§2391. Military base reuse studies and community planning assistance
(a)
(b)
(2) In the case of the establishment or expansion of a military installation, assistance may be made under paragraph (1) only if (A) community impact assistance or special impact assistance is not otherwise available, and (B) the establishment or expansion involves the assignment to the installation of (i) more than 2,000 military, civilian, and contractor Department of Defense personnel, or (ii) more military, civilian, and contractor Department of Defense personnel than the number equal to 10 percent of the number of persons employed in counties or independent municipalities within fifteen miles of the installation, whichever is lesser.
(3) In the case of a publicly announced planned reduction in Department of Defense spending, the closure or realignment of a military installation, the cancellation or termination of a Department of Defense contract, or the failure to proceed with a previously approved major defense acquisition program, assistance may be made under paragraph (1) only if the reduction, closure or realignment, cancellation or termination, or failure will have a direct and significant adverse impact on a community or its residents.
(4)(A) In the case of a State or local government eligible for assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense may also make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal funds in order to assist the State or local government to carry out a community adjustment and economic diversification program (including State industrial extension or modernization efforts to facilitate the economic diversification of defense contractors and subcontractors) in addition to planning such a program.
(B) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the selection of community adjustment and economic diversification programs to receive assistance under subparagraph (A). Such criteria shall include a requirement that the State or local government agree-
(i) to provide not less than 10 percent of the funding for the program from non-Federal sources;
(ii) to provide business planning and market exploration services under the program to defense contractors and subcontractors that seek modernization or diversification assistance; and
(iii) to provide training, counseling, and placement services for members of the armed forces and dislocated defense workers.
(C) The Secretary shall carry out this paragraph in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce.
(5)(A) The Secretary of Defense may also make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal funds in order to assist a State or local government in planning community adjustments and economic diversification even though the State or local government is not currently eligible for assistance under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that a substantial portion of the economic activity or population of the geographic area to be subject to the advance planning is dependent on defense expenditures.
(B) The Secretary of Defense may also make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal funds in order to assist a State in enhancing its capacities-
(i) to assist communities, businesses, and workers adversely affected by an action described in paragraph (1);
(ii) to support local adjustment and diversification initiatives; and
(iii) to stimulate cooperation between statewide and local adjustment and diversification efforts.
(C) The Secretary of Defense may also make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal funds in order to assist a State or local government in enhancing the capabilities of the government to support efforts of the Department of Defense to privatize, contract for, or diversify the performance of military family support services in cases in which the capability of the Department to provide such services is adversely affected by an action described in paragraph (1).
(D) The Secretary of Defense may also make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Federal funds, in order to assist a State or local government in planning, enhancing infrastructure, and implementing measures and projects (to include resilience measures and projects involving the protection, restoration, and maintenance of natural features) that, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, will contribute to maintaining or improving military installation resilience or will prevent or mitigate encroachment that could affect operations of the Department of Defense.
(6) Funds provided to State and local governments and regional organizations under this section may be used as part or all of any required non-Federal contribution to a Federal grant-in-aid program for the purposes stated in paragraph (1).
(7) To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall inform a State or local government applying for assistance under this subsection of the approval or rejection by the Secretary of the application for such assistance as follows:
(A) Before the end of the 7-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary receives the application, in the case of an application for a planning grant.
(B) Before the end of the 30-day period beginning on such date, in the case of an application for assistance to carry out a community adjustments and economic diversifications program.
(8)(A) In attempting to complete consideration of applications within the time period specified in paragraph (7), the Secretary of Defense shall give priority to those applications requesting assistance for a community described in subsection (f)(1).
(B) If an application under paragraph (7) is rejected by the Secretary, the Secretary shall promptly inform the State or local government of the reasons for the rejection of the application.
(c)
(d)
(B) The Secretary shall establish criteria for the selection of community infrastructure projects to receive assistance under this subsection, including selection of community infrastructure projects in the following order of priority:
(i) Projects that will enhance military value at a military installation, taking into consideration the military value criteria originally developed by the Secretary in compliance with the amendment made by section 3002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (division B of
(ii) Projects that will contribute to the training of cadets enrolled in an independent Reserve Officer Training Corps program at a covered educational institution.
