123STA T . 2 678PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 4—O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9SEC.2836 . C OMPLIAN CE W I TH NA V AL AVIATION SA F ET YR E QU IRE - MENTS AS CON D ITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF REPLACE- MENT FACILITY FOR MARINE CORPS AIR STATION , FUTENMA, O K INAWA. (a)INGE NE RAL.—TheS e cr e t ar yofD efe ns e m ay not acce p t , ora u thor iz e any other officia l of the Department of Defense to accept, a replacement facility in Ok ina w a for air operations con -d ucted at M arine C orps A ir Station, F utenma, Okinawa until the Secretary reports to the con g ressional defense committees that the replacement facility and its planned operating procedures are con- sistent with na v al aviation safety re q uirements. ( b ) EX ER CIS E OFW AI V ERA UTH ORITIES.— ( 1 ) R ULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— N othing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Secretary from e x ercising existing waiver authorities provided the Secretary first deter- mines the waiver is necessary in the interest of national defense. ( 2 )RE Q UIRE D RE P ORTIN G OF EFFORTS.—The report specified under subsection (a) shall clearly identify efforts made to miti- gate deviations from criteria in the planning and construction of the replacement facility described in such subsection. SEC. 283 7 . REPORT AND SENSE OF CON G RESS ON MARINE CORPS REQUIREMENTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 80 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the training and readiness requirements necessary for Marine Forces P acific, the field command of the Marine Corps within the U nited States Pacific Command. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required under sub- section (a) shall contain each of the following
(1) A description of the units of the Marine Corps expected to be assigned or realigned on a permanent or temporary basis to Marine Forces Pacific, including the type of unit, the organizational element, the current location of the unit, and proposed location for the unit. (2) A description of the training requirements necessary to sustain the current and planned realignment of forces speci- fied in paragraph (1). ( 3 ) A description of the strategic- and tactical-lift require- ments associated with the training, operational readiness, and movement of Marine Forces Pacific, including programming information regarding the intent of the Department of Defense to eliminate deficiencies in the strategic-lift capabilities. (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that an evaluation of training and readiness requirements for Marine Forces Pacific— (1) should be conducted and completed as soon as possible
(2) should include an analysis that, at a minimum, reviews the capabilities required to support the training, operational readiness, and movement of Marine Air-Ground Task Force; and (3) should not impact the implementation of the recently signed international agreement entitled ‘ ‘Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of J apan concerning the Implementation of the Det e rmina ti o n .R e p ort s .
