S.Amdt. 3950
What it does: Adds SEC. 1069. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY ON SPECIALIZED DEGREE-GRANTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS at the end of subtitle F of title X
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)What it changes
1 change to S. 2410 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1069. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY ON SPECIALIZED DEGREE-GRANTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS at the end of subtitle F of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Section 1081 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-81; 122 Stat. 335) is amended by striking subsection (d).
Inserted: SEC. 1069. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY ON SPECIALIZED DEGREE-GRANTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS.
Inserted: (a) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the implementation by such Secretary of the recommendations in the report of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences entitled "Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management".
Inserted: (b) Matters Relating to Air Force Report.--
Inserted: (1) Consultation.--In preparing the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall consult with the AFIT Foundation.
Inserted: (2) Certain elements.--The report of the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (a) addressing recommendation 3-2 in the report of the National Research Council described in that subsection, regarding the chain of command of the Air Force Institute of Technology, shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) Options for alternative chains of command for the Air Force Institute of Technology, and an identification of the preferred alternative among such options.
Inserted: (B) An assessment of the effect of the chain of command, as recommended in such recommendation 3-2, on the ability of the Air Force Institute of Technology to support Air Force space, cyberspace, intelligence, and global strike missions, and the nuclear enterprise.
Inserted: (C) A description of milestones and timetables for implementation of such recommendation 3-2.
Inserted: (D) An assessment of the effects of implementation of such recommendation 3-2 on the military and civilian workforces of the Air Force.
Inserted: (E) Such recommendations for legislative action with respect to implementation of such recommendation 3-2 as the Secretary considers appropriate.
Inserted: (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--
Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
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Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3950. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1069. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY ON SPECIALIZED DEGREE-GRANTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS.
(a) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the implementation by such Secretary of the recommendations in the report of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences entitled “Review of Specialized Degree-Granting Graduate Programs of the Department of Defense in STEM and Management”.
(b) Matters Relating to Air Force Report.--
(1) Consultation.--In preparing the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall consult with the AFIT Foundation.
(2) Certain elements.--The report of the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (a) addressing recommendation 3-2 in the report of the National Research Council described in that subsection, regarding the chain of command of the Air Force Institute of Technology, shall include the following:
(A) Options for alternative chains of command for the Air Force Institute of Technology, and an identification of the preferred alternative among such options.
(B) An assessment of the effect of the chain of command, as recommended in such recommendation 3-2, on the ability of the Air Force Institute of Technology to support Air Force space, cyberspace, intelligence, and global strike missions, and the nuclear enterprise.
(C) A description of milestones and timetables for implementation of such recommendation 3-2.
(D) An assessment of the effects of implementation of such recommendation 3-2 on the military and civilian workforces of the Air Force.
(E) Such recommendations for legislative action with respect to implementation of such recommendation 3-2 as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 20, 2014