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[CITE: 10USC117]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                    CHAPTER 2--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 
Sec. 117. Readiness reporting system: establishment; reporting 
        to congressional committees
        
    (a) Required Readiness Reporting System.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a comprehensive readiness reporting system for the 
Department of Defense. The readiness reporting system shall measure in 
an objective, accurate, and timely manner the capability of the armed 
forces to carry out--
        (1) the National Security Strategy prescribed by the President 
    in the most recent annual national security strategy report under 
    section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a);
        (2) the defense planning guidance provided by the Secretary of 
    Defense pursuant to section 113(g) of this title; and
        (3) the National Military Strategy prescribed by the Chairman of 
    the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    (b) Readiness Reporting System Characteristics.--In establishing the 
readiness reporting system, the Secretary shall ensure--
        (1) that the readiness reporting system is applied uniformly 
    throughout the Department of Defense;
        (2) that information in the readiness reporting system is 
    continually updated, with (A) any change in the overall readiness 
    status of a unit that is required to be reported as part of the 
    readiness reporting system being reported within 24 hours of the 
    event necessitating the change in readiness status, and (B) any 
    change in the overall readiness status of an element of the training 
    establishment or an element of defense infrastructure that is 
    required to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system 
    being reported within 72 hours of the event necessitating the change 
    in readiness status; and
        (3) that sufficient resources are provided to establish and 
    maintain the system so as to allow reporting of changes in readiness 
    status as required by this section.

    (c) Capabilities.--The readiness reporting system shall measure such 
factors relating to readiness as the Secretary prescribes, except that 
the system shall include the capability to do each of the following:
        (1) Measure, on a monthly basis, the capability of units (both 
    as elements of their respective armed force and as elements of joint 
    forces) to conduct their assigned wartime missions.
        (2) Measure, on an annual basis, the capability of training 
    establishments to provide trained and ready forces for wartime 
    missions.
        (3) Measure, on an annual basis, the capability of defense 
    installations and facilities and other elements of Department of 
    Defense infrastructure, both in the United States and abroad, to 
    provide appropriate support to forces in the conduct of their 
    wartime missions.
        (4) Measure, on a monthly basis, critical warfighting 
    deficiencies in unit capability.
        (5) Measure, on an annual basis, critical warfighting 
    deficiencies in training establishments and defense infrastructure.
        (6) Measure, on a monthly basis, the level of current risk based 
    upon the readiness reporting system relative to the capability of 
    forces to carry out their wartime missions.
        (7) Measure, on a quarterly basis, the extent to which units of 
    the armed forces remove serviceable parts, supplies, or equipment 
    from one vehicle, vessel, or aircraft in order to render a different 
    vehicle, vessel, or aircraft operational.

    (d) Quarterly and Monthly Joint Readiness Reviews.--(1) The Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall--
        (A) on a quarterly basis, conduct a joint readiness review; and
        (B) on a monthly basis, review any changes that have been 
    reported in readiness since the previous joint readiness review.

    (2) The Chairman shall incorporate into both the joint readiness 
review required under paragraph (1)(A) and the monthly review required 
under paragraph (1)(B) the current information derived from the 
readiness reporting system and shall assess the capability of the armed 
forces to execute their wartime missions based upon their posture at the 
time the review is conducted. The Chairman shall submit to the Secretary 
of Defense the results of each review under paragraph (1), including the 
deficiencies in readiness identified during that review.
    (e) Submission to Congressional Committees.--The Secretary shall 
each month submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
in writing containing the results of the most recent joint readiness 
review or monthly review conducted under subsection (d), including the 
current information derived from the readiness reporting system. Each 
such report shall be submitted in unclassified form and may, as the 
Secretary determines necessary, also be submitted in classified form.
    (f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry 
out this section. In those regulations, the Secretary shall prescribe 
the units that are subject to reporting in the readiness reporting 
system, what type of equipment is subject to such reporting, and the 
elements of the training establishment and of defense infrastructure 
that are subject to such reporting.

(Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 373(a)(1), Oct. 17, 
1998, 112 Stat. 1990; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title III, 
Sec. 361(d)(1), title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 575, 774; 
Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title III, Sec. 371], Oct. 30, 2000, 
114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-80.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 117, added Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(2)(A), Oct. 12, 
1982, 96 Stat. 1287, Sec. 133a; renumbered Sec. 117 and amended Pub. L. 
99-433, title I, Secs. 101(a)(2), 110(d)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
994, 1002, required annual report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
readiness, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIII, 
Sec. 1301(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1668.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 106-398 added par. (7).
    1999--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 361(d)(1)(A), substituted 
``with (A) any change in the overall readiness status of a unit that is 
required to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system being 
reported within 24 hours of the event necessitating the change in 
readiness status, and (B) any change in the overall readiness status of 
an element of the training establishment or an element of defense 
infrastructure that is required to be reported as part of the readiness 
reporting system being reported within 72 hours'' for ``with any change 
in the overall readiness status of a unit, an element of the training 
establishment, or an element of defense infrastructure, that is required 
to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system, being reported 
within 24 hours''.
    Subsec. (c)(2), (3), (5). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 361(d)(1)(B), 
substituted ``an annual'' for ``a quarterly''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1067(1), substituted ``and the 
Committee on Armed Services'' for ``and the Committee on National 
Security''.


                             Implementation

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 373(b), (c), Oct. 17, 1998, 
112 Stat. 1992, as amended by Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title III, 
Sec. 361(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 575, provided that:
    ``(b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and 
implement the readiness reporting system required by section 117 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), so as to 
ensure that the capabilities required by subsection (c) of that section 
are attained not later than April 1, 2000.
    ``(c) Implementation Plan.--Not later than March 1, 1999, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the 
Secretary's plan for implementation of section 117 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a).''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 153 of this title.
