REPORT ON NATO DEFENSE CAPABILITIES INITIATIVE.

SEC. 1039. REPORT ON NATO DEFENSE CAPABILITIES INITIATIVE. (a) Findings.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) At the meeting of the North Atlantic Council held in Washington, DC, in April 1999, the NATO Heads of State and Governments launched a Defense Capabilities Initiative. (2) The Defense Capabilities Initiative is designed to improve the defense capabilities of the individual nations of the NATO Alliance to ensure the effectiveness of future operations across the full spectrum of Alliance missions in the present and foreseeable security environment. (3) Under the Defense Capabilities Initiative, special focus will be given to improving interoperability among Alliance 113 STAT. 757 forces and to increasing defense capabilities through improvements in the deployability and mobility of Alliance forces, the sustainability and logistics of those forces, the survivability and effective engagement capability of those forces, and command and control and information systems. (4) The successful implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative will serve to enable all members of the Alliance to make a more equitable contribution to the full spectrum of Alliance missions, thereby increasing burdensharing within the Alliance and enhancing the ability of European members of the Alliance to undertake operations pursuant to the European Security and Defense Identity within the Alliance. (b) Annual Report.—(1) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and International Relations of the House of Representatives a report, to be prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, on implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative by the nations of the NATO Alliance. The report shall include the following: (A) A discussion of the work of the temporary High-Level Steering Group, or any successor group, established to oversee the implementation of the Defense Capabilities Initiative and to meet the requirement of coordination and harmonization among relevant planning disciplines. (B) A description of the actions taken, including implementation of the Multinational Logistics Center concept and development of the C3 system architecture, by the Alliance as a whole to further the Defense Capabilities Initiative. (C) A description of the actions taken by each member of the Alliance other than the United States to improve the capabilities of its forces in each of the following areas: (i) Interoperability with forces of other Alliance members. (ii) Deployability and mobility. (iii) Sustainability and logistics. (iv) Survivability and effective engagement capability. (v) Command and control and information systems. (2) The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may also be submitted in classified form if necessary.