REPORT AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

SEC. 2837. REPORT AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.(a) Report Required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the training and readiness requirements necessary for Marine Forces Pacific, the field command of the Marine Corps within the United States Pacific Command.(b) Contents of Report.—The report required under subsection (a) shall contain each of the following:(1) A description of the units of the Marine Corps expected to be assigned or realigned on a permanent or temporary basis to Marine Forces Pacific, including the type of unit, the organizational element, the current location of the unit, and proposed location for the unit.(2) A description of the training requirements necessary to sustain the current and planned realignment of forces specified in paragraph (1).(3) A description of the strategic- and tactical-lift requirements associated with the training, operational readiness, and movement of Marine Forces Pacific, including programming information regarding the intent of the Department of Defense to eliminate deficiencies in the strategic-lift capabilities.(c) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that an evaluation of training and readiness requirements for Marine Forces Pacific—(1) should be conducted and completed as soon as possible;(2) should include an analysis that, at a minimum, reviews the capabilities required to support the training, operational readiness, and movement of Marine Air-Ground Task Force; and(3) should not impact the implementation of the recently signed international agreement entitled “Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Japan concerning the Implementation of the 123 STAT. 2679 Relocation of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Personnel and their Dependents from Okinawa to Guam”.