COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON LINK BETWEEN PREPARATION AND USE OF ARMY RESERVE COMPONENT FORCES TO SUPPORT ONGOING OPERATIONS.

SEC. 344. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON LINK BETWEEN PREPARATION AND USE OF ARMY RESERVE COMPONENT FORCES TO SUPPORT ONGOING OPERATIONS.(a) Report Required.—Not later than June 1, 2009, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the correlation between the preparation and operational use of the Army’s reserve component forces.(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include—(1) an analysis of the Army’s training relative to the employment of reserve component units—(A) to execute the wartime or primary missions of the Army for which the units are designed; and(B) to execute missions to which such units are assigned, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, in support of ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, including factors affecting unit or individual preparation, the effect of notification timelines, and access to training facilities, including the Combat Training Centers;(2) an analysis of the effect of mobilization and deployment laws, regulations, goals, and policies on the Army’s ability 122 STAT. 4425 to train and employ reserve component units for the purposes described in paragraph (1); and(3) any other information that the Comptroller General determines is relevant.