(3) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the Director of Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘advisors to the Council under subsection (d)’’. (d) RECOGNITION OF PERMANENT NATURE OF COUNCIL.—Sub- section (a) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall establish’’ and inserting ‘‘There is’’. SEC. 842. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON ACQUISITION AND PERFORMANCE OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND SERV- ICES. (a) FINDING.—Congress finds the following: (1) Executive Order No. 13514, dated October 5, 2009, requires the departments and agencies of the Federal Govern- ment to establish an integrated strategy towards the procure- ment of sustainable products and services. (2) The Department of Defense Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan, issued in August 2010, provides a framework for the Department’s compliance with Executive Order No. 13514 and other applicable sustainability requirements. (b) REPORT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the achievement by the Department of Defense of the objectives and goals on the procurement of sustainable products and services established by section 2(h) of Executive Order No. 13514. (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A description of the actions taken, and to be taken, by the Department to identify particular sustainable prod- ucts and services that contribute to the achievement of the objectives and goals described in paragraph (1). (B) An assessment of the tools available to the Depart- ment to promote the use of particular sustainable products and services identified pursuant to the actions described in subparagraph (A) across the Department, and a descrip- tion of the actions taken, and to be taken, by the Depart- ment to use such tools. (C) A description of strategies and tools identified by the Department that could assist the other departments and agencies of the Federal Government in procuring sustainable products and services, including a description of mechanisms for sharing best practices in such procure- ment, as identified by the Department, among the other departments and agencies of the Federal Government. (D) An assessment of the progress the Department has made toward the achievement of the objectives and goals described in paragraph (1), including the scorecard identified in its Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. SEC. 843. ASSESSMENT AND PLAN FOR CRITICAL RARE EARTH MATE- RIALS IN DEFENSE APPLICATIONS. (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 10 USC 181.