STUDY REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE FORCE LEVELS OF WARTIME MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

SEC. 745. STUDY REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE FORCE LEVELS OF WARTIME MEDICAL PERSONNEL. (a) Study Required— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to evaluate the reasonableness of 110 STAT. 387the models used by each military department for determining the appropriate wartime force level for medical personnel in the department. The study shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the modeling techniques used by each department. (2) An analysis of the data used in the models to identify medical personnel requirements. (3) An identification of the ability of the models to integrate personnel of reserve components to meet department requirements. (4) An evaluation of the ability of the Secretary of Defense to integrate the various modeling efforts into a comprehensive, coordinated plan for obtaining the optimum force level for war-time medical personnel. (b) Report of Study.— Not later than June 30, 1996, the Comptroller General shall report to Congress on the results of the.study conducted under subsection (a).