REPORT ON SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ORGANIZATION, MANNING, AND MANAGEMENT.

SEC. 933. REPORT ON SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ORGANIZATION, MANNING, AND MANAGEMENT.(a) Report Required.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Defense a report and recommendations, in accordance 123 STAT. 2435 with this section, on the organization, manning, and management of the command.(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) A comparison of current and projected fiscal year 2010 military and civilian end strength levels at special operations command headquarters with fiscal year 2000 levels, both actual and authorized.(2) A comparison of fiscal year 2000 through 2010 special operations command headquarters end strength growth with the growth of each special operations forces component command headquarters over the same time period, both actual and authorized.(3) A summary and assessment that identifies the resourcing, in terms of manning, training, equipping, and funding, that the United States Special Operations Command provides to each of the theater special operations commands under the geographical combatant commands and a summary of personnel specialties assigned to each such command.(4) Options and recommendations for reducing staffing levels at special operations command headquarters by 5 and 10 percent, respectively, and an assessment of the opportunity costs and management risks associated with each option.(5) Recommendations for increasing manning levels, if appropriate, at each component command, and especially at Army Special Operations Command.(6) A plan to sustain the cultural engagement group of Special Operations Command Central.(7) An assessment of the resourcing requirements to establish capability similar to the cultural engagement group capability at the other theater special operations command locations.(8) A review and assessment for improving the relationship between the United States Special Operations Command and each of the theater special operations commands under the geographical combatant commands and the establishment of a more direct administrative and collaborative link between them.(9) A review and assessment of existing Department of Defense executive agent support to the United States Special Operations Command and its subordinate components, as well as commentary about proposals to use the same executive agent throughout the special operations community.(10) An updated assessment on the specific proposal to provide executive agent support from the Defense Logistics Agency for the United States Special Operations Command.(11) A recommendation and plan for including international development and conflict prevention representatives as participants in the Interagency Task Force process.(c) Submission of Report and Recommendations to Congressional Defense Committees.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the submission of the report and recommendations required under subsection (a) by the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, the Secretary of Defense shall forward the report and recommendations to the congressional defense committees, together with such additional comments as the Secretary considers appropriate.123 STAT. 2436