Sec. 905. Combatant command efficiency plan
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The Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan to combine the back office functions of the headquarters of two or more combatant commands, including the subordinate component commands. The plan required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A detailed discussion of combining or otherwise sharing in whole or in part similar back office functions between two or more combatant command headquarters located in the same country. A detailed discussion of combining or otherwise sharing in whole or in part similar back office functions of the Joint Staff and some or all combatant command headquarters. A detailed discussion of establishing a new organization to manage similar back office functions of two or more combatant command headquarters located in the same country. A detailed discussion of the risks and capabilities lost by implementing such consolidations and efficiencies. A detailed discussion of how the efficiencies and consolidations in assigned personnel and resources are in support of the quadrennial defense review and the strategic choices and management review of the Department of Defense. Any other arrangements that the Secretary considers appropriate. 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 containing— a summary of the plan required by subsection (a); and the potential cost savings of any arrangements the Secretary considers in conducting the study. In this section: The term back office functions means the administration and support functions of a headquarters of a combatant command, including human resources or other personnel functions, budgeting, and information technology support. The term combatant command means a combatant command established pursuant to section 161 or 167 of title 10, United States Code. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense for operations and maintenance, defense-wide, Joint Chiefs of Staff, as specified in the funding table for section 4301, not more than 85 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provides the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives the briefing on combatant command headquarters personnel and resources requirements as directed in the Report of the Committee on Armed Services on H.R. 1960 of the 113th Congress (House Report 113–102) under title X.