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[CITE: 10USC2709]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                 CHAPTER 160--ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
 
Sec. 2709. Investment control process for environmental 
        technologies
        
    (a) Investment Control Process.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that the technology planning process developed to implement 
section 2501 of this title and section 270(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 
2469) provides for an investment control process for the selection, 
prioritization, management, and evaluation of environmental technologies 
by the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the Defense 
Agencies.
    (b) Planning and Evaluation.--The environmental technology 
investment control process required by subsection (a) shall provide, at 
a minimum, for the following:
        (1) The active participation by end-users of environmental 
    technology, including the officials responsible for the 
    environmental security programs of the Department of Defense and the 
    military departments, in the selection and prioritization of 
    environmental technologies.
        (2) The development of measurable performance goals and 
    objectives for the management and development of environmental 
    technologies and specific mechanisms for assuring the achievement of 
    the goals and objectives.
        (3) Annual performance reviews to determine whether the goals 
    and objectives have been achieved and to take appropriate action in 
    the event that they are not achieved.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title III, Sec. 323(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 562.)

                       References in Text

    Section 270(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2469), referred to in subsec. 
(a), is set out as a note under section 2501 of this title.


                Purposes of Section 323 of Pub. L. 106-65

    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title III, Sec. 323(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 562, provided that: ``The purposes of this section [enacting this 
section, amending section 2706 of this title, and enacting provisions 
set out as a note under section 2706 of this title] are--
        ``(1) to hold the Department of Defense and the military 
    departments accountable for achieving performance-based results in 
    the management of environmental technology by providing a connection 
    between program direction and the achievement of specific 
    performance-based results;
        ``(2) to assure the identification of end-user requirements for 
    environmental technology within the military departments;
        ``(3) to assure results, quality of effort, and appropriate 
    levels of service and support for end-users of environmental 
    technology within the military departments; and
        ``(4) to promote improvement in the performance of environmental 
    technologies by establishing objectives for environmental technology 
    programs, measuring performance against such objectives, and making 
    public reports on the progress made in such performance.''
