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 PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

102 STAT. 1999

SEC. 714. REPORTS ON BUDGETS FOR UNIFIED AND SPECIFIED COMMANDS (a) REPORTS BY COMMANDERS OF COMBATANT COMMANDS.—(1) The

commander of each of the unified and specified commands shall, not later than April 1, 1989, prepare an independent report on the implementation of the resource allocation provisions of title 10, United States Code, enacted by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-433) that are specified in paragraph (2) and any other resource allocation provision enacted by that Act which the commander concerned considers appropriate. (2) The sections of title 10, United States Code, referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) Section 153(a)(4)(A), (B), (O, and (D), relating to advice on requirements, p n ^ a m s, and budget. (B) Section 163(b)(2), relating to the role of the Chairman as spokesman for the conunanders of the uniHed and specified combatant commands. (C) Section 166, relating to budget proposals for such commands. Qy) MATTERS TO B E INCX.UDED.—Each report required by subsection (a) shall address the following matters: (1) The status of implementation of each of the provisions referred to in subsection (a)(2) and any other related resource allocation provisions. (2) For any provision referred to in subsection (a)(2) that is not fully implemented and for which the commander is responsible or shares responsibility, the date estimated by the commander concerned for final implementation of such provisions. (3) An evaluation of the effect that each provision referred to in subsection (a)(2) has had or will have on (A) improving decisions within the Department of Defense with respect to the allocation of resources, and (B) improving the implementation of such decisions. (4) With respect to section 166 of title 10, United States Code, the assessment by the commander, supported by actual examples, of what the effect would be of a small budget (in an annuad amount of not more than $50,0(K),000) that would be managed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff but which would be controlled for execution by the commander and that would be available for activities to which the commander assigns a high priority, such as— (A) JC!!S/non-JCJS exercises (including foreign country participation); (B) on-going contingencies; (C) command and control; (D) training; and (E) selected operations. (5) The views of the commander on the optimum role of the unified and specified commands in resource allocation decisionmaking and execution within the Department of Defense. (6) The assessment of the commander concerning the degree to which that optimum role is played, as of the time of the preparation of the report, by his command.

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