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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 · Sec. 163

Sec. 163. STUDY ON USE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENHANCED 5.56MM AMMUNITION BY THE ARMY AND THE MARINE CORPS

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## SEC. 163 STUDY ON USE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENHANCED 5.56MM AMMUNITION BY THE ARMY AND THE MARINE CORPS ###
(a)Use of Different Types of Enhanced 5.56mm Ammunition ####
(1)Study Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study on the use of different types of enhanced 5.56mm ammunition by the Army and the Marine Corps. ####
(2)Submission Not later than 90 days after the date on which the contract is entered into under paragraph (1), the federally funded research and development center conducting the study under such paragraph shall submit to the Secretary the study, including any findings and recommendations of the federally funded research and development center. ###
(b)Report ####
(1)In general Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the study under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study. ####
(2)Matters Included The report under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)The study, including any findings and recommendations of the federally funded research and development center that conducted the study. #####
(B)An explanation of the reasons for the Army and the Marine Corps to use in combat two different types of enhanced 5.56mm ammunition. #####
(C)An explanation of the appropriateness, effectiveness, and suitability issues that may arise from the use of such different types of ammunition. #####
(D)An explanation of any additional costs that have resulted from the use of such different types of ammunition. #####
(E)An explanation of any future plans of the Army or the Marine Corps to eventually transition to using in combat one standard type of enhanced 5.56mm ammunition. #####
(F)If there are no plans described in subparagraph (E), an analysis of the potential benefits of a transition described in such subparagraph, including the timeline for such a transition to occur. #####
(G)Any findings, recommendations, comments, or plans that the Secretary determines appropriate. # TITLE II RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ## Subtitle A Authorization of Appropriations
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