S.Amdt. 4133

SA 4133. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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:

After section 502, insert the following:

SEC. 502A. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS.

(a) Plan for Achievement of Reduction.--Commencing not
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a plan to
reduce the number of general and flag officers authorized by
sections 525 and 526 of title 10, United States Code, in
order to comply with sections 501 and 502 of this Act.
(b) Time for Completion.--The plan shall be implemented so
as to comply with the requirements in sections 501 and 502 of
this Act by not later than December 31, 2017.
(c) Orderly Transition.--
(1) In general.--In order to provide an orderly transition
for personnel in billets to be eliminated pursuant to the
plan, each general or flag officer who has not completed 24
months in a billet to be eliminated pursuant to the plan as
of December 31, 2017, may remain in such billet until the
last day of the month that is 24 months after the month in
which such officer assumed the duties of such billet.
(2) Report to congress on covered officers.--The Secretary
shall include in the annual report required by section 526(j)
of title 10, United States Code, in 2017 a description of the
billets in which an officer will remain pursuant to paragraph
(1), including the latest date on which the officer may
remain in such billet pursuant to that paragraph.
(3) Notice to congress on detachment of covered officers.--
The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
notice on the date on which each officer covered by paragraph
(1) is detached from such officer's billet pursuant to that
paragraph.
(d) Reports on Progress in Implementation.--The Secretary
shall include with the budget for the Department of Defense
for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019, as submitted to
Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States
Code, a report describing and assessing the progress of the
Department in implementing the plan and in achieving
compliance with the requirements of sections 501 and 502 of
this Act.
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