Sec. 522. POLICY ADDRESSING DWELL TIME AND MEASUREMENT AND DATA COLLECTION REGARDING UNIT OPERATING TEMPO AND PERSONNEL TEMPO

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## SEC. 522 POLICY ADDRESSING DWELL TIME AND MEASUREMENT AND DATA COLLECTION REGARDING UNIT OPERATING TEMPO AND PERSONNEL TEMPO ###

(a)Policy Addressing Dwell Time Subsection

(a)of section 991 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(4) > > The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a policy that addresses the amount of dwell time a member of the armed forces or unit remains at the member’s or unit’s permanent duty station or home port, as the case may be, between deployments.” > . ###

(b)Unit Operating Tempo and Personnel Tempo Recordkeeping Subsection

(c)of such section is amended to read as follows: > > ### “(c) Recordkeeping > > > ####

(1)> > The Secretary of Defense shall— > > > ##### “(A) > > establish a system for tracking and recording the number of days that each member of the armed forces is deployed; > > > ##### “(B) > > prescribe policies and procedures for measuring operating tempo and personnel tempo; and > > > ##### “(C) > > maintain a central data collection repository to provide information for research, actuarial analysis, interagency reporting, and evaluation of Department of Defense programs and policies. > > > #### “(2) > > The data collection repository shall be able to identify— > > > ##### “(A) > > the active and reserve component units of the armed forces that are participating at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher level) in contingency operations, major training events, and other exercises and contingencies of such a scale that the exercises and contingencies receive an official designation; and > > > ##### “(B) > > the duration of their participation. > > > #### “(3) > > For each of the armed forces, the data collection repository shall be able to indicate, for a fiscal year— > > > ##### “(A) > > the number of members who received the high-deployment allowance under section 436 of title 37 (or who would have been eligible to receive the allowance if the duty assignment was not excluded by the Secretary of Defense); > > > ##### “(B) > > the number of members who received each rate of allowance paid (estimated in the case of members described in the parenthetical phrase in subparagraph (A)); > > > ##### “(C) > > the number of months each member received the allowance (or would have received it in the case of members described in the parenthetical phrase in subparagraph (A)); and > > > ##### “(D) > > the total amount expended on the allowance. > > > #### “(4) > > For each of the armed forces, the data collection repository shall be able to indicate, for a fiscal year, the number of days that high demand, low density units (as defined by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) were deployed, and whether these units met the force goals for limiting deployments, as described in the personnel tempo policies applicable to that armed force.” > . ###

(c)Definitions Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(f) Other Definitions > > In this section: > > > #### “(1) > > > #####

(A)> > Subject to subparagraph (B), the term ‘dwell time’ means the time a member of the armed forces or a unit spends at the permanent duty station or home port after returning from a deployment. > > > ##### “(B) > > The Secretary of Defense may modify the definition of dwell time specified in subparagraph (A). If the Secretary establishes a different definition of such term, the Secretary shall transmit the new definition to Congress. > > > #### “(2) > > The term ‘operating tempo’ means the rate at which units of the armed forces are involved in all military activities, including contingency operations, exercises, and training deployments. > > > #### “(3) > > The term ‘personnel tempo’ means the amount of time members of the armed forces are engaged in their official duties at a location or under circumstances that make it infeasible for a member to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the member resides.” > . ###

(d)Clerical Amendments ####

(1)Section heading The heading of section 991 of such title is amended to read as follows: > > ## “SEC. 991 Management of deployments of members and measurement and data collection of unit operating and personnel tempo” > . ####

(2)Table of sections The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 50 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 991 and inserting the following new item:" “991. Management of deployments of members and measurement and data collection of unit operating and personnel tempo.” ".