(iii) Projects that will enhance military installation resilience, as defined in section 101(e)(8) 1 of this title.
(iv) Projects that will enhance military family quality of life at a military installation, taking into consideration subsection (e)(4)(C).
(2)(A) The criteria established for the selection of community infrastructure projects to receive assistance under this subsection shall include a requirement that, except as provided in subparagraph (B), the State or local government agree to contribute not less than 30 percent of the funding for the community infrastructure project.
(B) If a proposed community infrastructure project will be carried out in a rural area or the Secretary of Defense determines that a proposed community infrastructure project is advantageous for reasons related to national security, the Secretary-
(i) shall not penalize a State or local government for offering to make a contribution of 30 percent or less of the funding for the community infrastructure project; and
(ii) may reduce the requirement for a State or local government contribution to 30 percent or less or waive the cost-sharing requirement entirely.
(3) In selecting community infrastructure projects to receive assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider infrastructure improvements identified in the report on strategic seaports required by section 3515 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (
(4) Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for assistance under paragraph (1) may remain available until expended.
(e)
(1) The terms "military installation" and "realignment" have the meanings given those terms in section 2687 of this title. For purposes of paragraphs (1)(D) and (E) and (5)(D) of subsection (b) and subsection (d), the term "military installation" includes a military facility owned and operated by any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, even though the facility is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, if the Secretary of Defense determines that the military facility is subject to significant use for training by the armed forces.
(2) The term "defense facility" means any private facility producing goods or services pursuant to a defense contract.
(3) The terms "community adjustment" and "economic diversification" include the development of feasibility studies and business plans for market diversification within a community adversely affected by an action described in clause (A), (B), (C), or (E) of subsection (b)(1) by adversely affected businesses and labor organizations located in the community.
(4)(A) The term "community infrastructure" means a project or facility described in subparagraph (B) that-
(i) is located off of a military installation or on property under the jurisdiction of a Secretary of a military department that is subject to a real estate agreement (including a lease or easement); and
(ii) is-
(I) owned by a State or local government; or
(II) a not-for-profit, member-owned utility service.
(B) A project or facility described in this subparagraph is any of the following:
(i) Any transportation project.
(ii) A school, hospital, police, fire, emergency response, or other community support facility.
(iii) A water, waste-water, telecommunications, electric, gas, or other utility infrastructure project.
(C) For the purposes of determining whether proposed community infrastructure will enhance quality of life, the Secretary of Defense shall consider the impact of the community infrastructure on alleviating installation commuter workforce issues and the benefit of schools or other local infrastructure located off of a military installation that will support members of the armed forces and their dependents residing in the community.
(5) The term "rural area" means a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of not more than 100,000 inhabitants.
(6) The term "covered educational institution" means a college or university that is-
(A) a part B institution, as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061);
(B) an 1890 Institution, as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601);
(C) not affiliated with a consortium; and
(D) located at least 40 miles from a major military installation.
(f)
(Added
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in subsec. (a), is
Executive Order 12788, referred to in subsec. (c), is set out below.
The amendment made by section 3002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(B)(i), is the amendment made by section 3002 of title XXX of div. B of
Section 101(e)(8) of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(B)(iii), was redesignated section 101(f)(8) of this title, and a new subsec. (e) of section 101 was added, by
Amendments
2023-Subsec. (d).
Subsec. (d)(5).
2022-Subsec. (d)(1)(B)(ii) to (iv).
Subsec. (d)(3) to (5).
Subsec. (e)(4)(A)(i).
Subsec. (e)(6).
2021-Subsec. (b)(5)(D).
Subsec. (d)(1).
Subsec. (d)(2).
Subsec. (d)(4).
Subsec. (e)(1).
Subsec. (e)(4)(C).
Subsec. (e)(5).
2019-Subsec. (e)(4).
