NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY REPORTS

SEC. 901. NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY REPORTS (a) Reports by the Secretary of Defense.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a national military strategy report during each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994. Each such report shall be submitted with the Secretary’s annual report to Congress for that year under section 113(j) of title 10, United States Code. (b) Matters To Be Covered in Reports.— Each such report shall cover a period of at least ten years and shall address the following: (1) The threats facing the United States and its allies. (2) The degree to which military forces can contribute to the achievement of national objectives. (3) The strategic military plan for applying those forces to the achievement of national objectives. (4) The risk to the national security of the United States and its allies that ensues. 104 STAT. 1620 (5) The organization and structure of military forces to implement the strategy. (6) The broad mission areas for various components of the forces and the broad support requirements to implement the strategy. (7) The functions for which each military department should organize, train, and equip forces for the combatant commands responsible for implementing the strategy. (8) The priorities assigned to major weapons and equipment acquisitions and to research and development programs in order to fill the needs and eliminate deficiencies of the combatant commands. (c) Relationship of Plans to Budget.— The strategic military plans and other matters covered by each report shall be fiscally constrained and shall relate to the current Department of Defense Multiyear Defense Plan and resource levels projected by the Secretary of Defense to be available over the period covered by the report. (d) Effects of Alternative Budget Levels.— Each such report shall also include an assessment of the effect on the risk and the other components of subsection (b) in the event that (1) an additional $50,000,000,000 is available in budget authority in the fiscal year which is addressed by the budget request that the report accompanies, and (2) budget authority for that fiscal year is reduced by $50,000,000,000. For these assessments the Secretary of Defense shall make appropriate assumptions about the funds available for the remainder of the period covered by the report. (e) Role of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff.— In accordance with his role as principal military adviser to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall participate fully in the development of each such report. The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Chairman such additional guidance as is necessary to enable the Chairman to develop and recommend fiscally constrained strategic plans for the Secretary’s consideration in accordance with section 153(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code. In accordance with additional responsibilities of the Chairman set out in section 153, the Chairman shall provide recommendations to the Secretary on the other components of paragraph (2). (f) Classification of Reports.— The reports submitted to Congress under subsection (a) shall be submitted in both classified and (to the extent practicable) unclassified versions.