S.Amdt. 4372

SA 4372. Mr. NELSON 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 B of title IX, add the following:

SEC. 926. REPORT ON SERVICE-COMMON SUPPORT AND ENABLING
CAPABILITIES CONTRIBUTED BY THE ARMED FORCES TO
UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES.

(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a written
report on service-common support and enabling capabilities
contributed by each of the Armed Forces to special operations
forces.
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include
the following:
(A) A definition of the terms ``service-common'' and
``special operations-peculiar''.
(B) A description of the factors and process used by the
Department of Defense to determine whether combat support,
combat service support, base operating support, and enabling
capabilities are service-common or special operations-
peculiar.
(C) A detailed accounting of the resources allocated by
each Armed Force to provide combat support, combat service
support, base operating support, and enabling capabilities
for special operations forces.
(D) An identification of any change in the level or type of
service-common support and enabling capabilities provided by
each of the Armed Forces to special operations forces in
fiscal year 2017 when compared with fiscal year 2016,
including the rationale for any such change and any
mitigating actions.
(E) An assessment of the specific effects that the budget
of the President for fiscal year 2017 (as submitted to
Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States
Code), and any anticipated future manpower and force
structure changes, are likely to have on the ability of each
of the Armed Forces to provide service-common support and
enabling capabilities to special operations forces.
(F) Any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate.

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(b) Annual Updates.--For each of fiscal years 2018 through
2020, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees an update of the report under subsection (a) at
the same time as the budget of the President for such fiscal
year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code.
(c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) and each update
under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex.
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