ARMY RESERVE COMMAND

SEC. 903. ARMY RESERVE COMMAND (a) Establishment of Command.— The Secretary of the Army, with the advice and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Army, shall establish a United States Army Reserve Command under the command of the Chief of Army Reserve. The Army Reserve Command shall be a major subordinate command of Forces Command. (b) Assignment of Forces.— The Secretary of the Army— (1) shall assign all forces of the Army Reserve in the continental United States to the Army Reserve Command; and (2) except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Sec-104 STAT. 1621 retary of the Army specified in section 3013 of title 10, United States Code, shall assign all such forces of the Army Reserve to the Commander-in-Chief, Forces Command. (c) Test Period.— The establishment of the Army Reserve Command shall be for a test period ending two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Reports by Secretary of the Army.— The Secretary of the Army, during the test period under subsection (c), shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a semiannual report on the United States Army Reserve Command. Each such report shall explain— (1) command arrangements; (2) responsibility for base operations support; (3) personnel, logistics, and resource management; and (4) engineering and information management support. (e) Review by an Independent Commission.— The Secretary of the Army shall establish an independent commission to assist the Secretary in assessing the progress and effectiveness of the United States Army Reserve Command after it has been in existence for a period of one year.