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[CITE: 10USC2502]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
 CHAPTER 148--NATIONAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, DEFENSE 
                  REINVESTMENT, AND DEFENSE CONVERSION
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--POLICIES AND PLANNING
 
Sec. 2502. National Defense Technology and Industrial Base 
        Council
        
    (a) Establishment.--There is a National Defense Technology and 
Industrial Base Council.
    (b) Composition.--The Council is composed of the following members:
        (1) The Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as chairman.
        (2) The Secretary of Energy.
        (3) The Secretary of Commerce.
        (4) The Secretary of Labor.
        (5) Such other officials as may be determined by the President.

    (c) Responsibilities.--The Council shall have the responsibility to 
ensure effective cooperation among departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government, and to provide advice and recommendations to the 
President, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the 
Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor, concerning--
        (1) the capabilities of the national technology and industrial 
    base to meet the national security objectives set forth in section 
    2501(a) of this title;
        (2) programs for achieving such national security objectives; 
    and
        (3) changes in acquisition policy that strengthen the national 
    technology and industrial base.

    (d) Alternative Performance of Responsibilities.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (c), the President may assign the responsibilities of the 
Council to another interagency organization of the executive branch that 
includes among its members the officials specified in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of subsection (b).

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLII, Sec. 4212(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2664; amended Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title XIII, 
Sec. 1312(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1786; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1070(a)(12), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2856; Pub. L. 104-
106, div. A, title X, Sec. 1081(b), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 452; Pub. 
L. 104-201, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 829(c)(2), formerly Sec. 829(c)(2), 
(3), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2613, renumbered Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1073(c)(7)(B), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904; Pub. L. 105-
85, div. A, title X, Sec. 1073(c)(7)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2502, added Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title VIII, 
Sec. 821(b)(1)(B), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2015, related to defense 
industrial base policies, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-484, 
Sec. 4202(a).
    Another prior section 2502 was renumbered section 2534 of this 
title.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 1073(c)(7)(A), made 
technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 104-201, 
Sec. 829(c)(2). See 1996 Amendment note below.
    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 829(c)(2), formerly 
Sec. 829(c)(2), (3), as renumbered and amended by Pub. L. 105-85, 
substituted ``the responsibility to ensure effective cooperation'' for 
``the following responsibilities:'', struck out ``(1) To ensure the 
effective cooperation'' before ``among departments'', struck out par. 
(2), redesignated subpars. (A), (B), and (C) as pars. (1), (2), and (3), 
respectively, and adjusted margins of such pars. Prior to repeal, par. 
(2) read as follows: ``To prepare the periodic assessment and the 
periodic plan required by sections 2505 and 2506 of this title, 
respectively.''
    Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1081(b)(1), added subpar. 
(B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: ``programs 
for achieving, during a period of reduction in defense expenditures, the 
defense reinvestment, diversification, and conversion objectives set 
forth in section 2501(b) of this title; and''.
    Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1081(b)(2), (3), 
redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read 
as follows: ``To provide overall policy guidance to ensure effective 
implementation by agencies of the Federal Government of defense 
reinvestment and conversion activities during a period of reduction in 
defense expenditures.''
    1994--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``executive'' for 
``Executive''.
    1993--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-160 added subsec. (d).


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Section 1073(c) of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that the amendment made 
by that section is effective as of Sept. 23, 1996, and as if included in 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, Pub. L. 
104-201, as enacted.