2018-Subsec. (b)(1).
Subsecs. (d), (e).
Subsec. (e)(4), (5).
Subsec. (f).
2013-Subsec. (d)(1).
2008-Subsec. (d)(1).
2006-Subsec. (b)(3).
"(A) 2,500 or more employee positions, in the case of a Metropolitan Statistical Area or similar area (as defined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget);
"(B) 1,000 or more employee positions, in the case of a labor market area outside of a Metropolitan Statistical Area; or
"(C) one percent of the total number of civilian jobs in that area."
Subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d)(1).
2002-Subsec. (c).
1999-Subsec. (c).
1997-Subsec. (b)(5)(C).
1996-Subsec. (b)(5).
Subsec. (c).
1994-Subsec. (b)(5) to (7).
Subsec. (b)(8).
Subsec. (d)(3).
1993-Subsec. (b)(1).
Subsec. (b)(6), (7).
1992-Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b).
Subsec. (b)(1).
Subsec. (b)(3).
Subsec. (b)(4), (5).
Subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d).
Subsec. (e).
1991-Subsec. (b)(3).
1990-Subsec. (b)(3) to (6).
"(3) In the case of the cancellation or termination of a Department of Defense contract or the failure to proceed with an approved major weapon system program, assistance may be made under paragraph (1) only if the cancellation, termination, or failure to proceed involves the loss of 2,500 or more full-time Department of Defense and contractor employee positions in the locality of the affected community.
"(4) In the case of a publicly-announced planned major reduction in Department of Defense spending that will directly and adversely affect a community, assistance may be made under paragraph (1) only if the publicly-announced planned major reduction will result in the loss of 1,000 or more full-time Department of Defense and contractor employee positions over a five-year period in the locality of the affected community.
"(6) Not more than $2,000,000 in assistance may be provided under this subsection in any fiscal year."
1988-Subsec. (b)(1).
Subsec. (b)(4) to (6).
1987-Subsec. (d).
1983-Subsec. (b)(2).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Amendment by
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Effective Date of 1983 Amendment
Restrictions on Use of Funds for Development of Public Infrastructure in Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
"(a)
"(1) is specifically authorized by law; and
"(2) will be used to carry out a public infrastructure project included in the report submitted under subsection (b).
"(b)
"(1)
"(2)
"(A) describing the results of the Economic Adjustment Committee deliberations required by paragraph (1); and
"(B) containing a description of any assistance the Committee determines to be necessary to support changes in Department of Defense activities in the Commonwealth, including any public infrastructure projects the Committee determines should be carried out with such assistance.
"(c)
Advance Adjustment Planning
Effect of 1992 Amendments on Efforts of Economic Development Administration
Pilot Project To Improve Economic Adjustment Planning
Donation of Real Property to Nonprofit Entities Providing Support to Children With Life-Threatening Diseases
"(a) The Secretary of Defense, during the current fiscal year or at any time thereafter, may make a donation to an entity described in subsection (b) of a parcel of real property (including structures on such property) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that is not currently required for the needs of the Department and that the Secretary determines is needed and appropriate for the activities of that entity.
"(b) A donation under subsection (a) may be made to a nonprofit entity which provides medical, educational, and emotional support in a recreational setting to children with life-threatening diseases and their families."
Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization
"SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE
"This division may be cited as the 'Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990'.
"SEC. 4002. FINDINGS AND POLICY
"(a)
"(1) There are likely to be significant reductions in the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense during the first several fiscal years following fiscal year 1990.
"(2) Such reductions will adversely affect the economies of many communities in the United States and small businesses and civilian workers throughout the United States.
"(b)
"(1) assistance be provided under existing planning assistance programs and economic adjustment assistance programs of the Federal Government to substantially and seriously affected communities, businesses, and workers to the extent necessary to facilitate an orderly transition for such communities, small businesses, and workers from economic reliance on Department of Defense spending to economic reliance on other sources of business, employment, and revenue; and
"(2) funding for such programs be increased by amounts necessary to meet the needs of such communities, small businesses, and workers without reducing the funding that would otherwise be available under those programs by reason of causes unrelated to the reductions referred to in subsection (a)(1).
