ital fund that incurs the cost of manufacturing the article 
or performing the service.’’. 
SEC. 322. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION. 
Section 2461(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) A function of the Department of Defense 
performed by 10 or more civilian employees may not 
be converted, in whole or in part, to performance by 
a contractor unless the conversion is based on the re-
sults of a public-private competition process that— 
‘‘(i) formally compares the cost of civilian 
employee performance of the function with the 
costs of performance by a contractor; 
‘‘(ii) creates an agency tender, including a 
most efficient organization plan, in accordance 
with Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–76, as implemented on May 29, 2003; 
‘‘(iii) determines whether the submitted of-
fers meet the needs of the Department of Defense 
with respect to factors other than cost, including 
quality and reliability; and 
‘‘(iv) requires continued performance of the 
function by civilian employees if the difference 
in the cost of performance of the function by a 
contractor compared to the civilian employees
would, over all performance periods required by 
the solicitation, be less than— 
‘‘(I) 10 percent of the personnel-related 
costs for performance of that activity or 
function in the agency tender; or 
‘‘(II) $10,000,000. 
‘‘(B) An activity that is performed by the De-
partment of Defense and is reengineered, reorganized, 
modernized, upgraded, expanded, or changed to be-
come more efficient, but still essentially provides the 
same service, shall not be considered a new require-
ment. 
‘‘(C) In no case may a commercial or industrial 
type function being performed by Department of De-
fense personnel be modified, reorganized, divided, or 
in any way changed for the purpose of exempting 
from the requirements of subsection (a) the change of 
all or any part of such function to performance by a 
private contractor. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
competition requirement in specific instances if— 
‘‘(i) the written waiver is prepared by the 
Secretary of Defense, or the relevant Assistant 
Secretary or agency head; and
‘‘(ii) the written waiver is accompanied by 
a detailed determination that national security 
interests are so compelling as to preclude compli-
ance with the requirement for a public-private 
competition.’’. 
SEC. 323. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a pilot program to examine the use of the public- 
private competition process of Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–76, as defined by such Circular, and 
functions currently being performed by contractors that 
could be performed by civilian employees of the Department 
of Defense. 
(b) PROCESS AND CRITERIA.— 
(1) The process and criteria for competition 
under the pilot program established in subsection (a) 
shall be consistent with the criteria for conducting a 
similar competition for work performed by the public 
sector. 
(2) The pilot program shall include not less than 
four competitions. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
a report to Congress on the results of the competitions con-
ducted under the pilot program and any potential benefit 
or detriment of expanding the pilot program.
(d) TERMINATION.—The pilot program established 
under this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 
three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 324. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EQUITABLE LEGAL 
STANDING FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
It is the sense of Congress that, in order to ensure that 
when public-private competitions are held, they are con-
ducted as fairly, effectively, and efficiently as possible, com-
peting parties, both Department of Defense civilian employ-
ees (or their representatives) and contractors (or their rep-
resentatives), should receive comparable treatment through-
out the competition regarding access to relevant informa-
tion and legal standing to challenge the way a competition 
has been conducted at all appropriate forums. 
Subtitle D—Extension of Program 
Authorities 
SEC. 331. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LOGIS-
TICS SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR WEAPONS 
SYSTEMS CONTRACTORS. 
Section 365(g)(1) of the Bob Stump National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
314; 116 Stat. 2521; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’.
SEC. 332. EXTENSION AND REVISION OF TEMPORARY AU-
THORITY FOR CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE 
OF SECURITY GUARD FUNCTIONS. 
Section 332(c) of the Bob Stump National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 
116 Stat. 2513) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(3) No contract, subcontract, or task order for the per-
formance of security-guard functions at a military installa-
tion or facility in the United States awarded before Sep-
tember 30, 2006, shall be extended beyond September 30, 
2006. 
‘‘(4) A contract for the performance of security-guard 
functions at a military installation or facility in the 
United States awarded on or after September 30, 2006, 
shall be awarded using full and open competition, as au-
thorized under section 2304 of title 10, United States Code. 
