113 STAT. 724 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 (3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively. SEC. 922. DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS. (a) REDUCTION. —The Secretary of Defense shall implement reductions during fiscal year 2000 in the defense acquisition and support workforce in a number not less than the number by which that workforce is programmed to be reduced during that fiscal year in the President's budget for that fiscal year. (b) ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY.— I f the Secretary determines and certifies to Congress that changed circumstances require, in the national security interest of the United States, that the reduction under subsection (a) be in a number less than the number applicable under that subsection, the Secretary may specify a lower number for that reduction, which may not be less than 10 percent less than the number applicable under subsection (a). Deadline. (c) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the defense acquisition and support workforce. The Secretary shall include in that report— (1) the total number of personnel the Secretary expects to reduce from the defense acquisition and support workforce during fiscal year 2000 pursuant to subsection (a); and (2) the total number by which that workforce is programmed to be reduced for fiscal year 2001 in the President's budget for that fiscal year. (d) DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term "defense acquisition and support workforce" has the meaning given that term in section 931(d) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2106). SEC. 923. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING OPERATIONS TEMPO AND PERSONNEL TEMPO. (a) RESPONSIBILITY OVER MONITORING AND STANDARDS. — Section 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(d) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness is responsible, subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, for the monitoring of the operations tempo and personnel tempo of the armed forces. The Under Secretary shall establish, to the extent practicable, uniform standards within the Department of Defense for terminology and policies relating to deployment of units and personnel away from their assigned duty stations (including the length of time units or personnel may be away for such a deployment) sind shall establish uniform reporting systems for tracking deployments.". (b) ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. — (1) Chapter 23 of such title is amended by adding after section 486, as added by section 241(a), the following new section:
- ^§487. Unit operations tempo and personnel tempo: annual
report "(a) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall include in the annual report required by section 113(c) of this title a description of the operations tempo and personnel tempo of the armed forces. "(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.— (1) Until such time as the Secretary of Defense develops a common method to measure operations
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