Sec. 1256. Study and report on command structure and force posture of United States Armed Forces in Indo-Pacific region
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The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct an independent study for the purpose of improving the current command structure and force posture of the United States Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development center selected to conduct the study required by paragraph
(1)shall submit to the Secretary a report on the findings of the study. The report required by subparagraph
(A)shall include the following: An assessment of— the current command structure of the United States Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command; the current force posture, basing, access, and overflight agreements of the United States Armed Forces in such area of responsibility; and any operational or command and control challenge resulting from the geography, current force posture of the United States Armed Forces, or current command structure of the United States Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Any recommendation for— adjustments to the force posture of the United States Armed Forces in such area of responsibility, including an identification of any additional basing, access, and overflight agreement that may be necessary in response to the changing security environment in such area of responsibility; modifying the current organizational and command structure of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, including United States Forces Japan and United States Forces Korea, in response to such changing security environment; or improving the ability to better coordinate with allies and partners during peacetime and conflict. Not later than February 1, 2025, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the report submitted to the Secretary under subsection (a)(2), together with the views of the Secretary on the findings set forth in such report and any corresponding recommendation. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. The Secretary shall make available to the public the unclassified form of the report required by paragraph (1).