REPORTS ON CERTAIN MILESTONES RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION.

SEC. 595. REPORTS ON CERTAIN MILESTONES RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION.(a) Military-to-Civilian Conversions.—Not later than January 31, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report providing information as to the number of positions in the Department of Defense that were converted during fiscal year 2004 from performance by military personnel to performance by civilian personnel of the Department of Defense or contractor personnel. The report shall include the following:(1) A description of the skill sets of the military positions converted.(2) Specification of the total cost of the conversions and how that cost is being met.(3) The number of positions in the Department of Defense projected for such conversion during the period from March 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006.(b) Military-to-Military Conversions.—Not later than March 31 of each of 2005, 2006, and 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on—(1) the number of units, by type, converted from one primary military capability to another during the previous fiscal year and, for each such unit, what the new unit designation and new military capabilities are;(2) the number of military personnel, by military skill, who have converted during the previous fiscal year from one primary military skill to another, with a listing of the military skills to which the individuals converted;(3) a description of the military unit and military personnel conversions planned for the upcoming fiscal year; and(4) a statement of whether the overall unit and military personnel conversions planned for the previous fiscal year were 118 STAT. 1937 met, and for each such planned conversion, the reasons why the planned conversion was or was not met.(c) Army Transformation to Brigade Structure.—The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives an annual report on the status of the internal transformation of the Army from a division-orientated force to a brigade-orientated force. Such report shall be submitted not later than March 31 of each year, except that the requirement to submit such annual report shall terminate when the Secretary of the Army submits to those committees the Secretary’s certification that the transformation of the Army to a brigade-orientated force has been completed. Upon the submission of such certification, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of that certification and that the statutory requirement to submit an annual report under this subsection has terminated.