Sec. 1053. STUDY ON JOINT ANALYTIC CAPABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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## SEC. 1053 STUDY ON JOINT ANALYTIC CAPABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ###

(a)Independent Assessment The Secretary of Defense shall commission an appropriate entity outside the Department of Defense to conduct an independent assessment of the joint analytic capabilities of the Department of Defense to support strategy, plans, and force development and their link to resource decisions. ###

(b)Elements The assessment required by subsection

(a)shall include each of the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the analytical capability of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Staff to support force planning, defense strategy development, program and budget decisions, and the review of war plans. ####

(2)Recommendations on improvements to such capability as required, including changes to processes or organizations that may be necessary. ###

(c)Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity that conducts the assessment required by subsection

(a)shall provide to the Secretary an unclassified report, with a classified annex (if appropriate), containing its findings as a result of the assessment. Not later than 90 days after the date of the receipt of the report, the Secretary shall transmit the report to the congressional defense committees, together with such comments on the report as the Secretary considers appropriate.