S.Amdt. 1761

SA 1761. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Schatz) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. ___. REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSESSMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH
FORCE STRUCTURE DECISIONS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 129d the following new
section:

``Sec. 129e. Force structure decisions: criteria used in
assessments; public availability of criteria

``(a) In General.--Any decision on the force structure of
the armed forces shall use specific and objective criteria
for that purpose, and shall make such criteria available to
the public. Such criteria shall include following, as
applicable:
``(1) The Military Value Analysis and Community Support
Value Analysis of the Army.
``(2) The Strategic Laydown and Dispersal Process of the
Navy (as provided by Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
(OPNAV) Instruction 3111.17A).
``(3) The Strategic Basing Process of the Air Force.
``(b) Force Structure Modernization.--(1) In considering an
installation in connection with a decision on force structure
modernization, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
the military department concerned, as applicable, shall make
available to the public the criteria to be used by the
Department of Defense in selecting the installation for
modernization or force structure changes, including
applicable criteria specified in subsection (a) and such
other criteria as will be used in making the decision.
``(2)(A) Each assessment that is conducted for an
installation as described in paragraph (1) shall be made
available to the public in accordance with the provisions of
section 122a of this title.
``(B) An assessment described in subparagraph (A) shall be
made available to the public as described in that
subparagraph by not later than 30 days after the final basing
decision is made.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 129d the following new
item:

``129e. Force structure decisions: criteria used in assessments; public
availability of criteria.''.
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