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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4435 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1074

Sec. 1074. Pilot program for the human terrain system

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The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary uses the Human Terrain System assets in the Pacific Command area of responsibility to support phase 0 shaping operations and the theater security cooperation plans of the Commander of the Pacific Command. Not more than 12 full-time equivalent personnel, or 12 full-time equivalent personnel for reach back support, may be deployed into the Pacific command area of responsibility to support the pilot program required by subsection (a).
The limitation under the preceding sentence shall not apply to training or support functions required to prepare personnel for participation in the pilot program. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the plan of the Secretary to carry out the program required by subsection (a), including the milestones, metrics, deliverables, and resources needed to execute such a pilot program.
In establishing the metrics for the pilot program, the Secretary shall include the ability to measure the value of the program in comparison to other analytic tools and techniques. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the pilot program. Such report shall include the independent analysis and recommendations of the Commander of the Pacific Command regarding the effectiveness of the program and how it could be improved.
Not later than December 1, 2016, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a final report on the pilot program. Such report shall include an analysis of the comparative value of human terrain information relative to other analytic tools and techniques, recommendations regarding expanding the program to include other combatant commands, and any improvements to the program and necessary resources that would enable such an expansion. The authority to carry out a pilot program under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2016.
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