S.Amdt. 1879

SA 1879. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 894. REPORT RECOMMENDING DISPOSITION OF NOTES TO CERTAIN
SECTIONS OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 31, 2021, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report recommending the disposition of
provisions of law found in the notes to the following
sections of title 10, United States Code:
(1) Section 2313.
(2) Section 2364.
(3) Section 2432.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) for each provision of law included as a note to a
section listed in such subsection, a recommendation whether
such provision--
(A) should be repealed because the provision is no longer
operative or is otherwise obsolete;
(B) should be codified as a section to title 10, United
States Code, because the section has, and is anticipated to
continue to have in the future, significant relevance; or
(C) should remain as a note to such section; and
(2) any legislative proposals appropriate to improve the
intent and effect of the sections listed in such subsection.
(c) Technical Corrections.--(1) Section 2362(a) of title
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering'' both
places it appears and inserting ``Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering''.
(2) Section 804(c) of the Bob Stump National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314;
10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by striking ``The Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications,
and Intelligence, in consultation with the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics,'' and
inserting ``The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Sustainment''.
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