To ensure sufficient sizing of the civilian and contract services workforces of the Department of Defense.

SA 3025. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.
Begich, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Harkin)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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:

Strike section 341 and insert the following:

SEC. 341. CIVILIAN AND CONTRACT SERVICES WORKFORCE BALANCE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall, consistent
with the requirements of sections 129 and 129a of title 10,
United States Code, ensure that the civilian and contract
services workforces of the Department of Defense are
sufficiently sized, taking into account military strategy
requirements and military end-strength.
(b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
assessing the sufficiency of sizing of the civilian and
contract services workforces of the Department of Defense.
The report shall assess whether the sizing is consistent with
workforce management and sourcing laws, including sections
129 and 129a of title 10, United States Code.
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