REPORT ON INITIAL REVIEW OF UNIFIED COMMAND PLAN AND INITIAL REVIEW OF SERVICE ROLES AND MISSIONS

SEC. 715. REPORT ON INITIAL REVIEW OF UNIFIED COMMAND PLAN AND INITIAL REVIEW OF SERVICE ROLES AND MISSIONS (a) Report Requirement.—Not later than April 1, 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation of sections 153(b) and 161(b) of title 10, United States Code. (b) Initial Review of Service Roles and Missions.—With respect to the initial report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense under such section 153(b) (relating to the assignment of functions (or roles and missions) to the Armed Forces), the report under subsection (a) shall particularly describe how such report addressed each of the matters that the Chairman was required (under the second sentence of such section) to consider in preparing the report. (c) Initial Review of the Unified Command Plan.—With respect to the initial review of the Chairman under such section 161(b) (relating to the missions, responsibilities, and force structures of the unified and specified combatant commands), the report under subsection (a) shall particularly describe how such review took into consideration each of the matters specified in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 212(a) of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–433; 100 Stat. 1017). (d) Matters To Be Included.—The report under subsection (a) shall describe, with respect to the reports referred to in subsections (b) and (c)— (1) the Secretary’s evaluation of each of the findings and conclusions of the Chairman in each such report; (2) how the Secretary has implemented (or proposes to implement) each of the recommendations in each such report; and (3) such recommendations for further legislative and administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate based on his review of the reports.