"SEC. 4003. DEFINITIONS
"For purposes of this division:
"(1) The term 'major defense contract or subcontract' means-
"(A) any defense contract in an amount not less than $5,000,000 (without regard to the date on which the contract was awarded); and
"(B) any subcontract which-
"(i) is entered into in connection with a contract (without regard to the effective date of the subcontract); and
"(ii) involves not less than $500,000.
"(2) The term 'Economic Adjustment Committee' or 'Committee' means the Economic Adjustment Committee established in Executive Order 12049 (10 U.S.C. 111 note).
"(3) The term 'defense facility' means any private or government facility producing goods or services pursuant to a defense contract.
"(4) The term 'military installation' means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or homeport facility for any ship in the United States, or any other facility under the jurisdiction of a military department located in the United States.
"(5) The term 'substantially and seriously affected' means-
"(A) when such term is used in conjunction with the term 'community', a community-
"(i) which has within its administrative and political jurisdiction one or more military installations or defense facilities or which is economically affected by proximity to a military installation or defense facility;
"(ii) in which the actual or threatened curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment of a defense contract results in a workforce reduction of-
"(I) 2,500 or more employee positions, in the case of a Metropolitan Statistical Area or similar area (as defined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget);
"(II) 1,000 or more employee positions, in the case of a labor market area outside of a Metropolitan Statistical Area; or
"(III) one percent of the total number of civilian jobs in that area; and
"(iii) which establishes, by evidence, that any workforce reduction referred to in clause (ii) occurred as a direct result of changes in Department of Defense requirements or programs;
"(B) when such term is used in conjunction with the term 'businesses' any business which-
"(i) holds a major defense contract or subcontract (or held such contract or subcontract before a reduction in the defense budget);
"(ii) experiences a reduction, or the threat of a reduction, of-
"(I) 25 percent or more in sales or production; or
"(II) 80 percent or more of the workforce of such business in any division of such business or at any plant or other facility of such business; and
"(iii) establishes, by evidence, that the reductions referred to in clause (ii) occurred as a direct result of a reduction in the defense budget; and
"(C) when such term is used in conjunction with the term 'group of workers', any group of 100 or more workers at a defense facility who are (or who are threatened to be), eligible to participate in the defense conversion adjustment program under section 325 of the Job Training Partnership Act [29 U.S.C. 1662d] (as added by section 4202 of this division), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 [Aug. 7, 1998].
"SEC. 4004. CONTINUATION OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(d)
"(1) coordinate and facilitate cooperative efforts among Federal agencies represented on the Committee to implement defense economic adjustment programs; and
"(2) serve as an information clearinghouse for and between Federal, State, and local entities regarding their defense economic adjustment efforts.
"TITLE XLI-ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT PLANNING
"[SEC. 4101. Repealed.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VIII, §825, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2611
.]
"SEC. 4102. ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT PLANNING ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
"(a)
"(b) [Amended section 2391(b) of this title.]
"SEC. 4103. COMMUNITY ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
"(a)
"(b)
"TITLE XLII-ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYEES
"[SEC. 4201. Repealed.
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VIII, §825, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2611
.]
"SEC. 4202. DEFENSE CONVERSION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM
"[Enacted section 1662d of Title 29, Labor.]
"SEC. 4203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
"(a)
"(b)
"TITLE XLIII-EXPANSION OF BUSINESS CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
"SEC. 4301. EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM
"Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990], the President, acting with the assistance of the Committee and after consulting experts in government and the private sector, shall transmit to the Congress recommendations regarding ways that assistance provided pursuant to the business loan program under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act of 1958 [15 U.S.C. 636(a)] may be used to respond to the consequences of defense budget reductions.
