Sec. 1061. ARMY MODERNIZATION STRATEGY

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## SEC. 1061 ARMY MODERNIZATION STRATEGY ###

(a)Strategy Required The Secretary of the Army shall develop a modernization strategy for the total Army. ###

(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection

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

(1)A comprehensive description of the future total Army, including key objectives, war fighting challenges, and risks, sufficient to establish requirements, set priorities, identify opportunity costs, and establish acquisition time lines for the total Army over a period beyond the period of the current future-years defense program under section 221 of title 10, United States Code. ####

(2)Mechanisms for identifying programs of the Army that may be unnecessary, or do not perform according to expectations, in achieving the future total Army. ####

(3)A comprehensive description of the manner in which the future total Army intends to fight and win as part of a joint force engaged in combat across all operational domains. ####

(4)A comprehensive description of the mechanisms required by the future total Army to maintain command, control, and communications and sustainment. ####

(5)A description of— #####

(A)the combat vehicle modernization priorities of the Army over the next 5 and 10 years; #####

(B)the extent to which such priorities can be supported at current funding levels within a relevant time period; #####

(C)the extent to which additional funds are required to support such priorities; #####

(D)how the Army is balancing and resourcing such priorities with efforts to rebuild and sustain readiness and increase force structure capacity over this same time period; and #####

(E)how the Army is balancing its near-term modernization efforts with an accelerated long-term strategy for acquiring next generation combat vehicle capabilities. ###

(c)Particular Considerations In developing the strategy required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into particular account the following: ####

(1)Current trends and developments in weapons and equipment technologies. ####

(2)New tactics and force design of peer adversaries, including the rapid pace of development of such tactics and force design by such adversaries. ###

(d)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than April 30, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the strategy required by subsection (a). ####

(2)Form If the report is submitted in classified form, the report shall be accompanied by an unclassified summary. ###

(e)Comptroller General Assessment ####

(1)Assessment The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment of the modernization strategy required by subsection (a). ####

(2)Focus In carrying out the assessment under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall focus on evaluating— #####

(A)the development of the modernization priorities of the Army for the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; #####

(B)how the Army is balancing and resourcing such priorities with efforts to rebuild and sustain readiness and increase force structure capacity over such period; and #####

(C)the extent to which the Army has balanced its near-term modernization efforts with its long-term strategy for acquiring new capabilities. ####

(3)Congressional reporting #####

(A)Briefing Not later than May 1, 2018, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the preliminary assessment of the Comptroller General under paragraph (1). #####

(B)Report The Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the final assessment of the Comptroller General under such paragraph. ###

(f)Total Army Defined In this section, the term “total Army” means the active components and the reserve components of the Army.