REPORT ON MANPOWER, MOBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND EQUIPMENT

SEC. 372. REPORT ON MANPOWER, MOBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND EQUIPMENT (a) Report Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a comprehensive report on the readiness of the Armed For era (in terms of manpower, mobility, sustainability, and equipment) to perform their assigned missions. The report shall be based on the manpower and other resources planned for the Armed Forces in the budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1991. (b) Matters To Be Included in Report.—The Secretary shall include in the report required by subsection (a) the following: (1) A detailed analysis of trends in readiness and sustain-ability of the military forces of the United States over the five-year period 1986 to 1990 and, based on the current Five-Year Defense Program or other planning document approved by the Secretary, a projection of such trends over the succeeding five-year period. (2) A detailed evaluation of the readiness and sustainability of the unified combatant commands and the specified combatant commands of the Armed Forces. (3) A discussion of— 103 STAT. 1430 (A) the readiness and sustainability of the military forces of the United States in terms of the standards approved by the Secretary of Defense; (B) the readiness and sustainability of allied forces of the United States; and (C) the readiness and sustainability of potential enemy forces. (4) A list of all improvements that need to be made in the readiness and sustainability of the manpower, mobility, and equipment of the Armed Forces to correct major shortfalls of the unified combatant commands and the specified combatant commands, the relative priority of each such improvement, and the estimated cost of each such improvement. (5) Such other information regarding the readiness of the Armed Forces (in terms of manpower, mobility, sustainability, and equipment) as the Secretary considers appropriate. (c) Priority for Improvements.—The relative priority of the improvements referred to in subsection (b)(4) shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the improvements necessary to ensure the ability of the Armed Forces to perform their assigned missions and the ability of the United States to meet its military commitments. (d) Submission of Report.—The Secretary shall submit the report required by subsection (a), together with such comments and recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate, not later than February 15, 1990.