Sec. 919. Affiliate relationships between Army special operations forces and combat-enabling units of general purpose forces
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Not later than 180 says after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the feasibility and advisability of establishing formal affiliate relationships between units of the Army special operations forces and combat-enabling units of the Army general purpose forces for the purpose of enhancing military readiness and effectiveness through habitual training, exercises, and, when required, deployments. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include, at a minimum, the following: An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing formal affiliate relationships between units of the Army special operations forces and combat-enabling units of the Army general purpose forces, including units that perform the following missions: Logistics. Intelligence. Communications. Explosive ordnance disposal. Electronic warfare. Rotary wing support. Combat medicine. Such other missions as the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary consider relevant. A summary of organic and assigned forces conducting the missions described in subparagraph
(A)for Army special operations forces as of the date of the enactment of this Act. In developing the report required by paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall take into account the following: The enabling requirements of both the Army special operations forces and the Army general purpose forces. The availability of high-demand, low-density enabling capabilities of the Army general purpose forces. Deployment-to-dwell standards. If, in the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary determine that it is feasible and advisable to establish formal affiliate relationships between units of the Army special operations forces and combat-enabling units of the Army general purpose forces, then, not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for establishing such relationships that includes, at a minimum, an identification of units to be affiliated and a timeline for doing so.