 
           CHAPTER 25A--OVERSEAS DEFENSE DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION
 
Sec. 930. Study of defense dependents' education system


(a) Scope; conduct and report to Director by contractor

    (1) The Director may from time to time, but not more frequently than 
once a year, provide for a comprehensive study of the entire defense 
dependents' education system. Any such study shall include a detailed 
analysis of the education programs and the facilities of the system.
    (2) Any study under paragraph (1) shall be conducted by a contractor 
selected by the Director after an open competition. After conducting 
such study, the contractor shall submit a report to the Director 
describing the results of the study and giving its assessment of the 
defense dependents' education system.

(b) Consultation requirements respecting study specifications and 
        contractor selection

    In designing the specifications for any study to be conducted 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, and in selecting a 
contractor to conduct such study under subsection (a)(2) of this 
section, the Director shall consult with the Advisory Council on 
Dependents' Education established under section 929 of this title.

(c) Reporting requirements of Director

    The Director shall submit to the Congress any report submitted to 
him under subsection (a)(2) of this section describing the results of a 
study carried out pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, 
together with the recommendations, if any, of the contractor for 
legislation or any increase in funding needed to improve the defense 
dependents' education system. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or 
regulation to the contrary, such report shall not be submitted to any 
review before its transmittal to the Congress, but the Secretary of 
Defense shall, at the time of the transmittal of such report, submit to 
the Congress such recommendations as he may have with respect to 
legislation or any increase in funding needed to improve the defense 
dependents' education system.

(Pub. L. 95-561, title XIV, Sec. 1412, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2371; Pub. 
L. 96-46, Sec. 2(a)(8), Aug. 6, 1979, 93 Stat. 340; Pub. L. 106-65, div. 
A, title III, Sec. 354(5), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 573.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(5)(A), substituted 
``The Director may from time to time, but not more frequently than once 
a year, provide for'' for ``As soon as practicable after November 1, 
1978, the Director shall provide for'' and ``system. Any such study'' 
for ``system, which''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(5)(B), substituted ``Any 
study under paragraph (1)'' for ``The study required by this 
subsection'' and struck out ``not later than two years after July 1, 
1979,'' after ``shall submit a report to the Director''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(5)(C), substituted ``any 
study'' for ``the study''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(5)(D), substituted ``any 
report'' for ``not later than one year after July 1, 1979, the report'' 
and ``a study'' for ``the study''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(5)(E), struck out subsec. (d) 
which read as follows: ``The Director may provide for additional studies 
of the defense dependents' education system to be conducted in 
accordance with the provisions of this section, but such studies shall 
not be conducted more frequently than once a year. A report of each 
study shall be submitted to the Congress in accordance with subsection 
(c) of this section, and the second sentence of such subsection shall 
apply with respect to the transmission of each such report.''
    1979--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96-46 substituted ``two years after 
July 1, 1979'' for ``one year after July 1, 1979''.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Section 8 of Pub. L. 96-46 provided that: ``The amendments made by 
this Act [enacting section 3164 of this title, amending this section, 
sections 240, 241-1, 1211a, 1221-3, 1221h, 1226c, 1232g, 2308, 2310, 
2603, 2721, 2733 to 2735, 2740, 2762, 2763, 2772, 2782, 2902, 3084, 
3163, 3200, 3289, 3381 to 3386 of this title, and sections 2001, 2002, 
2006, 2008, 2012 of Title 25, Indians, enacting a provision set out as a 
note under section 1221e of this title, and amending provisions set out 
as notes under sections 236, 1211b, 1221-1, 1231a, and 2701 of this 
title and section 13 of Title 25] shall take effect October 1, 1978.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 929 of this title.