Section 602 of the Business Opportunity Development Re-
form Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–656; 15 U.S.C. 637 note) 
shall not apply to such a contract.’’.
Subtitle E—Utah Test and Training 
Range 
SEC. 341. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered wilderness’’ means the 
wilderness area designated by this subtitle and wil-
derness study areas located near lands withdrawn for 
military use and beneath special use airspace critical 
to the support of military test and training missions 
at the Utah Test and Training Range, including the 
Deep Creek, Fish Springs, Swasey Mountain, Howell 
Peak, Notch Peak, King Top, Wah Wah Mountain, 
and Conger Mountain units designated by the De-
partment of the Interior. 
(2) The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the Skull Valley 
Band of Goshute Indians. 
(3) The term ‘‘Utah Test and Training Range’’ 
means those portions of the military operating area 
of the Utah Test and Training Area located solely in 
the State of Utah. The term includes the Dugway 
Proving Ground. 
(4) The term ‘‘Wilderness Act’’ means Public 
Law 88–577, approved September 3, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 
1131 et seq.).
SEC. 342. MILITARY OPERATIONS AND OVERFLIGHTS, UTAH 
TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The testing and development of military 
weapons systems and the training of military forces 
are critical to ensuring the national security of the 
United States. 
(2) The Utah Test and Training Range in the 
State of Utah is a unique and irreplaceable national 
asset at the core of the test and training mission of 
the Department of Defense. 
(3) The Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area des-
ignated by section 344, as well as several wilderness 
study areas, are located near lands withdrawn for 
military use or are beneath special use airspace crit-
ical to the support of military test and training mis-
sions at the Utah Test and Training Range. 
(4) The Utah Test and Training Range and spe-
cial use airspace withdrawn for military uses create 
unique management circumstances for the covered 
wilderness in this subtitle, and it is not the intent of 
Congress that passage of this subtitle shall be con-
strued as establishing a precedent with respect to any 
future national conservation area or wilderness des-
ignation.
(5) Continued access to the special use airspace 
and lands that comprise the Utah Test and Training 
Range, under the terms and conditions described in 
this section, is a national security priority and is not 
incompatible with the protection and proper manage-
ment of the natural, environmental, cultural, and 
other resources of such lands. 
(b) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this subtitle or the 
Wilderness Act shall preclude low-level overflights and oper-
ations of military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or un-
manned aerial vehicles over the covered wilderness, includ-
ing military overflights and operations that can be seen or 
heard within the covered wilderness. 
(c) SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE AND TRAINING ROUTES.— 
Nothing in this subtitle or the Wilderness Act shall preclude 
the designation of new units of special use airspace, the ex-
pansion of existing units of special use airspace, or the use 
or establishment of military training routes over the covered 
wilderness. 
(d) COMMUNICATIONS
AND TRACKING SYSTEMS.— 
Nothing in this subtitle shall prevent any required mainte-
nance of existing communications, instrumentation, or elec-
tronic tracking systems (or infrastructure supporting such 
systems) or prevent the installation of new communication, 
instrumentation, or other equipment necessary for effective
testing and training to meet military requirements in wil-
derness study areas located beneath special use airspace 
comprising the Utah Test and Training Range, including 
the Deep Creek, Fish Springs, Swasey Mountain, Howell 
Peak, Notch Peak, King Top, Wah Wah Mountain, and 
Conger Mountain units designated by the Department of 
Interior, so long as the Secretary of the Interior, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Air Force, determines 
that the installation and maintenance of such systems, 
when considered both individually and collectively, comply 
with section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782). 
(e) EMERGENCY ACCESS AND RESPONSE.—Nothing in 
this subtitle or the Wilderness Act shall preclude the con-
tinuation of the memorandum of understanding in existence 
as of the date of enactment of this Act between the Depart-
ment of the Interior and the Department of the Air Force 
with respect to emergency access and response. 
(f) PROHIBITION
ON
GROUND
MILITARY
OPER-
ATIONS.—Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), 
nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a mili-
tary operation to be conducted on the ground in covered 
wilderness in the Utah Test and Training Range unless 
such ground operation is otherwise permissible under Fed-
eral law and consistent with the Wilderness Act.
