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[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 922]
[CITE: 10USC485]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
              CHAPTER 23--MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS
 
Sec. 485. Joint warfighting experimentation

    (a) Annual Report.--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 annual report on the 
conduct of joint experimentation activities for the fiscal year ending 
in the year of the report. Not later than December 1 of each year, 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 Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report under this section shall 
include, for the fiscal year covered by the report, the following:
        (1) Any changes in the assessments of the matters described in 
    section 923(a)(2) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
    Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 since the preparation of the 
    assessments of those matters set forth in the latest report 
    submitted under this section.
        (2) A description of the conduct of joint experimentation 
    activities, including the number of activities, the forces involved, 
    the national security challenges addressed, the operational concepts 
    assessed, and the scenarios and measures of effectiveness used.
        (3) An assessment of the results of joint warfighting 
    experimentation within the Department of Defense.
        (4) With respect to joint warfighting experimentation, any 
    recommendations that the commander considers appropriate regarding--
            (A) the development or acquisition of advanced technologies;
            (B) changes in organizational structure, operational 
        concepts, or joint doctrine;
            (C) the conduct of experiments;
            (D) the adequacy of resources; or
            (E) changes in authority of the commander to develop or 
        acquire materiel, supplies, services, or equipment directly for 
        the conduct of joint warfighting experimentation.

        (5) With respect to improving the effectiveness of joint 
    warfighting, any recommendations that the commander considers 
    appropriate, based on the results of joint warfighting 
    experimentation, regarding--
            (A) the development, procurement, or fielding of advanced 
        technologies, systems, or weapons or systems platforms or other 
        changes in doctrine, operational concepts, organization, 
        training, materiel, leadership, personnel, or the allocation of 
        resources;
            (B) the reduction or elimination of redundant equipment and 
        forces, including guidance regarding the synchronization of the 
        fielding of advanced technologies among the armed forces to 
        enable the development and execution of joint operational 
        concepts;
            (C) recommendations for mission needs statements, 
        operational requirements, and relative priorities for 
        acquisition programs to meet joint requirements; and
            (D) a description of any actions taken by the Secretary of 
        Defense to implement the recommendations of the commander.

(Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title IX, Sec. 923(b)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2105; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 931, 
title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 726, 774.)

                       References in Text

    Section 923(a)(2) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), 
is section 923(a)(2) of Pub. L. 105-261, which is set out in a note 
below.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1067(1), substituted ``and 
the Committee on Armed Services'' for ``and the Committee on National 
Security''.
    Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 931, added par. (5).


                    Joint Warfighting Experimentation

    Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title IX, subtitle C, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2102, provided that:
``SEC. 921. FINDINGS CONCERNING JOINT WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTATION.
    ``Congress makes the following findings:
        ``(1) The assessments of the Quadrennial Defense Review and the 
    National Defense Panel provide a compelling argument--
            ``(A) that the security environment in the early 21st 
        century will include fundamentally different military challenges 
        than the security environment in the late 20th century; and
            ``(B) reinforce the premise of the Goldwater-Nichols 
        Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 [Pub. L. 99-
        433, see Tables for classification] that future warfare will 
        require more effective joint operational concepts.
        ``(2) Joint experimentation is necessary for--
            ``(A) integrating advances in technology with changes in 
        organizational structure and joint operational concepts; and
            ``(B) determining the interdependent aspects of joint 
        warfare that are key for transforming the conduct of military 
        operations to meet future challenges successfully.
        ``(3) It is essential that an energetic and innovative 
    organization be established in the Department of Defense with the 
    authority (subject to the authority and guidance of the Secretary of 
    Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) to design and 
    implement a process of joint experimentation to investigate and test 
    technologies and alternative forces and concepts in field 
    environments under realistic conditions against the full range of 
    future challenges to assist in developing and validating new joint 
    warfighting concepts and transforming the Armed Forces to meet the 
    threats to national security anticipated for the early 21st century.
``SEC. 922. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING JOINT WARFIGHTING 
        EXPERIMENTATION.
    ``(a) Designation of Commander To Have Joint Warfighting 
Experimentation Mission.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
initiative of the Secretary of Defense to designate the commander of a 
combatant command to have the mission of joint warfighting 
experimentation is a key step in exploiting the potential of advanced 
technologies, new organizational structures, and new joint operational 
concepts to transform the conduct of military operations by the Armed 
Forces.
    ``(b) Resources and Authority of Commander.--It is, further, the 
sense of Congress that the commander of the combatant command referred 
to in subsection (a) should be provided with appropriate and sufficient 
resources for joint warfighting experimentation and with the appropriate 
authority to execute the commander's assigned responsibilities and that 
such authority should include the following:
        ``(1) Planning, preparing, and conducting the program of joint 
    warfighting experimentation, which program should include analyses, 
    simulations, wargames, experiments, advanced concept technology 
    demonstrations, joint exercises conducted in virtual and field 
    environments, and, as a particularly critical aspect, assessments of 
    `red team' vulnerability.
        ``(2) Developing scenarios and measures of effectiveness to meet 
    the operational challenges expected to be encountered in the early 
    21st century and assessing the effectiveness of current and new 
    organizational structures, operational concepts, and technologies in 
    addressing those challenges.
        ``(3) Integrating and testing in joint experimentation the 
    systems and concepts that result from warfighting experimentation 
    conducted by the Armed Forces and the Defense Agencies.
        ``(4) Coordinating with each of the Armed Forces and Defense 
    Agencies regarding the development and acquisition of equipment 
    (including surrogate or real technologies, platforms, and systems), 
    supplies, and services necessary for joint experimentation.
        ``(5) Providing the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the 
    Joint Chiefs of Staff with recommendations, based on the conduct of 
    joint warfighting experimentation, for--
            ``(A) improving interoperability;
            ``(B) reducing unnecessary redundancy;
            ``(C) synchronizing technology fielding;
            ``(D) developing joint operational concepts;
            ``(E) prioritizing the most promising joint capabilities for 
        future experimentation; and
            ``(F) prioritizing joint requirements and acquisition 
        programs.
        ``(6) Making recommendations to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
    of Staff on mission needs statements and operational requirements 
    documents.
    ``(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).
``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. 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 [now Committee on Armed 
Services 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 Staff to prioritize requirements or 
        acquisition programs.
    ``(b) Annual Report.--(1) [Enacted this section.]
    ``(2) [Amended analysis of this chapter.]
    ``(c) First Annual Report.--The first report under section 485 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), shall be made 
with respect to fiscal year 1999. In the case of the report under that 
section for fiscal year 1999, the reference in subsection (b)(1) of that 
section to the most recent report under that section shall be treated as 
referring to the report under subsection (a) of this section.''
