Sec. 1072. Reform of quadrennial defense review
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Section 118 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: Every four years, during a year following a year evenly divisible by four, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive examination (to be known as a Defense Strategy Review ) of the national defense strategy, force structure, modernization plans, posture, infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the defense program and policies of the United States with a view toward determining and expressing the defense strategy of the United States and establishing a defense program.
Each such Defense Strategy Review shall be conducted in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Each Defense Strategy Review shall be conducted so as to— delineate a national defense strategy in support of the most recent National Security Strategy prescribed by the President pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3043 ); provide a mechanism for— setting priorities for sizing and shaping the force, guiding the development and sustainment of capabilities, allocating resources, and adjusting the organization of the Department of Defense to respond to changes in the strategic environment; monitoring, assessing, and holding accountable agencies within the Department of Defense for the development of policies and programs that support the national defense strategy; integrating and supporting other national and related interagency security policies and strategies with other Department of Defense guidance, plans, and activities; and communicating such national defense strategy to Congress, relevant United States Government agencies, allies and international partners, and the private sector; consider three general timeframes of the near-term (associated with the future-years defense program), mid-term (10 to 15 years), and far-term (20 years); address the security environment, threats, trends, opportunities, and challenges, and define the nature and magnitude of the strategic and military risks associated with executing the national defense strategy by using the most recent net assessment submitted by the Secretary of Defense under section 113 of this title, the risk assessment submitted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under section 153 of this title, and, as determined necessary or useful by the Secretary, any other Department of Defense, Government, or non-government strategic or intelligence estimate, assessment, study, or review; define the force size and structure, capabilities, modernization plans, posture, infrastructure, readiness, organization, and other elements of the defense program of the Department of Defense that would be required to execute missions called for in such national defense strategy; to the extent practical, estimate the budget plan sufficient to execute the missions called for in such national defense strategy; define the nature and magnitude of the strategic and military risks associated with executing such national defense strategy; and understand the relationships and tradeoffs between missions, risks, and resources.
The Secretary shall submit a report on each Defense Strategy Review to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each such report shall be submitted by not later than March 1 of the year following the year in which the review is conducted. If the year in which the review is conducted is in the second term of a President, the Secretary may submit an update to the Defense Strategy Review report submitted during the first term of that President.
The report required by paragraph
(3)shall provide a comprehensive discussion of the Review, including each of the following: The national defense strategy of the United States. The assumed or defined prioritized national security interests of the United States that inform the national defense strategy defined in the Review. The assumed strategic environment, including the threats, developments, trends, opportunities, and challenges that affect the assumed or defined national security interests of the United States. The assumed steady state activities, crisis and conflict scenarios, military end states, and force planning construct examined in the review. The prioritized missions of the armed forces under the strategy and a discussion of the roles and missions of the components of the armed forces to carry out those missions. The assumed roles and capabilities provided by other United States Government agencies and by allies and international partners. The force size and structure, capabilities, posture, infrastructure, readiness, organization, and other elements of the defense program that would be required to execute the missions called for in the strategy. An assessment of the significant gaps and shortfalls between the force size and structure, capabilities, and additional elements as required by subparagraph
(G)and the current elements in the Department’s existing program of record, a prioritization of those gaps and shortfalls, and an understanding of the relationships and tradeoffs between missions, risks, and resources. An assessment of the risks assumed by the strategy, including— how the Department defines, categorizes, and measures risk, including strategic and military risk; and the plan for mitigating major identified risks, including the expected timelines for, and extent of, any such mitigation, and the rationale for where greater risk is accepted. Any other key assumptions and elements addressed in the review or that the Secretary considers necessary to include. Upon the completion of each Review under this subsection, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Defense the Chairman’s assessment of risks under the defense strategy developed by the Review and a description of the capabilities needed to address such risks. The Chairman’s assessment shall be submitted to the Secretary in time for the inclusion of the assessment in the report on the Review required by paragraph (3). The Secretary shall include the Chairman’s assessment, together with the Secretary’s comments, in the report in its entirety. The report required under paragraph
