S.Amdt. 4189

SA 4189. Mr. FLAKE 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:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. REPORT ON MILITARY BANDS.

Not later than December 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in
unclassified form, on military bands. The report shall set
forth the following:

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(1) The current number and location of military bands, by
Armed Force.
(2) The cost of military bands (including costs of
recruitment, training, facilities, and transportation) during
fiscal year 2016.
(3) The number of members of the Armed Forces assigned to
military bands during fiscal year 2016.
(4) The history of reductions in military bands during the
five fiscal years ending in fiscal year 2016.
(5) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of
combining military bands at joint locations.
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