REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT NATIONAL TRAINING COMPLEX AND JOINT OPPOSING FORCES.

SEC. 924. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT NATIONAL TRAINING COMPLEX AND JOINT OPPOSING FORCES. (a) Report Required.—The commander of the United States Joint Forces Command shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report that outlines a plan that would provide for the development and implementation of a joint national training concept together with the establishment of a joint training complex for supporting the implementation of that concept. Such a concept and complex— (1) may include various training sites, mobile training ranges, public and private modeling and simulation centers, and appropriate joint opposing forces; and (2) shall be capable of supporting field exercises and experimentation at the operational level of war across a broad spectrum of adversary capabilities. (b) Submission of Report.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the report under subsection (a), together with any comments that the Secretary considers appropriate and any comments that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff considers appropriate, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. The report may be included in the next annual report submitted under section 485 of title 10, United States Code, after the date of the enactment of this Act or it may be submitted separately. (c) Matters to be Included.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An identification and description of the types of joint training and experimentation that would be conducted at such a joint national training complex, together with a description of how such training and experimentation would enhance accomplishment of the six critical operational goals for the 116 STAT. 2624Department of Defense specified at page 30 of the Quadrennial Defense Review Report of the Secretary of Defense issued on September 30, 2001. (2) A discussion of how establishment of such a complex (including joint opposing forces) would promote innovation and transformation throughout the Department of Defense. (3) A discussion of how results from training and experiments conducted at such a complex would be taken into consideration in the Department of Defense plans, programs, and budgeting process and by appropriate decision making bodies within the Department of Defense. (4) A methodology, framework, and options for selecting sites for such a complex, including consideration of current training facilities that would accommodate requirements among all the Armed Forces. (5) Options for development as part of such a complex of a joint urban warfare training center that could also be used for homeland defense and consequence management training for Federal, State, and local training. (6) Cost estimates and resource requirements to establish and maintain such a complex, including estimates of costs and resource requirements for the use of contract personnel for the performance of management, operational, and logistics activities for such a complex. (7) An explanation of the relationship between and among such a complex and the Department of Defense Office of Trans-formation, the Joint Staff, the United States Joint Forces Command, the United States Northern Command, and each element of the major commands within the separate Armed Forces with responsibility for experimentation and training. (8) A discussion of how implementation of a joint opposing force would be established, including the feasibility of using qualified contractors for the function of establishing and maintaining joint opposing forces and the role of foreign forces. (9) A timeline for the establishment of such a complex and for such a complex to achieve (A) initial operational capability, and (B) full operational capability.