SEC. 343. PLANNING PROCESS FOR FEDERAL LANDS IN 
UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. 
(a) ANALYSIS OF MILITARY READINESS AND OPER-
ATIONAL IMPACTS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall de-
velop, maintain, and revise land use plans pursuant to sec-
tion 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S. C. 1712) for Federal lands located in the 
Utah Test and Training Range in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense. As part of the required consultation 
in connection with a proposed revision of a land use plan, 
the Secretary of Defense shall prepare and transmit to the 
Secretary of the Interior an analysis of the military readi-
ness and operational impacts of the proposed revision with-
in six months of a request from the Secretary of Interior. 
(b) LIMITATION ON RIGHTS-OF-WAYS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall not grant or issue any authorizations 
for rights-of-way under section 501(a)(6) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1761(a)(6)) upon Federal lands identified as inventory 
units 
UTU–020–086, 
UTU–020–088, 
UTU–020–095, 
UTU–020–096, UTU–020–100, UTU–020–101, UTU–020– 
103, UTU–020–104, UTU–020–105, and UTU–020–110, as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Wilderness Inven-
tory, State of Utah’’ and dated August 1979, until the later 
of the following:
(1) The completion of a full revision of the Pony 
Express Area Resource Management Plan, dated Jan-
uary 12, 1990, by the Salt Lake Field Office of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) January 1, 2015. 
SEC. 344. DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CEDAR 
MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS, UTAH. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Certain Federal lands in Tooele 
County, Utah, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Cedar Mountain Wilderness’’ and dated March 7, 2004, 
are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as a 
component of the National Wilderness Preservation System 
to be known as the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Federal lands in the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area 
are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropria-
tion, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, 
entry, and patent under the United States mining laws, 
and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral 
and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all 
amendments to such laws. 
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 
(1) TRANSMITTAL.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall transmit a map and legal descrip-
tion of the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area to the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(2) LEGAL EFFECT.—The map and legal descrip-
tion shall have the same force and effect as if included 
in this Act, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may correct clerical and typographical errors in the 
map and legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal descrip-
tion shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the office of the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management and the office of the State Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management in the State of 
Utah. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing rights 
and this subtitle, the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area shall 
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act, except that 
any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the 
Wilderness Act (or any similar reference) shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) LAND ACQUISITION.—Any lands or interest in 
lands within the boundaries of the Cedar Mountain Wilder-
ness Area acquired by the United States after the date of
the enactment of this Act shall be added to and adminis-
tered as part of the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area. 
(f) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—As provided 
in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as 
affecting the jurisdiction of the State of Utah with respect 
to fish and wildlife on the Federal lands located in that 
State. 
(g) GRAZING.—Within the Cedar Mountain Wilderness 
Area, the grazing of livestock, where established before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to con-
tinue subject to such reasonable regulations, policies, and 
practices as the Secretary of the Interior considers nec-
essary, as long as such regulations, policies, and practices 
fully conform with and implement the intent of Congress 
regarding grazing in such areas, as such intent is expressed 
in the Wilderness Act, section 101(f) of Public Law 101– 
628 (104 Stat. 4473), and appendix A of the Report of the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany 
H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 
(h) BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend for the 
designation of the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area to lead 
to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones 
around the wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness ac-
tivities or uses can be seen or heard within the wilderness
area shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up 
to the boundary of the wilderness area. 
(i) RELEASE FROM WILDERNESS STUDY AREA STA-
TUS.—The lands identified as the Browns Spring 
Cherrystem on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Browns Spring 
Cherrystem’’ and dated May 11, 2004, are released from 
their status as a wilderness study area, and shall no longer 
be subject to the requirements of section 603(c) of the Fed-
eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1782(c)) pertaining to the management of wilderness study 
areas in a manner that does not impair the suitability of 
those areas for preservation of wilderness. 
