S.Amdt. 1438
What it does: Adds SEC. 1049. IMPROVEMENT OF COMBATANT COMMAND THEATER POSTURE PLANNING UNDER THE JOINT STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES PLAN at the end of subtitle E of title X
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1049. IMPROVEMENT OF COMBATANT COMMAND THEATER POSTURE PLANNING UNDER THE JOINT STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES PLAN at the end of subtitle E of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) Troops-to-teachers program.--The term "Troops-to- Teachers Program" means the Troops-to-Teachers Program authorized by chapter A of subpart 1 of part C of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6671 et seq.).
Inserted: SEC. 1049. IMPROVEMENT OF COMBATANT COMMAND THEATER POSTURE PLANNING UNDER THE JOINT STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES PLAN.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to improve theater posture planning for the combatant commands under the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan of the Department of Defense in a manner that includes the matters specified in subsection (b).
Inserted: (b) Covered Matters.--The improvement of the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan required pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide for the incorporation into the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan of the following:
Inserted: (1) A requirement that the theater posture plan for the United States Pacific Command, the United States Africa Command, the United States Southern Command, the United States European Command, and the United States Central Command each take into account the cost of operating and maintaining existing installations and ensure estimates of such costs in connection with future initiatives that would alter the theater posture.
Inserted: (2) Guidance on the analysis by the combatant commands referred to in paragraph (1) of the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action when alterations to the theater posture for the applicable command are considered.
Inserted: (3) A requirement that the commander of each combatant command referred to in paragraph (1) develop a process through which interagency perspectives are obtained throughout the theater posture planning process and the development of the theater posture plan by such combatant command.
Inserted: (4) A requirement that the commander of each combatant command referred to in paragraph (1) issue guidance to codify the theater posture planning process of such combatant command upon the incorporation into the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan of the matters specified in paragraphs (1) through (3).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:
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SA 1438. Mr. TESTER 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 E of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1049. IMPROVEMENT OF COMBATANT COMMAND THEATER POSTURE PLANNING UNDER THE JOINT STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES PLAN.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to improve theater posture planning for the combatant commands under the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan of the Department of Defense in a manner that includes the matters specified in subsection (b).
(b) Covered Matters.--The improvement of the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan required pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide for the incorporation into the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan of the following:
(1) A requirement that the theater posture plan for the United States Pacific Command, the United States Africa Command, the United States Southern Command, the United States European Command, and the United States Central Command each take into account the cost of operating and maintaining existing installations and ensure estimates of such costs in connection with future initiatives that would alter the theater posture.
(2) Guidance on the analysis by the combatant commands referred to in paragraph (1) of the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action when alterations to the theater posture for the applicable command are considered.
(3) A requirement that the commander of each combatant command referred to in paragraph (1) develop a process through which interagency perspectives are obtained throughout the theater posture planning process and the development of the theater posture plan by such combatant command.
(4) A requirement that the commander of each combatant command referred to in paragraph (1) issue guidance to codify the theater posture planning process of such combatant command upon the incorporation into the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan of the matters specified in paragraphs (1) through (3).
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Senate amendment submitted
November 29, 2011