12 2 STA T .73PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 (2)byred e signat ing p aragrap h s( 3 ) thr ou gh( 7 ) as para - graphs ( 4 ) through ( 8 ) , respe c ti v e l y
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‘(2) A n assess m ent of the ability of the Army and M arine C orps to provide trained and ready forces to meet the re q uire- ments of increased force levels in support of O peration I raqi F reedom and Operation E nduring Freedom above such force levels in effect on J anuary 1, 2 0 07, and to meet the require- ments of other ongoing operations simultaneously with such increased force levels . ‘‘(3) An assessment of the strategic depth of the Army and Marine Corps and their ability to provide trained and ready forces to meet the requirements of the high-priority contingency war plans of the regional combatant commands, including an identification and evaluation for each such plan of — ‘‘(A) the strategic and operational ris k s associated with current and pro j ected forces of current and projected readi- ness; ‘‘( B ) the time required to make forces available and prepare them for deployment; and ‘‘(C) likely strategic tradeoffs necessary to meet the requirements of each such plan. ’ ’. (c) DEPARTM E N T OF DEFEN S E COOPERAT I ON.— S uch section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new sub- section (c): ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATION.— T he Secretary of Defense shall ensure the full cooperation of the Department of Defense with the Comptroller G eneral for purposes of the preparation of the report required by this section.’’. SEC.35 5. PLANTOIM P R O V E REA D INESS O FG RO U ND FORCES OF ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPONENTS. (a) R EPORT RE QU IRE D .—At the same time that the budget is submitted under section 110 5 (a) of title 31, U nited States Code, for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on improving the readi- ness of the ground forces of active and reserve components of the Armed Forces. Each such report shall include— (1) a summary of the readiness of each reporting unit of the ground forces of the active and reserve components and a summary of the readiness of each major combat unit of each Armed Force by readiness level; (2) an identification of the e x tent to which the actual readi- ness ratings of the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces have been upgraded based on the judgment of com- manders and any efforts of the Secretary of Defense to analy z e the trends and implications of such upgrades; (3) the goals of the Secretary of Defense for managing the readiness of the ground forces of the active and reserve components, expressed in terms of the number of units or percentage of the force that the Secretary plans to maintain at each level of readiness, and the Secretary’s projected time- frame for achieving each such goal;
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