S.Amdt. 1415
What it does: Adds SEC. 402. REPORT ON ANTICIPATED REDUCTIONS IN END-STRENGTH LEVELS FOR UNITED STATES FORCES IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle A of title IV
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 402. REPORT ON ANTICIPATED REDUCTIONS IN END-STRENGTH LEVELS FOR UNITED STATES FORCES IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle A of title IV
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
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Inserted: SEC. 402. REPORT ON ANTICIPATED REDUCTIONS IN END-STRENGTH LEVELS FOR UNITED STATES FORCES IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on potential reductions in end-strength levels for United States forces that would occur as a result of any potential reductions in funding for the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) A description of the reductions in end-strength levels for United States forces anticipated in response to potential reductions in funding for the Department of Defense, including an assessment of the impact of such reductions in end-strength levels on the size and readiness of the ground forces.
Inserted: (2) An explanation of the strategic rationale for such reductions.
Inserted: (3) An explanation of the standards to be used in determining and implementing such reductions, and the resultant force structure mix, over the course of the future-years defense program submitted to Congress in fiscal year 2012.
Inserted: (4) A summary of the risks such reductions pose to the capacity of the Armed Forces to execute the National Defense Strategy or any particular role or mission under that strategy.
Inserted: (5) A summary of plans to manage the risks summarized under paragraph (4), including, in particular, plans for mechanisms to ensure the timeliness of any expansion of United States forces required in the event of a crisis and to expand the reserve components.
Inserted: (6) A description of any differences in opinion on the matters covered by paragraphs (1) through (5) from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the commanders of the combatant commands.
Inserted: (7) Such other matters relating to such reductions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
Inserted: (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: (d) Potential Reductions in Funding for the Department of Defense Defined.--In this section, the term "potential reductions in funding for the Department of Defense" means the following:
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Inserted: (1) The reductions in funding for the Department of Defense that will occur over the next 10 years under implementation of the initial phase of the Budget Control Act.
Inserted: (2) Any additional reductions in funding for the Department of Defense that could occur over the next 10 years under the sequestration mechanism of the Budget Control Act.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1415. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 402. REPORT ON ANTICIPATED REDUCTIONS IN END-STRENGTH LEVELS FOR UNITED STATES FORCES IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on potential reductions in end-strength levels for United States forces that would occur as a result of any potential reductions in funding for the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the reductions in end-strength levels for United States forces anticipated in response to potential reductions in funding for the Department of Defense, including an assessment of the impact of such reductions in end-strength levels on the size and readiness of the ground forces.
(2) An explanation of the strategic rationale for such reductions.
(3) An explanation of the standards to be used in determining and implementing such reductions, and the resultant force structure mix, over the course of the future-years defense program submitted to Congress in fiscal year 2012.
(4) A summary of the risks such reductions pose to the capacity of the Armed Forces to execute the National Defense Strategy or any particular role or mission under that strategy.
(5) A summary of plans to manage the risks summarized under paragraph (4), including, in particular, plans for mechanisms to ensure the timeliness of any expansion of United States forces required in the event of a crisis and to expand the reserve components.
(6) A description of any differences in opinion on the matters covered by paragraphs (1) through (5) from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the commanders of the combatant commands.
(7) Such other matters relating to such reductions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Potential Reductions in Funding for the Department of Defense Defined.--In this section, the term “potential reductions in funding for the Department of Defense” means the following:
(1) The reductions in funding for the Department of Defense that will occur over the next 10 years under implementation of the initial phase of the Budget Control Act.
(2) Any additional reductions in funding for the Department of Defense that could occur over the next 10 years under the sequestration mechanism of the Budget Control Act.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2011