REPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES OF THE GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS.

SEC. 944. REPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES OF THE GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS.(a) Report Required.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the organizational structures of the headquarters of the geographic combatant commands.(b) Elements.—The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) A description of the organizational structure of the headquarters of each geographic combatant command.(2) An assessment of the benefits and limitations of the different organizational structures in meeting the broad range of military missions of the geographic combatant commands.(3) A description and assessment of the role and contributions of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government within each organizational structure, including a description of any plans to expand interagency participation in the geographic combatant commands in the future.124 STAT. 4343(4) A description of any lessons learned from the ongoing reorganization of the organizational structure of the United States Southern Command and the United States Africa Command, including an assessment of the value, if any, added by the position of civilian deputy to the commander of the United States Southern Command and to the commander of the United States Africa Command.(5) Any other matters the Secretary and the Chairman consider appropriate.