S.Amdt. 947

SA 947. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. ARMY MILITARY VALUE ANALYSIS MODEL.

(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the Military Value
Analysis model of the Army has been a key determinant for the
force structure and strategic basing decisions of the Army in
recent years.
(b) Briefing.--The Secretary of the Army shall, pending the
submittal of the report required by subsection (c), provide
the congressional defense committees a briefing on the
preliminary findings of a force structure and basing decision
for the Army not later than 60 days before making a formal or
final decision on such force structure and basing.
(c) Report on Updated Model.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report setting
forth an update of the Military Value Analysis model of the
Army.
(2) Review.--The Secretary shall update the Military Value
Analysis model for purposes of the report required by
paragraph (1) following a review undertaken by the Secretary
for purposes of the update. The review and update shall
address and appropriately incorporate the following:
(A) Qualitative and quantitative criteria and sub-criteria
to be used for force structure and strategic basing
decisions, including quantitative and qualitative measures on
the average daily use of, and accessibility to, maneuver
training acreage.
(B) Deployment criteria using a measure of the time
required to deploy a unit of action from its home
installation to its deployment site, including the
transportation of unit personnel by military aircraft, and
transportation of the commonly defined set of unit equipment
to its designated out-port for deployment.
(d) Scoring Data for Force Structure and Major Basing
Decisions.--After making a force structure or major basing
decision for the Army, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report setting forth the
scoring data developed pursuant to the Military Value
Analysis model of the Army with respect to each military
installation considered for purposes of the decision.
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