EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF QUARTERLY READINESS REPORTS.

SEC. 322. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF QUARTERLY READINESS REPORTS. (a) Expanded Reports Required.—(1) Section 482 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 482. Quarterly reports: personnel and unit readiness “(a) Quarterly Reports Required.—Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report regarding military readiness. The report for a quarter shall contain the information required by subsections (b), (d), and (e). “(b) Readiness Problems and Remedial Actions.—Each report shall specifically describe— “(1) each readiness problem and deficiency identified using the assessments considered under subsection (c); “(2) planned remedial actions; and “(3) the key indicators and other relevant information related to each identified problem and deficiency. “(c) Consideration of Readiness Assessments.—The information required under subsection (b) to be included in the report for a quarter shall be based on readiness 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) whose membership 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.111 STAT. 1674 “(d) Comprehensive Readiness Indicators for Active Components.—Each report shall also include information regarding each of the active components of the armed forces (and an evaluation of such information) with respect to each of the following readiness indicators: “(1) Personnel strength.— “(A) Personnel status, including the extent to which members of the armed forces are serving in positions outside of their military occupational specialty, serving in grades other than the grades for which they are qualified, or both. “(B) Historical data and projected trends in personnel strength and status. “(2) Personnel turbulence.— “(A) Recruit quality. “(B) Borrowed manpower. “(C) Personnel stability. “(3) Other personnel matters.— “(A) Personnel morale. “(B) Recruiting status. “(4) Training.— “(A) Training unit readiness and proficiency. “(B) Operations tempo. “(C) Training funding. “(D) Training commitments and deployments. “(5) Logistics—equipment fill.— “(A) Deployed equipment. “(B) Equipment availability. “(C) Equipment that is not mission capable. “(D) Age of equipment. “(E) Condition of nonpacing items. “(6) Logistics—equipment maintenance.— “(A) Maintenance backlog. “(7) Logistics—supply.— “(A) Availability of ordnance and spares. “(B) Status of prepositioned equipment. “(e) Unit Readiness Indicators.—Each report shall also include information regarding the readiness of each active component unit of the armed forces at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher level) that received a readiness rating of C–3 (or below) for any month of the calendar-year quarter covered by the report. With respect to each such unit, the report shall separately provide the following information: “(1) The unit designation and level of organization. “(2) The overall readiness rating for the unit for the quarter and each month of the quarter. “(3) The resource area or areas (personnel, equipment and supplies on hand, equipment condition, or training) that adversely affected the unit’s readiness rating for the quarter. “(4) The reasons why the unit received a readiness rating of C–3 (or below). “(f) Classification of Reports.—A report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form. To the extent the Secretary of Defense determines necessary, the report may also be submitted in classified form.”.111 STAT. 1675 (2) The item relating to section 482 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended to read as follows: “482. Quarterly reports: personnel and unit readiness.”. (b) Implementation Plan To Examine Readiness Indicators.—Not later than January 15, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan— (1) specifying the manner in which the Secretary will implement the additional reporting requirement of subsection (d) of section 482 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section; and (2) specifying the criteria proposed to be used to evaluate the readiness indicators identified in such subsection (d). (c) Limitation Pending Receipt of Implementation Plan.—Of the amount available for fiscal year 1998 for operation and support activities of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 10 percent may not be obligated until after the date on which the implementation plan required by subsection (b) is submitted. (d) Transition To Complete Report.—Until the report under section 482 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), for the third quarter of 1998 is submitted, the Secretary of Defense may omit the information required by subsection (a) of such section if the Secretary determines that it is impracticable to comply with such subsection with regard to the preceding reports.