Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 3.djvu/161

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PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 1991 "(1) Measure, on a monthly basis, the capability of units (both as elements of their respective armed force and as elements of joint forces) to conduct their assigned wartime missions. "(2) Measure, on a quarterly basis, the capability of training establishments to provide trained and ready forces for wartime missions. "(3) Measure, on a quarterly basis, the capability of defense installations and facilities and other elements of Department of Defense infrastructure, both in the United States and abroad, to provide appropriate support to forces in the conduct of their wartime missions. "(4) Measure, on a monthly basis, critical warflghting deficiencies in unit capability. "(5) Measure, on a quarterly basis, critical warfighting deficiencies in training establishments and defense infrastructure. "(6) Measure, on a monthly basis, the level of current risk based upon the readiness reporting system relative to the capability of forces to carry out their wartime missions. " (d) QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY JOINT READINESS REVIEWS.— (1) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff" shall— "(A) on a quarterly basis, conduct a joint readiness review; and "(B) on a monthly basis, review any changes that have been reported in readiness since the previous joint readiness review. "(2) The Chairman shall incorporate into both the joint readiness review required under paragraph (1)(A) and the monthly review required under paragraph (1)(B) the current information derived from the readiness reporting system and shall assess the capability of the armed forces to execute their wartime missions based upon their posture at the time the review is conducted. The Chairman shall submit to the Secretary of Defense the results of each review under paragraph (1), including the deficiencies in readiness identified during that review. "(e) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— The Secretary shall each month submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report in writing containing the results of the most recent joint readiness review or monthly review conducted under subsection (d), including the current information derived from the readiness reporting system. Each such report shall be submitted in unclassified form and may, as the Secretary determines necessary, also be submitted in classified form. "(f) REGULATIONS.— The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. In those regulations, the Secretary shall prescribe the units that are subject to reporting in the readiness reporting system, what type of equipment is subject to such reporting, and the elements of the training establishment and of defense infrastructure that are subject to such reporting.". 59-194O-98 -6:QL3Part3