(a) Investment Control Process.—
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the technology planning process developed to implement section 4811 of this title and section 270(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2469) provides for an investment control process for the selection, prioritization, management, and evaluation of environmental technologies by the Department of Defense, the military departments, and the Defense Agencies.
(b) Planning and Evaluation.—The environmental technology investment control process required by subsection (a) shall provide, at a minimum, for the following:
(1)
The active participation by end-users of environmental technology, including the officials responsible for the environmental security programs of the Department of Defense and the military departments, in the selection and prioritization of environmental technologies.
(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, § 323(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 562; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1867(e)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4282.)