Sec. 331. Updating and modernizing the Department of Defense explosives safety board
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Section 172 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of Defense, acting through a joint board composed of members as described in subsection (b), shall develop guidance for oversight of the explosives safety munitions risk management life-cycle of the production, storage, and transportation of supplies of military munitions for use of the organizations listed in section 111(b) of this title, with particular regard to keeping those supplies properly dispersed and stored and to preventing hazardous conditions from arising to endanger life and property inside or outside of storage reservations. The joint board referred to in subsection
(a)shall include members selected by the Secretaries of the military departments and be composed of military officers, civilian officers and employees of the Department of Defense, or both. The joint board may, under agreement with the Secretary of Homeland Security, include a member from the Coast Guard, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 172 and inserting the following new item: 172. Explosives safety board. .