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 93 STAT. 814

PUBLIC LAW 96-107-NOV. 9, 1979

Wf?^n^A^r^^\ (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 37 USC 405 note. Qctober 1, 1979. ANNUAL REPORT ON NATO READINESS

Report to ggc. 808. (a) Each year the Secretary of Defense shall assess, and coStteer make findings with respect to, the readiness status of the military 10 USC 131 note, forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and shall submit a report of such assessment and findings to the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives on the same date that the President transmits to the Congress the Budget. The first such report shall be submitted on the date the Budget for fiscal year 1981 is transmitted. (b) The annual assessment by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) shall include the assessment and findings of the Secretary of Defense with respect to— (1) deficiencies in the readiness of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (including an analysis of such deficiencies in each member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) with respect to— (A) war reserve stocks; (B) command, control, and communications systems (including the susceptibility of such systems to degradation by potential overt activities of the Warsaw Pact); (C) electronic warfare capabilities; (D) offensive and defensive chemical warfare capabilities; (E) air defense capabilities (including ground and air systems and the integration of ground systems with air systems); (F) armor and anti-armor capabilities; (G)firepowercapabilities; (H) forward deployed units and the proximity of such units to assigned general defensive positions; (I) the availability of ammunition; (J) the availability, responsiveness, and overall effectiveness of reserve forces; (K) airlift capabilities to meet reinforcement and resupply requirements; (L) the ability to protect, cross-service, and stage air assets from allied air fields; (M) the maritime force capabilities (including sealift, minelaying, and minesweeping capabilities); (N) logistical support arrangements (including the availability of ports, air fields, transportation, and host nation support); (O) training (including the availability of the facilities and equipment needed to conduct realistic operational exercises); and (P) the compatibility of operational doctrine and procedures among armed forces of the member nations; (2) planned corrections in the identified readiness deficiencies of the United States with respect to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and that portion of the Budget transmitted to the Congress by the President on the date such report is transmitted which is allocated for such corrections; and (3) commitments made by other member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to correct readiness deficiencies of such nations (including any deficiencies of such nations in the items listed in paragraph (1)) and an identification of particular

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