TEST PROGRAM FOR RESERVE COMBAT MANEUVER UNIT INTEGRATION.

SEC. 516. TEST PROGRAM FOR RESERVE COMBAT MANEUVER UNIT INTEGRATION. (a) Plan for Test Program.—The Secretary of the Army shall prepare a plan for carrying out a test program to determine the feasibility and advisability of applying the roundout and roundup models for integration of active and reserve component Army units at the battalion and company levels. (b) Purpose of Test Program.—The purpose of the test program shall be to evaluate whether the roundout and roundup concepts if applied at the battalion and company levels would— (1) decrease post-mobilization training time; (2) increase the capabilities of reserve component leaders; (3) improve the integration of the active and reserve components; and (4) provide a more efficient means for future expansion of the Army in a period of emergency or increasing international threats to the vital interests of the United States. (c) Report on Plan.—The Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress not later than March 31, 1994, a report that includes the plan for the test program required under subsection (a). (d) Definitions.—For purposes of this section, the terms “roundout” and “roundup” refer to two approaches for integrating Army National Guard and Army Reserve combat units into active Army corps, divisions, brigades, and battalions after mobilization. The roundout approach is the method of bringing an incomplete active unit up to full strength by assigning one or more reserve component units to it. The roundup approach is the use of reserve component units to augment or expand active units that are already at full strength.