naval vessels which provides for a substantial termination liability on the part of the United States, the Secretary of Defense shall submit with that request an analysis of the cost to the United States (including lost tax revenues) of any such lease or charter arrangement compared with the cost to the United States of direct procurement of the aircraft or naval vessels by the United States. (2) Any such analysis shall be reviewed and evaluated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury within 30 days after the date on which the request and analysis are submitted to Congress. The Director and Secretary shall conduct such review and evaluation on the basis of the guidelines issued pursuant to subsection (f) and shall report to Congress in writing on the results of their review and evaluation at the earliest practicable date, but in no event more than 45 days after the date on which the request and analysis are submitted to the Congress. (3) Whenever a request is submitted to Congress for the authorization of funds for the Department of Defense for the long-term lease or charter of aircraft or naval vessels authorized under this section, the Secretary of Defense (A) shall indicate in the request what portion of the requested funds is attributable to capital-hire; and (B) shall reflect such portion in the appropriate procurement account in the request. (f) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly issue guidelines for determining under what circumstances the Department of Defense may use lease or charter arrangements for aircraft and naval vessels rather than directly procuring such aircraft and vessels. Such guidelines shall be issued not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section. (Added Pub. L. 98-94, title XII, § 1202(a)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 679.) CHAPTER 143-PRODUCTION BY MILITARY AGENCIES Sec. § 2421. Plantations and farms: operation, maintenance, and im provement (a) Appropriations for the subsistence of members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps are available for expenditures necessary in the operation, maintenance, and improvement of any plantation or farm, outside the United States and under the jurisdiction of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, for furnishing fresh fruits and vegetables to the armed forces. However, no land may be acquired under this subsection. (b) Fruits and vegetables produced under subsection (a) that are over the amount furnished or sold to the armed forces or to civilians serving with the armed forces may be sold only outside the United States. (c) Of the persons employed by the United States under subsection (a), only nationals of the United States are entitled to the benefits provided by laws relating to the employment, work, compensation, or other benefits of civilian employees of the United States. (d) A plantation or farm covered by subsection (a) shall be operated, maintained, and improved by a private contractor or lessee, so far as practicable. Before using members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, the Secretary concerned must make a reasonable effort to make a contract or lease with a person in civil life for his services for that operation, maintenance, or improvement, on terms advantageous to the United States. A determination by the Secretary as to the reasonableness of effort to make a contract or lease, and as to the advantageous nature of its terms, is final. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 138.) (459) 2456. 2457. Reports to Congress. Coordination with General Services Administration. Standardization of equipment with North Atlantic Treaty Organization members. § 2451. Defense supply management (a) The Secretary of Defense shall develop a single catalog system and related program of standardizing supplies for the Department of Defense. (b) In cataloging, the Secretary shall name, describe, classify, and number each item recurrently used, bought, stocked, or distributed by the Department of Defense, so that only one distinctive combination of letters or numerals, or both, identifies the same item throughout the Department of Defense. Only one identification may be used for each item for all supply functions from purchase to final disposal in the field or other area. The catalog may consist of a number of volumes, sections, or supplements. It shall include all items of supply and, for each item, information needed for supply operations, such as descriptive and performance data, size, weight, cubage, packaging and packing data, a standard quantitative unit of measurement, and other related data that the Secretary determines to be desirable. (c) In standardizing supplies the Secretary shall, to the highest degree practicable (1) standardize items used throughout the Department of Defense by developing and using single specifications, eliminating overlapping and duplicate specifications, and reducing the number of sizes and kinds of items that are generally similar; (2) standardize the methods of packing, packaging, and preserving such items; and (3) make efficient use of the services and facilities for inspecting, testing, and accepting such items. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 138; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, § 33(a), (13), 72 Stat. 1565.) § 2452. Duties of Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense shall (1) develop and maintain the supply catalog, and the standardization program, described in section 2451 of this title; (2) direct and coordinate progressive use of the supply catalog in all supply functions within the Department of Defense from the determination of requirements through final disposal; (3) direct, review, and approve (A) the naming, description, and pattern of description of all items; (B) the screening, consolidation, classification, and numbering of descriptions of all items; and (C) the publication and distribution of the supply catalog; (4) maintain liaison with industry advisory groups to coordinate the development of the supply catalog and the standardization program with the best practices of industry and to obtain the fullest practicable cooperation and participation of industry in developing the supply catalog and the standardization program; (5) establish, publish, review, and revise, within the Department of Defense, military specifications, standards, and lists of qualified products, and resolve differences between the military departments, bureaus, and services with respect to them; (6) assign responsibility for parts of the cataloging and the standardization programs to the military departments, bureaus, and services within the Department of Defense, when practical and consistent with their capacity and interest in those supplies; (7) establish time schedules for assignments made under clause (6); and (8) make final decisions in all matters concerned with the cataloging and standardization programs. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 139.) § 2453. Supply catalog: distribution and use The Secretary of Defense shall distribute the parts of the supply catalog described in section 2451 of this title as they are completed. Existing catalogs shall be replaced according to schedules established by the Secretary. After replacement no other supply catalog may be used within the Department of Defense with respect to the kinds of items covered by that part. All property reports and records shall use the nomenclature, item numbers, and descriptive data of the supply catalog. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 139.) § 2454. Supply catalog: new or obsolete items (a) After any part of the supply catalog described in section 2451 of this title is distributed, and with respect to the kinds of items covered by that part, only the items listed in it may be procured for recurrent use in the Department of Defense. However, a military department may acquire any new item that is necessary to carry out its mission. As soon as such an item is acquired, it shall be submitted to the Secretary for inclusion in the catalog and the standardization program. (b) Obsolete items may be deleted from the catalog at any time. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 140.) § 2455. Reports to Congress (a) The Secretary of Defense shall send to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on January 31 of each year, a progress report on cataloging under this chapter from each military department. Each report shall cover the yearly period ending with the preceding December 31. The report shall contain (1) the number of sections or parts of the supply catalog that have been published, and their titles; (2) the number of item identification numbers in the catalog that have replaced, for all supply purposes, former item identifications or stock or catalog numbers; (3) the reduction in the number of separate item identifications; and (4) any other information that the Secretary considers will best inform Congress of the status of the cataloging program. (b) The Secretary shall report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on January 31 of each year, on the progress of the standardization program within the military departments. Each report shall cover the preceding fiscal year. The report shall contain (1) the number of separate specifications that have been consolidated into single specifications for use throughout the Department of Defense; (2) the reduction in the number of sizes or kinds of items that are generally similar; (3) the duplications eliminated in services, space, and facilities; and (4) any other information that the Secretary considers will best inform Congress of the progress of the standardization program. (c) The Secretary may combine the report required by subsections (a) and (b). (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 140; Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93-608, § 2(2), 88 Stat. 1971; Dec. 21, 1982, Pub. L. 97-375, title II, § 203(c), 96 Stat. 1823.) § 2456. Coordination with General Services Administration To avoid unnecessary duplication, the Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate the cataloging and standardization activities of the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 140.) § 2457. Standardization of equipment with North Atlantic Treaty Organization members (a) It is the policy of the United States to standardize equipment, including weapons systems, ammunition, and fuel, procured for the use of the armed forces of the United States stationed in Europe under the North Atlantic Treaty or at least to make that equipment interoperable with equipment of other members of the North |