S.Amdt. 5582
What it does: Adds SEC. 916. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE ARMY at the end of subtitle B of title IX
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 916. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE ARMY at the end of subtitle B of title IX
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(d) Briefing Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on plans to implement the pilot program required by subsection (a).
Inserted: SEC. 916. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE ARMY.
Inserted: (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan that comprehensively defines the roles and responsibilities of officials and organizations of the Army with respect to the force modernization efforts of the Army.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall--
Inserted: (1) identify the official within the Army who shall have primary responsibility for the force modernization efforts of the Army, and
Inserted: specify the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of that official;
Inserted: (2) clearly define the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the Army Futures Command and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology with respect to such efforts;
Inserted: (3) clarify the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of officials and organizations of the Army with respect to acquisition in support of such efforts; and
Inserted: (4) include such other information as the Secretary of the Army determines appropriate.
Inserted: (c) Role of Army Futures Command.--In the event the Secretary of the Army does not submit the plan required under subsection (a) by the expiration of the 180-day period specified in such subsection, then beginning at the expiration of such period--
Inserted: (1) the Commanding General of the Army Futures Command shall have the roles, responsibilities, and authorities assigned to the Commanding General pursuant to Army Directive 2020-15 ("Achieving Persistent Modernization") as in effect on November 16, 2020; and
Inserted: (2) any provision of Army Directive 2022-07 ("Army Modernization Roles and Responsibilities"), or any successor directive, that modifies or contravenes a provision of the directive specified in paragraph (1) shall have no force or effect.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following:
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SA 5582. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 916. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FORCE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE ARMY.
(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan that comprehensively defines the roles and responsibilities of officials and organizations of the Army with respect to the force modernization efforts of the Army.
(b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall--
(1) identify the official within the Army who shall have primary responsibility for the force modernization efforts of the Army, and
specify the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of that official;
(2) clearly define the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the Army Futures Command and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology with respect to such efforts;
(3) clarify the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of officials and organizations of the Army with respect to acquisition in support of such efforts; and
(4) include such other information as the Secretary of the Army determines appropriate.
(c) Role of Army Futures Command.--In the event the Secretary of the Army does not submit the plan required under subsection (a) by the expiration of the 180-day period specified in such subsection, then beginning at the expiration of such period--
(1) the Commanding General of the Army Futures Command shall have the roles, responsibilities, and authorities assigned to the Commanding General pursuant to Army Directive 2020-15 (“Achieving Persistent Modernization”) as in effect on November 16, 2020; and
(2) any provision of Army Directive 2022-07 (“Army Modernization Roles and Responsibilities”), or any successor directive, that modifies or contravenes a provision of the directive specified in paragraph (1) shall have no force or effect.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 22, 2022