Sec. 342. Explosive ordnance disposal program
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Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to be known as the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Program (in this section referred to as the Program ) under which the Secretary shall ensure close and continuous coordination between the military departments on matters relating to explosive ordnance disposal. In carrying out the Program under subsection (a)— the Secretary of Defense shall— assign responsibility for the coordination and integration of explosive ordnance disposal to a single office or entity in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; designate the Secretary of the Navy, or a designee of the Secretary’s choice, as the executive agent for the Department of Defense to coordinate and integrate research, development, test, and evaluation activities and procurement activities of the military departments with respect to explosive ordnance disposal; and exercise oversight over explosive ordnance disposal through the Defense Acquisition Board process; and the Secretary of each military department shall assess the needs of the military department concerned with respect to explosive ordnance disposal and may carry out research, development, test, and evaluation activities and procurement activities to address such needs.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, as a part of the defense budget materials for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2017, a consolidated budget justification display, in classified and unclassified form, that covers all activities of Department of Defense relating to the Program. The budget display under paragraph
(1)for a fiscal year shall include a single program element for each of the following: Research, development, test, and evaluation. Procurement. Military construction. The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Office of the Secretary of Defense assigned responsibility for the coordination and integration of explosive ordnance disposal under subsection (b)(1)(A), shall conduct a review of the management structure of the Program, including— research, development, test, and evaluation; procurement; doctrine development; policy; training; development of requirements; readiness; and risk assessment. Not later than May 1, 2018, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing that includes— the results of the review described in paragraph (1); and a description of any measures undertaken to improve joint coordination and oversight of the Program and ensure a coherent and effective approach to its management. In this section: The term explosive ordnance means any munition containing explosives, nuclear fission or fusion materials, or biological or chemical agents, including— bombs and warheads; guided and ballistic missiles; artillery, mortar, rocket, and small arms munitions; mines, torpedoes, and depth charges; demolition charges; pyrotechnics; clusters and dispensers; cartridge and propellant actuated devices; electro-explosive devices; and clandestine and improvised explosive devices. The term disposal means, with respect to explosive ordnance, the detection, identification, field evaluation, defeat, disablement, or rendering safe, recovery and exploitation, and final disposition of the ordnance. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 2283. Explosive ordnance disposal program. .