"SEC. 4302. ECONOMIC PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOR EXCEPTIONAL PROJECTS
"(a)
"(b)
"SEC. 4303. EXPANSION OF EXPORT FINANCING FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY FIRMS AND EMPLOYEES FORMERLY ENGAGED IN DEFENSE PRODUCTION
"(a)
"(1)
"(2)
"(3)
"(A) was substantially and seriously affected by defense budget reductions; and
"(B) is in transition from defense to nondefense production.
"(b)
"(1) has been substantially and seriously affected by defense budget reductions; and
"(2) is in transition from defense to nondefense production.
"(c)
"(1) Federal agencies concerned with international trade shall participate in the process of coordination conducted by the Committee pursuant to section 4004(c)(1); and
"(2) such Federal agencies shall attempt, to the maximum extent practicable, to coordinate and integrate the activities and assistance of the agencies in support of exports, including financial assistance in the form of direct loans, loan guarantees, and insurance, general trade promotion, marketing assistance, and marketing and commercial information, in a manner consistent with the purposes of this division (and the amendments made by this division to other provisions of law).
"(d)
"(1) providing financing described in subsections (a)(2) and (b), respectively, to businesses or groups of workers which were substantially and seriously affected by defense budget reductions; and
"(2) coordinating and integrating export support and financing activities with other Federal agencies.
"SEC. 4304. BENEFIT INFORMATION FOR BUSINESSES
"(a)
"(b)
Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities
Section 2819 of
Submission Date for First Report
Executive Documents
Ex. Ord. No. 12682. Commission on Alternative Utilization of Military Facilities
Ex. Ord. No. 12682, July 7, 1989, 54 F.R. 29315, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including section 2819 of the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1989 (
(b) The Commission shall consist of a representative of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense, a representative of the Federal Bureau of Prisons designated by the Attorney General, a representative of the National Institute on Drug Abuse designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a representative of the General Services Administration designated by the Administrator of General Services, a representative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and a representative of the Office of National Drug Control Policy designated by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The representative of the Department of Defense shall chair the Commission.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall provide such personnel and support to the Commission as the Secretary determines is necessary to accomplish its mission.
(b) The first such report shall be prepared and submitted as soon as possible for inclusion in the first report of the Commission. The second report shall be prepared and submitted on January 30, 1990, and succeeding reports shall be prepared and submitted every other year commencing on January 30, 1992, and continuing until January 30, 1996.
(1) minimum security facilities for nonviolent prisoners,
(2) drug treatment facilities for nonviolent drug abusers, and
(3) facilities to assist the homeless.
(b) The first report of the Commission shall be submitted to the President and then to the Congress by September 1, 1989. The second, and succeeding reports of the Commission, shall be submitted to the President and then to the Congress no later than September 1, 1990, and every second year through September 1, 1996.
George Bush.
Ex. Ord. No. 12788. Defense Economic Adjustment Program
Ex. Ord. No. 12788, Jan. 15, 1992, 57 F.R. 2213, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 13286, §33, Feb. 28, 2003, 68 F.R. 10625; Ex. Ord. No. 13378, May 12, 2005, 70 F.R. 28413, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 10 U.S.C. 2391 and the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990, enacted as Division D, section 4001 et seq., of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991,
(a) Identify problems of States, regions, metropolitan areas, or communities that result from major Defense base closures, realignments, and Defense contract-related adjustments, and the encroachment of the civilian community on the mission of military installations and that require Federal assistance;
(b) Use and maintain a uniform socioeconomic impact analysis to justify the use of Federal economic adjustment resources, prior to particular realignments;
(c) Apply consistent policies, practices, and procedures in the administration of Federal programs that are used to assist Defense-affected States, regions, metropolitan areas, communities, and businesses;
(d) Identify and strengthen existing agency mechanisms to coordinate employment opportunities for displaced agency personnel;
(e) Identify and strengthen existing agency mechanisms to improve reemployment opportunities for dislocated Defense industry personnel;
(f) Assure timely consultation and cooperation with Federal, State, regional, metropolitan, and community officials concerning Defense-related impacts on Defense-affected communities' problems;
(g) Assure coordinated interagency and intergovernmental adjustment assistance concerning Defense impact problems;
(h) Prepare, facilitate, and implement cost-effective strategies and action plans to coordinate interagency and intergovernmental economic adjustment efforts;
(i) Encourage effective Federal, State, regional, metropolitan, and community cooperation and concerted involvement of public interest groups and private sector organizations in Defense economic adjustment activities;
(j) Serve as a clearinghouse to exchange information among Federal, State, regional, metropolitan, and community officials involved in the resolution of community economic adjustment problems. Such information may include, for example, previous studies, technical information, and sources of public and private financing;
(k) Assist in the diversification of local economies to lessen dependence on Defense activities;
(l) Encourage and facilitate private sector interim use of lands and buildings to generate jobs as military activities diminish;, [sic]
(m) Develop ways to streamline property disposal procedures to enable Defense-impacted communities to acquire base property to generate jobs as military activities diminish; and
(n) Encourage resolution of regulatory issues that impede encroachment prevention and local economic adjustment efforts.
