Sec. 627. STUDY AND REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE DEFENSE RESALE SYSTEM

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## SEC. 627 STUDY AND REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE DEFENSE RESALE SYSTEM ###

(a)Study The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of consolidating the military resale entities into a single defense resale system. Such study shall include the following: ####

(1)A financial assessment of consolidation of the military resale entities. ####

(2)A business case analysis of consolidation of the military resale entities. ####

(3)Organizational, operational, and business model integration plans for consolidation of the military resale entities. ####

(4)Determinations of which back-office processes and systems associated with finance and payment processing technologies the Secretary could convert to common technologies. ###

(b)Report Not later than January 1, 2019, the Secretary shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees regarding the study under subsection (a). That report shall contain the following: ####

(1)Details of the internal and external organizational structures of a consolidated defense resale system. ####

(2)Recommendations of the Secretaries of each of the military departments regarding the plan to consolidate the military resale entities. ####

(3)The costs and associated plan for the merger of technologies or implementation of new technology from a third-party provider to standardize financial management and accounting processes of a consolidated defense resale system. ####

(4)Best practices to maximize reductions in costs associated with back-office retail payment processing for a consolidated defense resale system. ####

(5)A timeline for converting the Defense Commissary Agency into a non-appropriated fund instrumentality under section 2484(j) of title 10, United States Code. ####

(6)A determination whether the business case analysis supports consolidation of the military resale entities. ####

(7)Recommendations of the Secretary for legislation related to consolidation of the military resale entities. ####

(8)Other elements the Secretary determines are necessary for a successful evaluation of a consolidation of the military resale entities. ###

(c)Prohibition on Use of Funds None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of implementing consolidation of the military resale entities until October 1, 2019. ###

(d)Military Resale Entities Defined In this section the term “military resale entities” means— ####

(1)the Defense Commissary Agency; ####

(2)the Army and Air Force Exchange Service; ####

(3)the Navy Exchange; and ####

(4)the Marine Corps Exchange. # TITLE VII HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS ## Subtitle A TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits