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(2) CORE LOGISTICS CAPABILITIES.—(A) The provisions of 
section 2464 of 10, United States Code, as in effect on that 
date, are hereby revived. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 146 
of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 
2464 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2464. Core logistics capabilities.’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE 
AND REPAIR.—Subsection (b) of section 2460 of title 10, United 
States Code, as revived by subsection (b), is amended by striking 
‘‘or the nuclear refueling of an aircraft carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
the nuclear refueling or defueling of an aircraft carrier and any 
concurrent complex overhaul’’. 
(d) BIENNIAL CORE REPORT.—Section 2464 of such title, as 
revived by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) BIENNIAL CORE REPORT.—Not later than April 1 of each 
even-numbered year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report identifying, for each of the armed forces (except 
for the Coast Guard), for the fiscal year after the fiscal year during 
which the report is submitted, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The core depot-level maintenance and repair capability 
requirements and sustaining workloads, organized by work 
breakdown structure, expressed in direct labor hours. 
‘‘(2) The corresponding workloads necessary to sustain core 
depot-level maintenance and repair capability requirements, 
expressed in direct labor hours and cost. 
‘‘(3) In any case where core depot-level maintenance and 
repair capability requirements exceed or are expected to exceed 
sustaining workloads, a detailed rationale for any and all short-
falls and a plan either to correct or mitigate the effects of 
the shortfalls. 
‘‘(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall review each report submitted under 
subsection (d) for completeness and compliance and shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees findings and recommenda-
tions with respect to the report by not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the report is submitted to Congress.’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 2366a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘core depot-level maintenance and repair 
capabilities’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘core logistics 
capabilities’’. 
(2) Section 2366b(A)(3)(F) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘core depot-level maintenance and 
repair capabilities, as well as the associated logistics capabili-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘core logistics capabilities’’. 
(3) Section 801(c) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (125 Stat. 1483; 10 U.S.C. 2366a 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘core depot-level maintenance 
and repair capabilities, as well as the associated logistics 
capabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘core logistics capabilities’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect on December 31, 2011, the date 
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012, immediately after the enactment of that Act.
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SEC. 323. RATING CHAINS FOR SYSTEM PROGRAM MANAGERS. 
The Secretary of the Air Force, in managing system program 
management responsibilities for sustainment programs not assigned 
to a program executive officer or a direct reporting program man-
ager, shall comply with the Department of Defense Instructions 
regarding assignment of program responsibility. 
Subtitle D—Readiness 
SEC. 331. INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS WITH STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 137 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2336. Intergovernmental support agreements with State 
and local governments 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary concerned may enter into 
an intergovernmental support agreement with a State or local 
government to provide, receive, or share installation-support serv-
ices if the Secretary determines that the agreement will serve 
the best interests of the department by enhancing mission effective-
ness or creating efficiencies or economies of scale, including by 
reducing costs. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an intergovern-
mental support agreement under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) may be entered into on a sole-source basis; 
‘‘(B) may be for a term not to exceed five years; and 
‘‘(C) may use, for installation-support services provided by 
a State or local government, wage grades normally paid by 
that State or local government. 
‘‘(3) An intergovernmental support agreement under paragraph 
(1) may only be used when the Secretary concerned or the State 
or local government, as the case may be, providing the installation- 
support services already provides such services for its own use. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT
ON
FIRST
RESPONDER
ARRANGEMENTS.—The 
authority provided by this section and limitations on the use of 
that authority are not intended to revoke, preclude, or otherwise 
interfere with existing or proposed mutual-aid agreements relating 
to police or fire protection services or other similar first responder 
agreements or arrangements. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds available to the Secretary 
concerned for operation and maintenance may be used to pay for 
such installation-support services. The costs of agreements under 
this section for any fiscal year may be paid using annual appropria-
tions made available for that year. Funds received by the Secretary 
as reimbursement for providing installation-support services pursu-
ant to such an agreement shall be credited to the appropriation 
or account charged with providing installation support. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT ON OMB CIRCULAR A-76.— The Secretary con-
cerned shall ensure that intergovernmental support agreements 
authorized by this section are not used to circumvent the require-
ments of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 regarding 
public-private competitions. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) The term ‘installation-support services’ means those 
services, supplies, resources, and support typically provided 
by a local government for its own needs and without regard 
to whether such services, supplies, resources, and support are 
provided to its residents generally, except that the term does 
not include security guard or fire-fighting functions. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘local government’ includes a county, parish, 
municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school 
district, special district, and any agency or instrumentality 
of a local government. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ includes the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin 
Islands, and any agency or instrumentality of a State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘2336. Intergovernmental support agreements with State and local governments.’’. 
SEC. 332. EXPANSION AND REAUTHORIZATION OF PILOT PROGRAM 
FOR AVAILABILITY OF WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS FOR 
PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 330 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 68) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, the Secretary of the 
Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Secretary concerned’)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of the 
Army’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘by the Secretary concerned’’ after 
‘‘submitted’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘by the Secretary concerned’’ after 
‘‘used’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Tech-
nology, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Financial Management and Comptroller,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Tech-
nology’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’. 
(b) COVERED PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS.—Subsection (b) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘retrofit, modernization, upgrade, or rebuild 
of a’’ before ‘‘component’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘reliability and maintainability’’ and 
inserting ‘‘reliability, availability, and maintainability’’. 
(c) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.—Subsection (c)(1) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘performance envelope’’ and inserting 
‘‘capability’’. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (e) of such section 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and inserting 
‘‘45 days’’. 
(e) EXTENSION.—Subsection (f) of such section, as amended 
by section 354 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1377), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘TO ARMY’’. 
SEC. 333. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PORTS 
STUDY 
AND 
COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL 
STUDIES 
AND 
REPORTS ON STRATEGIC PORTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMPLETION OF DOD REPORT.— 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should 
expedite completion of the study of strategic ports in the United 
States called for in the conference report to accompany the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Conference Report 
112–329) so that it can be submitted to Congress before December 
31, 2012. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF DOD REPORT.—In addition to submitting 
the report referred to in subsection (a) to Congress, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit the report to the Comptroller 
General of the United States. 
(2) SUFFICIENCY
REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after 
receiving the report under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall— 
(A) conduct a sufficiency review of the report; and 
(B) submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the review. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY AND REPORT ON STRATEGIC 
PORTS.— 
(1) STUDY AND REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall— 
(A) conduct a study of the programs and efforts of 
the Department of Defense related to the state of strategic 
ports with respect to the operational and readiness require-
ments of the Department; and 
(B) submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the findings of the study. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF STUDY.—The study required by paragraph 
(1) shall include an assessment of— 
(A) the extent to which the facilities at strategic ports 
meet the requirements of the Department of Defense; 
(B) the extent to which the Department has identified 
gaps in the ability of existing strategic ports to meet its 
needs and identified and undertaken efforts to address 
any gaps; and 
(C) the ability of the Department to oversee, coordinate, 
and provide security for military deployments through stra-
tegic ports. 
(d) STRATEGIC PORT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘stra-
tegic port’’ means a United States port designated by the Secretary 
of Defense as a significant transportation hub important to the 
readiness and cargo throughput capacity of the Department of 
Defense.