SEC. 345. IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL BUREAU OF 
LAND MANAGEMENT LAND IN UTAH AS TRUST 
LAND 
FOR 
SKULL 
VALLEY 
BAND 
OF 
GOSHUTES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF TRUST LAND.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall identify approximately 640 additional 
acres of Bureau of Land Management land in the State of 
Utah to be administered in trust for the benefit of the Skull 
Valley Band of Goshutes. 
(b) SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.—In identifying the 
land under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior 
shall—
(1) consult with leaders of the Tribe and the 
Governor of Utah; and 
(2) ensure that the land has ready access to 
State or Federal highways and, in the judgment of 
the Secretary, provides the best opportunities for com-
mercial economic development in closest proximity to 
other lands of the Tribe. 
(c) PLACEMENT IN TRUST.—Not later than December 
31, 2005, the Secretary of the Interior shall place the land 
identified pursuant to subsection (a) into trust for the pur-
poses of economic development for the Tribe. At least 30 
days before placing the land in trust for the Tribe, the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register legal descrip-
tions of the land to be placed in trust. 
(d) MANAGEMENT OF TRUST LAND.—The land placed 
into trust for the Tribe under subsection (c) shall be admin-
istered in accordance with laws generally applicable to 
property held in trust by the United States for Indian 
Tribes, except that the land shall immediately revert to the 
administrative control of the Bureau of Land Management 
if the Tribe sells, or attempts to sell, any part of the land. 
(e) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) affects any valid right-of-way, lease, permit, 
mining claim, grazing permit, water right, or other 
right or interest of any person or entity (other than
the United States) in or to the trust land that exists 
before the date on which the land is placed in trust 
for the Tribe under subsection (c); 
(2) enlarges, impairs, or otherwise affects a right 
or claim of the Tribe to any land or interest in land 
based on Aboriginal or Indian title that exists before 
the date of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) constitutes an express or implied reservation 
of water or water right for any purpose with respect 
to the trust land; or 
(4) affects any water right of the Tribe that ex-
ists before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 346. RELATION TO OTHER LANDS AND LAWS. 
(a) OTHER LANDS.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
construed to affect any Federal lands located outside of the 
covered wilderness or the management of such lands. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2815 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Pub-
lic Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 852) is amended by striking sub-
section (d).
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 351. CODIFICATION AND REVISION OF LIMITATION ON 
MODIFICATION OF MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIP-
MENT SCHEDULED FOR RETIREMENT OR DIS-
POSAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 134 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2244 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2244a. Equipment scheduled for retirement or dis-
posal: 
limitation 
on 
expenditures 
for 
modifications 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the Secretary of a military department may 
not carry out a significant modification of an aircraft, 
weapon, vessel, or other item of equipment that the Sec-
retary plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five 
years after the date on which the modification, if carried 
out, would be completed. 
‘‘(b) SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, a significant modification is any modification for 
which the cost is in an amount equal to or greater than 
$1,000,000. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR SAFETY MODIFICATIONS.—The 
prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to a safety 
modification.
‘‘(d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary concerned 
may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) in the case of 
any modification otherwise subject to that subsection if the 
Secretary determines that carrying out the modification is 
in the national security interest of the United States. When-
ever the Secretary issues such a waiver, the Secretary shall 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of section at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2244 the following new item: 
‘‘2244a. Equipment scheduled for retirement or disposal: limitation on expendi-
tures for modifications.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 8053 of the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 
105–56; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note), is repealed. 
SEC. 352. LIMITATION ON PURCHASE OF INVESTMENT 
ITEMS WITH OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
FUNDS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE FUNDS.—Chapter 134 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2245 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2245a. Use of operation and maintenance funds for 
purchase of investment items: limitation 
‘‘Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may not be used to purchase
any item (including any item to be acquired as a replace-
ment for an item) that has an investment item unit cost 
that is greater than $250,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2245 the following new item: 
‘‘2245a. Use of operation and maintenance funds for purchase of investment items: 
limitation.’’. 
SEC. 353. PROVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUP-
PORT FOR CERTAIN PARALYMPIC SPORTING 
EVENTS. 
