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 112 STAT. 2104 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 (c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. —It is, further, the sense of Congress that Congress— (1) should review the adequacy of the process of transformation to meet future challenges to the national security; and (2) if progress is determined inadequate, should consider legislation to— (A) establish an appropriate organization to conduct the mission described in subsection (a); and (B) provide to the commander given the responsibility for that mission appropriate and sufficient resources for joint warfighting experimentation and the appropriate authority to execute that commander's assigned responsibilities for that mission, including the authorities specified in subsection (b). 10 USC 485 note. SEC. 923. REPORTS ON JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION. (a) INITIAL REPORT. —(1) The commander of the combatant command assigned by the Secretary of Defense to have the mission for joint warfighting experimentation shall submit to the Secretary an initial report on the implementation of joint experimentation. Deadline. Not later than April 1, 1999, the Secretary shall submit that report, together with any comments that the Secretary considers appropriate and any comments that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff considers appropriate, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives. (2) The report of the commander under paragraph (1) shall include the commander's assessment of the following: (A) The authority and responsibilities of the commander as described in section 922(b). (B) The organization of the commander's combatant command, and of its staff, for carrying out the joint warfighting experimentation mission. (C) The process established for tasking forces to participate in experimentation and the commander's specific authority over those forces, including forces designated as joint experimentation forces. (D) The resources provided for initial implementation of joint warfighting experimentation, the process for providing those resources to the commander, the categories of the funding, and the authority of the commander for budget execution. (E) The process established for the development and acquisition of the materiel, supplies, services, and equipment necessary for the conduct of joint warfighting experimentation. (F) The process established for designing, preparing, and conducting joint experiments. (G) The role assigned the commander for— (i) integrating and testing in joint warfighting experimentation the systems that emerge from warfighting experimentation by the Armed Forces or the Defense Agencies; (ii) assessing the effectiveness of organizational structures, operational concepts, and technologies; and (iii) assisting the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stafi" to prioritize requirements or acquisition programs.

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