Sec. 902. MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY

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## SEC. 902 MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY ###

(a)General Responsibilities Paragraph

(2)of section 134(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: > > #### “(2) > > Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary shall be responsible and have overall direction and supervision for— > > > ##### “(A) > > the development, implementation, and integration across the Department of Defense of the National Defense Strategy (as described by section 113 of this title) and strategic policy guidance for the activities of the Department of Defense across all geographic regions and military functions and domains; > > > ##### “(B) > > the integration of the activities of the Department into the National Security Strategy of the United States; > > > ##### “(C) > > the development of policy guidance for the preparation of campaign and contingency plans by the combatant commands, and for the review of such plans; > > > ##### “(D) > > the preparation of policy guidance for the development of the global force posture; and > > > ##### “(E) > > the development of the Defense Planning Guidance that guides the formulation of program and budget requests by the military departments and other elements of the Department.” > . ###

(b)Responsibilities in Connection With Joint Force Capabilities and Readiness Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(5) > > Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary shall coordinate with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to— > > > ##### “(A) > > develop planning scenarios that describe the present and future strategic and operational environments by which to assess joint force capabilities and readiness; and > > > ##### “(B) > > develop specific objectives that the joint force should be ready to achieve, and conduct assessments of the capability (in terms of both capacity and readiness) of the joint force to achieve such objectives.” > .