PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987
101 STAT. 1157
Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Congressional Budget Office. The study group shall assess the balance of conventional forces in Europe between forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and forces of the Warsaw Pact and shall submit a report on such assessment to the Secretary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. The report shall be submitted not later than April 15, 1988, and shall provide— (1) the study group's assessment of that balance of forces; and (2) recommendations for improving that balance so as to provide for a more adequate conventional defense for NATO. SEC. 1213. REPORT ON COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on Competitive Strategies. Such report shall be provided in classified and unclassified versions and shall include the following: (1) A discussion of the Competitive Strategy concept. (2) An assessment of Soviet and Warsaw Pact weaknesses, including military, political, and systemic weaknesses that could be candidates for exploitation through competitive strategies. (3) A discussion of the initial areas selected for examination in the Competitive Strategy initiative, including a discussion of the rationale for the areas selected. (4) A discussion of the initial findings resulting from the Competitive Strategy process. (b) DEADLINE FOR REPORT.—The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than January 15, 1988. SEC. 1214. PUBLICATION OF ASSESSMENT
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STATES-SOVIET NET
Section 113 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(j) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress each year a report that contains a comprehensive net assessment of the defense capabilities and programs of the armed forces of the United States and its allies as compared with those of their potential adversaries. Each such report shall be transmitted in both a classified and an unclassified form.". PART C—MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
SEC. 1221. STUDY OF SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, COLORADO (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a study of the requirements necessary to establish and conduct a centralized manned and unmanned military space operation which would be part of the Consolidated Space Operations Center near Colorado Springs, Colorado. (b) REPORT.—Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the findings and conclusions of the study carried out under subsection (a).
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