ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER PROFILE REPORT: EXPANSION OF JUSTIFICATIONS FOR END STRENGTHS.

SEC. 431. ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER PROFILE REPORT: EXPANSION OF JUSTIFICATIONS FOR END STRENGTHS. Section 115a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “Congress” and inserting “the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and furnish to any Member of Congress upon request,”; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by inserting “(1)” before “The Secretary”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) The justification and explanation required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: “(A) An explanation of how personnel end strength level requests address threats described in the national defense strategy under section 113(g) of this title. “(B) The rationale for recommended increases or decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel for each component of the Department of Defense. “(C) The actual end strength number for each armed force for the prior fiscal year, compared to authorized end strength levels. “(D) The shortfall in recruiting by each armed force as a percentage, as the Secretary determines appropriate.” .