Sec. 597. Force structure and personnel requirements of special operations forces: review; briefing; report
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the covered officials shall conduct a coordinated review of force structure and personnel requirements for special operations forces under the jurisdictions of the covered officials to carry out special operations activities regarding the following: Operational and campaign plans of the commander of a combatant command. The National Defense Strategy of 2022. The Joint Concept for Competing (dated February 10, 2023) and any additional relevant Joint Operating Concepts.
Any Executive orders related to strategic competition. Not later than 180 days after the commencement of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on the initial findings of the review. Not later than 90 days after completion of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes the following:
A summary of the findings of the review. Details of any proposed changes to force structure and personnel requirements. The costs associated with any changes identified in paragraph
(2)and the time required to execute such changes. If the Secretary proposes a reduction in special operations forces force structure or personnel requirements, effects of such reductions on the ability to carry out plans described in subsection (a)(1). The Secretary of Defense may not make any reduction in force structure, personnel requirements, or staffing levels to a special operations force until after the Secretary submits the report under subsection (c). In this section: The term covered official means the following. The Secretary of the Army. The Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Air Force. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. The Commander of United States Special Operations Command. The term special operations activities means the activities described in section 167(k) of title 10, United States Code. The term special operations forces means the forces described in section 167(j) of title 10, United States Code. The term force structure , when used with respect to an organization, means the type of organization, the mission of the organization, the personnel required to operate the organization, and the equipment required to execute the mission of the organization.