(a) Membership. The Economic Adjustment Committee ("Committee") shall be composed of the following individuals, or a designated principal deputy of these individuals, and such other individuals from the executive branch as the President may designate. Such individuals shall include the:
(1) Secretary of Agriculture;
(2) Attorney General;
(3) Secretary of Commerce;
(4) Secretary of Defense;
(5) Secretary of Education;
(6) Secretary of Energy;
(7) Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(8) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(9) Secretary of the Interior;
(10) Secretary of Labor;
(11) Secretary of State;
(12) Secretary of Transportation;
(13) Secretary of the Treasury;
(14) Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
(15) Secretary of Homeland Security;
(16) Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers;
(17) Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(18) Director of the Office of Personnel Management;
(19) Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(20) Administrator of General Services;
(21) Administrator of the Small Business Administration; and,
(22) Postmaster General.
(b) Chairman. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee, shall chair the Committee.
(c) Vice Chairman. The Secretaries of Labor and Commerce shall serve as Vice Chairmen of the Committee. The Vice Chairmen shall co-chair the Committee in the absence of both the Chairman and the Chairman's designee and may also preside over meetings of designated representatives of the concerned executive agencies.
(d) Executive Director. The head of the Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment shall provide all necessary policy and administrative support for the Committee and shall be responsible for coordinating the application of the Defense Economic Adjustment Program to Department of Defense activities.
(e) Duties. The Committee shall:
(1) Advise, assist, and support the Defense Economic Adjustment Program;
(2) Develop procedures for ensuring that State, regional, and community officials and representatives of organized labor in those States, municipalities, localities, or labor organizations that are substantially and seriously affected by changes in Defense expenditures, realignments or closures, or cancellation or curtailment of major Defense contracts, are notified of available Federal economic adjustment programs; and,
(3) Report annually to the President and then to the Congress on the work of the Economic Adjustment Committee during the preceding fiscal year.
(a) The head of each agency represented on the Committee shall designate an agency representative to:
(1) Serve as a liaison with the Secretary of Defense's economic adjustment staff;
(2) Coordinate agency support and participation in economic adjustment assistance projects; and,
(3) Assist in resolving Defense-related impacts on Defense-affected communities.
(b) All executive agencies shall:
(1) Support, to the extent permitted by law, the economic adjustment assistance activities of the Secretary of Defense. Such support may include the use and application of personnel, technical expertise, legal authorities, and available financial resources. This support may be used, to the extent permitted by law, to provide a coordinated Federal response to the needs of individual States, regions, municipalities, and communities adversely affected by necessary Defense changes;
(2) Afford priority consideration to requests from Defense-affected communities for Federal technical assistance, financial resources, excess or surplus property, or other requirements, that are part of a comprehensive plan used by the Committee.
(b) This order shall be effective immediately and shall supersede Executive Order No. 12049.
[Amendment by Ex. Ord. 13378 directing insertion of "and" after "diminish;" in section 3(m) of Ex. Ord. 12788, was executed by substituting "; and" for the comma after "diminish".]