QUARTERLY READINESS REPORTS.

SEC. 361. QUARTERLY READINESS REPORTS. (a) In General.— (1) Chapter 22 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 452. Quarterly readiness reports “(a) Requirement.— Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report 110 STAT. 273on military readiness. The report for any quarter shall be based on assessments that are provided during that quarter— “(1) to any council, committee, or other body of the Department of Defense (A) that has responsibility for readiness oversight, and (B) the membership of which includes at least one civilian officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the level of Assistant Secretary of Defense or higher; “(2) by senior civilian and military officers of the military departments and the commanders of the unified and specified commands; and “(3) as part of any regularly established process of periodic readiness reviews for the Department of Defense as a whole. “(b) Matters To Be Included.— “(1) specifically describe identified readiness problems or deficiencies and planned remedial actions; and “(2) include the key indicators and other relevant data related to the identified problem or deficiency. “(c) Classification of Reports.— Reports under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form and may, as the Secretary determines necessary, also be submitted in classified form.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “452. Quarterly readiness reports.”. (b) Effective Date.— Section 452 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect with the calendar-year quarter during which this Act is enacted.