(3)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if the Secretary determines it is necessary to protect national security. Not later than February 1 of a year following a year evenly divisible by four, there shall be established an independent panel to be known as the National Defense Panel (in this subsection referred to as the Panel ). The Panel shall have the duties set forth in this subsection. The Panel shall be composed of ten members from private civilian life who are recognized experts in matters relating to the national security of the United States. Eight of the members shall be appointed as follows: Two by the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. Two by the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. Two by the ranking member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. Two by the ranking member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. In addition to the members appointed under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall appoint two members from private civilian life to serve as co-chairs of the panel. Members shall be appointed for the life of the Panel. Any vacancy in the Panel shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The Panel shall have the following duties with respect to a Defense Strategy Review conducted under subsection (a): Assessing the current and future security environment, including threats, trends, developments, opportunities, challenges, and risks, by using the most recent net assessment submitted by the Secretary of Defense under section 113 of this title, the risk assessment submitted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs under section 153 of this title, and, as determined necessary or useful by the Panel, any other Department of Defense, Government, or non-government strategic or intelligence estimate, assessment, study, review, or expert. Suggesting key issues that should be addressed in the Defense Strategy Review. Based upon the assessment under subparagraph (A), identifying and discussing the national security interests of the United States and the role of the armed forces and the Department of Defense related to the protection or promotion of those interests. Assessing the report on the Defense Strategy Review submitted by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a)(3). Assessing the assumptions, strategy, findings, and risks of the report on the Defense Strategy Review submitted under subsection (a)(3). Considering alternative defense strategies. Assessing the force structure and capabilities, posture, infrastructure, readiness, organization, budget plans, and other elements of the defense program of the United States to execute the missions called for in the Defense Strategy Review and in the alternative strategies considered under subparagraph (F). Providing to Congress and the Secretary of Defense, in the report required by paragraph (7), any recommendations it considers appropriate for their consideration. If the Secretary of Defense has not made the Secretary’s appointments to the Panel under paragraph
(3)by March 1 of a year in which the Panel is established, the Panel shall convene for its first meeting with the remaining members. Not later than three months after the date on which the report on a Defense Strategy Review is submitted under paragraph
(3)of subsection
(a)to the committees of Congress referred to in such paragraph, the Panel shall submit to such committees a report on the Panel’s assessment of such Defense Strategy Review, as required by paragraph (5). The following administrative provisions apply to a Panel established under paragraph (1): The Panel may request directly from the Department of Defense and any of its components such information as the Panel considers necessary to carry out its duties under this subsection. The head of the department or agency concerned shall cooperate with the Panel to ensure that information requested by the Panel under this paragraph is promptly provided to the maximum extent practical. Upon the request of the co-chairs, the Secretary of Defense shall make available to the Panel the services of any federally funded research and development center that is covered by a sponsoring agreement of the Department of Defense. The Panel shall have the authorities provided in section 3161 of title 5 and shall be subject to the conditions set forth in such section. Funds for activities of the Panel shall be provided from amounts available to the Department of Defense. A Panel established under paragraph
(1)shall terminate 45 days after the date on which the Panel submits its report on a Defense Strategy Review under paragraph (7). . The item relating to section 118 at the beginning of chapter 2 of such title is amended to read as follows: 118. Defense Strategy Review. . Chapter 2 of such title is amended by striking section 118b. The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by striking the item relating to section 118b. Section 118 of such title, as amended by subsection (a), and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect on October 1, 2015. The first Defense Strategy Review required by subsection (a)(1) of section 118 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection
(a)of this section, shall include an analysis of enduring mission requirements for equipping, training, sustainment, and other operation and maintenance activities of the Department of Defense, including the Defense Agencies and military departments, that are financed by amounts authorized to be appropriated for overseas contingency operations.
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