3.0.0 2563 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z 2023-01-11T13:31:59Z Senate S 2016-02-22 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-22T23:45:08Z POSTURE Act 114 4534 HR 2016-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2016-02-22 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2016-02-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2016-02-24 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2016-03-10 False Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents Military readiness National Guard and reserves Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-02-22 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-25T16:20:56Z Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strengths Act of 2016 or the POSTURE Act of 2016

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that given the uncertain world and the need for trained and ready U.S. land forces, the planned drawdown of land forces should cease.

The bill sets forth:

  • Army, Marine Corps, and Selected Reserve strength levels as of September 30, 2016; and
  • Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force permanent active duty end strength minimum levels.
]]> POSTURE Act of 2016 Display Title POSTURE Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to affirm the importance of the land forces of the United States Armed Forces and to authorize fiscal year 2016 end-strength minimum levels for the active and reserve components of such land forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced POSTURE Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Our Security Through Utilizing Right-Sized End-Strengths Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2563is/xml/BILLS-114s2563is.xml 2016-02-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.