FFRDC STUDY OF STATE AND FEDERAL MISSIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

SEC. 522. FFRDC STUDY OF STATE AND FEDERAL MISSIONS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. (a) Study Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for a study of the State and Federal missions of the National Guard to be carried out by a federally funded research and development center. The study shall consider both the separate and integrated requirements (including requirements pertaining to personnel, weapons, equipment, and facilities) that derive from those missions. (b) Matters To Be Included.—The Secretary shall require that the matters to be considered under the study include the following: (1) Whether the currently projected size for the National Guard after the completion of the reductions in the national defense structure planned through fiscal year 1999 will be adequate for the National Guard to fulfill both its State and Federal missions. (2) Whether the system of assigning Federal missions to State Guard units could be altered to optimize the Federal as well as the State capabilities of the National Guard. (3) Whether alternative arrangements, such as cooperative development of National Guard capabilities among the States grouped as regions, are advisable and feasible. (4) Whether alternative Federal-State cost-sharing arrangements should be implemented for National Guard units whose principal function is to support State missions. (5) Such other matters related to the missions of the National Guard and the corresponding requirements related to those missions as the Secretary may specify or the center carrying out the study may determine necessary. (c) FFRDC Reports.—(1) The Secretary shall require the center carrying out the study to submit an interim report not later than May 1, 1994, and a final report not later than November 15, 1994. Each report shall include the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the center concerning each of the matters referred to in subsection (b). (2) The Secretary shall submit each such report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives not later than 15 days after the date on which it is received by the Secretary. 107 STAT. 1656 (d) Evaluation and Report of Final FFRDC Report.—(1) After the center carrying out the study submits its final report, the Secretary of Defense, together with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall conduct an evaluation of the assumptions, analysis, findings, and recommendations of that study. (2) Not later than February 1, 1995, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the evaluation under paragraph (1). The report shall be accompanied by any recommendations for legislative action that the Secretary considers necessary as a result of the study and evaluation required by this section. (e) Cooperation.—The Secretary shall ensure that the center carrying out the study under this section has full access to such information as the center requires for the purposes of the study and that the center otherwise receives full cooperation from all officials and entities of the Department of Defense, including the National Guard, in carrying out the study.