Section 2564 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) A sporting event sanctioned by the United 
States Olympic Committee through the Paralympic 
Military Program. 
‘‘(5) A national or international paralympic 
sporting event (other than one covered by paragraph 
(3) or (4))— 
‘‘(A) which is— 
‘‘(i) held in the United States or any 
of its territories or commonwealths; 
‘‘(ii) governed by the International 
Paralympic Committee; and
‘‘(iii) sanctioned by the United States 
Olympic Committee; and 
‘‘(B) for which participation exceeds 500 
amateur athletes.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) No more than $1,000,000 may be expended 
in any fiscal year to provide support for events speci-
fied under paragraph (5) of subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 354. DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLANATION OF BUDGET 
MODELS FOR BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT, 
SUSTAINMENT, AND FACILITIES RECAPITAL-
IZATION. 
(a) REPORTS ON MODELS USED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall include with the defense budget materials for 
fiscal years 2007 through 2011 a report describing the mod-
els used to prepare the budget requests for base operations 
support, sustainment, and facilities recapitalization. 
(b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—The report for a fiscal 
year under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An explanation of the methodology used to 
develop each model and, if there have been any
changes to the methodology since the previous report, 
an explanation of the changes and the reasons there-
for. 
(2) A description of the items contained in each 
model. 
(3) An explanation of whether the models are 
being applied to each military department and De-
fense Agencies under common definitions of base oper-
ations support, sustainment, and facilities recapital-
ization and, if common definitions are not being 
used, an explanation of the differences and the rea-
sons therefor. 
(4) A description of the requested funding levels 
for base operations support, sustainment, and facili-
ties recapitalization for the fiscal year covered by the 
defense budget materials and the funding goals estab-
lished for base operations support, sustainment, and 
facilities recapitalization for at least the four suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
(5) If the requested funding levels for base oper-
ations support, sustainment, and facilities recapital-
ization for the fiscal year covered by the defense budg-
et materials deviate from the goals for that fiscal year 
contained in the preceding report, or the funding 
goals established for succeeding fiscal years deviate
from the goals for those fiscal years contained in the 
preceding report, a justification for the funding levels 
and goals and an explanation of the reasons for the 
changes from the preceding report. 
(c) DEFENSE BUDGET MATERIALS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘defense budget materials’’ means the ma-
terials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense 
in support of the budget for a fiscal year submitted to Con-
gress by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 355. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF ARMY PROGRAMS 
FOR PREPOSITIONING OF EQUIPMENT AND 
OTHER MATERIEL. 
(a) SECRETARY
OF ARMY ASSESSMENT.—The Sec-
retary of the Army shall conduct an assessment of the pro-
grams of the Department of Army for the prepositioning 
of equipment and other materiel stocks. The assessment shall 
focus on how those programs are configured to support the 
evolving goals of the Department of Army and shall include 
identification of the following: 
(1) The key operational capabilities currently 
available in both the afloat and ashore prepositioned 
stocks of the Army, by geographic region, including 
inventory levels in brigade sets, operational projects, 
and sustainment programs.
(2) Any significant shortfalls that exist in those 
stocks, particularly in combat and support equip-
ment, spare parts, and munitions, and how the Army 
would mitigate those shortfalls in the event of a new 
conflict. 
(3) The maintenance condition of prepositioned 
equipment and supplies, especially the key ‘‘pacing’’ 
items in brigade sets, including the percentage cur-
rently maintained at the Technical Manual -10/20 
standard required by the Army. 
(4) The percentage of required cyclic mainte-
nance performed on all stocks for each of fiscal years 
2003, 2004, and 2005 and the quality control proce-
dures used to ensure that such maintenance was com-
pleted according to Army standards. 
(5) Whether the oversight mechanisms and inter-
nal management reports of the Army with respect to 
those stocks are adequate and ensure an accurate por-
trayal of the readiness of stocks covered by the report. 
(6) The funding allocated and expended for 
prepositioning programs each fiscal year since fiscal 
year 2000, by region, and an assessment of whether 
that funding level has been adequate to maintain pro-
gram readiness.