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[CITE: 10USC482]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
              CHAPTER 23--MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS
 
Sec. 482. Quarterly reports: personnel and unit readiness

    (a) Quarterly Reports Required.--Not later than 45 days after the 
end of each calendar-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report regarding military readiness. The report for a 
quarter shall contain the information required by subsections (b), (d), 
and (e).
    (b) Readiness Problems and Remedial Actions.--Each report shall 
specifically describe--
        (1) each readiness problem and deficiency identified using the 
    assessments considered under subsection (c);
        (2) planned remedial actions; and
        (3) the key indicators and other relevant information related to 
    each identified problem and deficiency.

    (c) Consideration of Readiness Assessments.--The information 
required under subsection (b) to be included in the report for a quarter 
shall be based on readiness assessments that are provided during that 
quarter--
        (1) to any council, committee, or other body of the Department 
    of Defense--
            (A) that has responsibility for readiness oversight; and
            (B) whose membership includes at least one civilian officer 
        in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the level of 
        Assistant Secretary of Defense or higher;

        (2) by senior civilian and military officers of the military 
    departments and the commanders of the unified and specified 
    commands; and
        (3) as part of any regularly established process of periodic 
    readiness reviews for the Department of Defense as a whole.

    (d) Comprehensive Readiness Indicators for Active Components.--Each 
report shall also include information regarding each of the active 
components of the armed forces (and an evaluation of such information) 
with respect to each of the following readiness indicators:
        (1) Personnel strength.--
            (A) Personnel status, including the extent to which members 
        of the armed forces are serving in positions outside of their 
        military occupational specialty, serving in grades other than 
        the grades for which they are qualified, or both.
            (B) Historical data and projected trends in personnel 
        strength and status.

        (2) Personnel turbulence.--
            (A) Recruit quality.
            (B) Borrowed manpower.
            (C) Personnel stability.

        (3) Other personnel matters.--
            (A) Personnel morale.
            (B) Recruiting status.

        (4) Training.--
            (A) Training unit readiness and proficiency.
            (B) Operations tempo.
            (C) Training funding.
            (D) Training commitments and deployments.

        (5) Logistics--equipment fill.--
            (A) Deployed equipment.
            (B) Equipment availability.
            (C) Equipment that is not mission capable.
            (D) Age of equipment.
            (E) Condition of nonpacing items.

        (6) Logistics--equipment maintenance.--
            (A) Maintenance backlog.

        (7) Logistics--supply.--
            (A) Availability of ordnance and spares.
            (B) Status of prepositioned equipment.

    (e) Unit Readiness Indicators.--Each report shall also include 
information regarding the readiness of each active component unit of the 
armed forces at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a 
higher level) that received a readiness rating of C-3 (or below) for any 
month of the calendar-year quarter covered by the report. With respect 
to each such unit, the report shall separately provide the following 
information:
        (1) The unit designation and level of organization.
        (2) The overall readiness rating for the unit for the quarter 
    and each month of the quarter.
        (3) The resource area or areas (personnel, equipment and 
    supplies on hand, equipment condition, or training) that adversely 
    affected the unit's readiness rating for the quarter.
        (4) The reasons why the unit received a readiness rating of C-3 
    (or below).

    (f) Classification of Reports.--A report under this section shall be 
submitted in unclassified form. To the extent the Secretary of Defense 
determines necessary, the report may also be submitted in classified 
form.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title III, Sec. 361(a)(1), Feb. 10, 
1996, 110 Stat. 272, Sec. 452; renumbered Sec. 482, Pub. L. 104-201, 
div. A, title XI, Sec. 1121(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2687; amended 
Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title III, Sec. 322(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 
Stat. 1673; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title III, Sec. 361(d)(3), (e), Oct. 
5, 1999, 113 Stat. 575.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 361(d)(3), repealed Pub. L. 105-261, 
Sec. 373(d)(2). See 1998 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 361(e), substituted ``45 days'' 
for ``30 days''.
    1998--Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 373(d)(2), which directed the repeal of 
this section effective June 1, 2001, was repealed by Pub. L. 106-65, 
Sec. 361(d)(3).
    1997--Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``Quarterly reports: personnel and 
unit readiness'' for ``Quarterly readiness reports'' in section 
catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text consisted 
of subsecs. (a) to (c) relating to requirement for submission of 
quarterly readiness reports, matters to be included in reports, and form 
of reports.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 renumbered section 452 of this title as this 
section.


                    Effective Date of Pub. L. 105-261

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 373(d)(2), Oct. 17, 1998, 
112 Stat. 1992, which provided that the repeal of this section was to be 
effective June 1, 2001, was repealed by Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title 
III, Sec. 361(d)(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 575.


                             Effective Date

    Section 361(b) of Pub. L. 104-106 provided that: ``Section 452 [now 
482] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
take effect with the calendar-year quarter during which this Act is 
enacted [enacted Feb. 10, 1996].''


                 Quarterly Readiness Report Requirement

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 373(d)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 
112 Stat. 1992, which provided that effective Jan. 15, 2000, or the date 
on which the first report of the Secretary of Defense is submitted under 
section 117(e) of this title, whichever is later, the Secretary of 
Defense was to cease to submit reports under this section, was repealed 
by Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title III, Sec. 361(d)(3), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 575.


           Implementation Plan To Examine Readiness Indicators

    Section 322(b) of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that: ``Not later than 
January 15, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a plan--
        ``(1) specifying the manner in which the Secretary will 
    implement the additional reporting requirement of subsection (d) of 
    section 482 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this 
    section; and
        ``(2) specifying the criteria proposed to be used to evaluate 
    the readiness indicators identified in such subsection (d).''


                      Transition To Complete Report

    Section 322(d) of Pub. L. 105-85 provided that: ``Until the report 
under section 482 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
subsection (a), for the third quarter of 1998 is submitted, the 
Secretary of Defense may omit the information required by subsection (d) 
of such section if the Secretary determines that it is impracticable to 
comply with such subsection with regard to the preceding reports.''
