Sec. 1712. MOBILITY CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS STUDY

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## SEC. 1712 MOBILITY CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS STUDY ###

(a)In General The Commander of the United States Transportation Command, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the commanders of the combatant commands, shall conduct a study of the end-to-end, full-spectrum mobility requirements to fulfill the national defense strategy required by section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code, for 2018. Such study shall be completed not later than January 1, 2021. ###

(b)Elements of Study The study required under subsection

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

(1)An assessment of the ability of the programmed airlift aircraft, tanker aircraft, sealift ships, and key mobility enablers to meet the integrated mobility requirements in expected strategic environments, as defined by the guidance in such national defense strategy. ####

(2)An identification, quantification, and description of the associated risk-to-mission (as defined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual 3105.01, Joint Risk Analysis) required to fulfill such strategy, including— #####

(A)as assessment of risk-to-mission associated with achieving strategic and operational objectives using the programmed airlift aircraft, tanker aircraft, sealift ships, and key mobility enablers; and #####

(B)a description of the combinations of airlift aircraft, tanker aircraft, sealift ships, and key mobility enabler requirements and capabilities that provide low, moderate, significant, and high levels of risk-to-mission to fulfill such strategy. ####

(3)An identification of any mobility capability gaps, shortfalls, overlaps, or excesses, including— #####

(A)an assessment of associated risks with respect to the ability to conduct operations; and #####

(B)recommended mitigation strategies where possible. ####

(4)The articulation of all key assumptions and decisions made and excursions examined in conducting the study with respect to— #####

(A)risk; #####

(B)programmed forces and infrastructure; #####

(C)the availability of commercial airlift and commercial United States sealift capabilities and resources, when applicable; #####

(D)aircraft usage rates, aircraft mission availability rates, aircraft mission capability rates, aircrew ratios, aircrew production, and aircrew readiness rates; #####

(E)readiness, crewing, and activation rates for sealift ships; #####

(F)prepositioning, forward stationing, seabasing, engineering, and infrastructure; #####

(G)demand signals used to represent missions described in the national defense strategy for 2018, in competition and wartime; #####

(H)concurrency and global integration of demand signals; #####

(I)integrated global presence and basing strategy; #####

(J)host nation or third-country support; #####

(K)adversary actions to degrade and disrupt United States mobility operations; #####

(L)adversary actions that threaten freedom of navigation on international waterways, including attacks on foreign ships and crews; #####

(M)aircraft being used for training or undergoing depot maintenance or modernization or ships undergoing depot maintenance; #####

(N)mobility enabling forces availability, readiness, and use; #####

(O)logistics concept of operations, including any support concepts, methods, combat support forces, and combat service support forces, that are required to enable the projection and enduring support to forces both deployed and in combat for each analytic scenario; #####

(P)anticipated attrition rates for the assessed force structure; and #####

(Q)such other matters as the Commander determines appropriate. ####

(5)Such other elements as the Commander determines appropriate. ###

(c)Reports and Briefings ####

(1)Interim report and briefing Not later than June 1, 2020, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the commanders of the combatant commands, shall— #####

(A)submit to the congressional defense committees an interim report on the study; and #####

(B)provide to such committees a briefing on the report. ####

(2)Final report and briefing Not later than January 1, 2021, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the commanders of the combatant commands, shall— #####

(A)submit to the congressional defense committees a final report on the study; and #####

(B)provide to such committees a briefing on the report. ####

(3)Form of reports The reports required by paragraphs

(1)and

(2)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(d)Definition of Sealift Ship In this section, the term “sealift ship” includes surge sealift vessels, tanker vessels, and non-governmental vessels incorporated as part of the maritime logistics enterprise.