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[CITE: 10USC191]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
 CHAPTER 8--DEFENSE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FIELD ACTIVITIES
 
           SUBCHAPTER I--COMMON SUPPLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 191. Secretary of Defense: authority to provide for common 
        performance of supply or service activities
        
    (a) Authority.--Whenever the Secretary of Defense determines such 
action would be more effective, economical, or efficient, the Secretary 
may provide for the performance of a supply or service activity that is 
common to more than one military department by a single agency of the 
Department of Defense.
    (b) Designation of Common Supply or Service Agency.--Any agency of 
the Department of Defense established under subsection (a) (or under the 
second sentence of section 125(d) of this title (as in effect before 
October 1, 1986)) for the performance of a supply or service activity 
referred to in such subsection shall be designated as a Defense Agency 
or a Department of Defense Field Activity.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title III, Sec. 301(a)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 
Stat. 1019; amended Pub. L. 100-26, Sec. 7(i)(1), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 
Stat. 282.)

                       References in Text

    Subsection (d) of section 125 of this title, referred to in subsec. 
(b), was repealed by section 301(b)(1) of Pub. L. 99-433.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 191 was renumbered section 202 of this title and 
subsequently repealed.


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-26 substituted ``October 1, 1986'' 
for ``the date of the enactment of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of 
Defense Reorganization Act of 1986''.


  Comptroller General Review of Operations of Defense Logistics Agency

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 917], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-232, provided that:
    ``(a) Comptroller General Review Required.--The Comptroller General 
shall review the operations of the Defense Logistics Agency--
        ``(1) to assess--
            ``(A) the efficiency of those operations;
            ``(B) the effectiveness of those operations in meeting 
        customer requirements; and
            ``(C) the flexibility of those operations to adopt best 
        business practices; and
        ``(2) to identify alternative approaches for improving the 
    operations of that agency.
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2002, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives one or more reports setting forth the 
Comptroller General's findings resulting from the review under 
subsection (a).''


Comptroller General Review of Operations of Defense Information Systems 
                                 Agency

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 918], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-232, provided that:
    ``(a) Comptroller General Review Required.--The Comptroller General 
shall review the operations of the Defense Information Systems Agency--
        ``(1) to assess--
            ``(A) the efficiency of those operations;
            ``(B) the effectiveness of those operations in meeting 
        customer requirements; and
            ``(C) the flexibility of those operations to adopt best 
        business practices; and
        ``(2) to identify alternative approaches for improving the 
    operations of that agency.
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2002, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives one or more reports setting forth the 
Comptroller General's findings resulting from the review under 
subsection (a).''


    Reassessment of Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field 
                               Activities

    Section 303 of Pub. L. 99-433 directed Secretary of Defense to 
conduct a study of functions and organizational structure of Defense 
Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities to determine the 
most effective, economical, or efficient means of providing supply or 
service activities common to more than one military department, with 
Secretary to submit a report to Congress not later than Oct. 1, 1987. 
The report was to include a study of improved application of computer 
systems to functions of Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field 
Activities, including a plan for rapid replacement, where necessary, of 
existing automated data processing equipment with new equipment, and 
plans to achieve reductions in total number of members of Armed Forces 
and civilian employees assigned or detailed to permanent duty in Defense 
Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities (other than National 
Security Agency) by 5 percent, 10 percent, and 15 percent of total 
number of such members and employees projected to be assigned or 
detailed to such duty on Sept. 30, 1988, together with a discussion of 
implications of each such reduction and a draft of any legislation that 
would be required to implement each such plan.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 101, 113, 192 of this title.
