Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, tit. IX, subtit. C, sec. 923

COMMISSION ON ROLES AND MISSIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

EnactedYear: 1994Length: 555 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 923. COMMISSION ON ROLES AND MISSIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) Size of Commission.— (1) Section 952(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 107 Stat. 1738; 10 U.S.C. Ill note) is amended by striking out “seven members” and inserting in lieu thereof “eleven members”. (2) Section 956(b)(1) of such Act (107 Stat. 1740) is amended by striking out “Four members” and inserting in lieu thereof “Seven members”. (3) The additional members of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces authorized by the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (4) At least one of the additional members of the Commission appointed pursuant to the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall have previous military experience and management experience with the reserve components. (b) Review of Reserve Components.— Section 953 of such Act (107 Stat. 1738) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (7); (B) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(9) the role of the Army National Guard of the United States, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the other reserve components.”; (2) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting after “Department of Defense” the following: “, including the Army National Guard of the United States, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the other reserve components”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) Recommendations Concerning Reserve Components.— The Commission shall also address the roles, missions, and functions of the Army National Guard of the United States, the Air National Guard of the United States, and the other reserve components within the total force of the Armed Forces, particularly in 108 STAT. 2831light of lower budgetary resources that will be available to the Department of Defense in the future.”. (c) Recommendations Concerning Programs and Force Structure.— Section 953 of such Act is further amended by adding after subsection (h), as added by subsection (b), the following: “(i) Recommendations Concerning Programs and Force Structure.— The Commission may also recommend changes that would better align programs and force structure with projected missions and threats.”. (d) FFRDC Support.— (1) Section 957 of such Act (107 Stat. 1741) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) FFRDC Support.— (1) Upon the request of the chairman of the Commission, the Secretary of Defense shall make available to the Commission, without reimbursement, the services of any federally funded research and development center that is covered by a sponsoring agreement of the Department of Defense. The cost of the services made available under this subsection may not exceed $20,000,000. “(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any analytic support or related services provided by such a center to the Commission shall not be subject to any overall ceiling established by this or any other Act on the activities or budgets of such centers.”. (2) Such section is further amended by striking out the section heading and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “SEC. 957. PERSONNEL MATTERS; EXPERT SERVICES.”.
Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, tit. IX, subtit. C, sec. 923: COMMISSION ON ROLES AND MISSIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES. | Justis AI