REPORT ON MILITARY EXERCISES CONDUCTED UNDER CERTAIN TRAINING EXERCISES PROGRAMS.

SEC. 331. REPORT ON MILITARY EXERCISES CONDUCTED UNDER CERTAIN TRAINING EXERCISES PROGRAMS. (a) Report.—Not later than February 16, 1998, 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 on the military exercises conducted by the Department of Defense during fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 and the military exercises planned to be conducted during fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000, under the following training exercises programs: (1) The program known as the “CJCS Exercise Program”. (2) The program known as the “Partnership for Peace program”. (3) The Cooperative Threat Reduction programs. (b) Information on Exercises Conducted or To Be Conducted.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following information for each exercise included in the report, which shall be set forth by fiscal year and shown within the fiscal year by the sponsoring command: (1) Name of the exercise. (2) Type, description, duration, and objectives of the exercise. (3) Participating units, including the number of personnel participating in each unit. (4) For each participating unit, the percentage of the tasks on that unit’s specification of tasks (known as a mission essential task list) or a comparable specification (in the case of any of the Armed Forces not maintaining a mission essential task list designation) that were performed or are scheduled to be performed as part of the exercise. (5) The cost of the exercise paid or to be paid out of funds available to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the cost to each of the Armed Forces participating in the exercise, with a description of the categories of activities for which those costs are incurred in each such case. (6) In the case of each planned exercise, the priority of the exercise in relation to all other exercises planned by the sponsoring command to be conducted during that fiscal year. (7) In the case of an exercise conducted or to be conducted in a foreign country or with military personnel of a foreign country, the military forces of the foreign country that participated or will participate in the exercise. (c) Assessment.—The report under subsection (a) shall include—111 STAT. 1685 (1) an assessment of the ability of each of the Armed Forces to meet requirements of the training exercises programs specified in subsection (a); (2) an assessment of the training value of each exercise covered in the report to each unit of the Armed Forces participating in the exercise, including for each such unit an assessment of the value of the percentage under subsection (b)(4) as an indicator of the training value of the exercise for that unit; (3) options to minimize the negative effects on operational and personnel tempo resulting from the training exercises programs; and (4) in the case of exercises to be conducted in a foreign country or with military personnel of a foreign country— (A) an assessment of the training value of each exercise covered in the report to the foreign countries involved and the extent to which the exercise enhances the readiness capabilities of all military forces involved in the exercise (both United States and foreign); and (B) an assessment of the benefits to be derived through enhanced military-to-military relationships between the United States and foreign countries. (d) Funding Limitation Pending Receipt of Report.—Of the funds available for fiscal year 1998 for the conduct of the CJCS Exercise Program, not more than 90 percent may be expended before the date on which the report required under subsection (a) is submitted.