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 PUBLIC LAW 97-295—OCT. 12, 1982

Public Law 97-295 97th Congress

96 STAT. 1287

An Act

To amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10

1. Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 133 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(e) After consulting with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives before February 1 of each year a written report on— "(1) the foreign policy and military force structure for the next fiscal year; "(2) the relationship of that policy and structure to each other; and "(3) the justification for the policy and structure.". (2)(A) Chapter 4 is amended by inserting the following after section 133:

Oct. 12, 1982 [H.R. 4623]

United States Code, titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, amendments.

SECTION

10 USC 133. Report to Congress.

"§ 133a. Secretary of Defense: annual report on North Atlantic 10 USC I33a Treaty Organization readiness "(a) The Secretary of Defense shall assess and make findings each year with respect to the readiness status of the military forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Secretary shall submit a report of the 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 submits the Budget to Congress. "(b) The report under subsection (a) shall include the assessment and findings of the Secretary with respect to— "(1) deficiencies in the readiness of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (including an analysis of deficiencies in each member of the Organization) related to— "(A) war reserve stocks; "(B) command, control, and communications systems (including the susceptibility of those systems to degradation by potential overt activities of the Warsaw Pact); "(C) electronic warfare capabilities; "(D) 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) firepower capabilities;

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