CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE ADVISORY BOARD

SEC. 1212. CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE ADVISORY BOARD (a) Conventional Defense Advisory Board.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall appoint within the Department of Defense a Conventional Defense Advisory Board for the purpose of reviewing the report of the Conventional Defense Study Group submitted to the Secretary under subsection (b). The advisory board shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on such review, including any recommendations for the implementation of the report of the study group, not later than 75 days after the date on which that report is received by the Secretary. (2) Not later than 90 days after the date on which the report of the study group is received by the Secretary, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a copy of the report of the advisory board under paragraph (1), together with any comments the Secretary has on such report. The report of the advisory board shall be submitted to the committees in exactly the same form and with the same content as submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (1). (b) Conventional Defense Study Group.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall convene and chair a Conventional Defense Study Group composed of representatives of the Library of 101 STAT. 1157 Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Congressional Budget Office. The study group shall assess the balance of conventional forces in Europe between forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and forces of the Warsaw Pact and shall submit a report on such assessment to the Secretary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall be submitted not later than April 15, 1988, and shall provide— (1) the study group's assessment of that balance of forces; and (2) recommendations for improving that balance so as to provide for a more adequate conventional defense for NATO.