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I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5497 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2006 Ms. Harman (for herself and Mr. Calvert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To limit the reduction in the number of personnel of the Air Force Space Command, and for other purposes.

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Limitation on reduction in personnel of Air Force Space Command

(a)

Limitation

The Secretary of the Air Force may not reduce the number of military personnel, civilian employees, or contractor support personnel assigned to the Air Force Space Command, or any component of the Air Force Space Command, from the number of such personnel or employees assigned to the Air Force Space Command as of January 1, 2006, until the Secretary submits to the relevant congressional committees the report described in subsection (b). (b)

Report

The report described in this subsection is a report that includes the following: (1)A description of the proposed reduction in the number of military personnel, civilian employees, or contractor support personnel, as the case may be, assigned to the Air Force Space Command. (2)A justification for the proposed reduction. (3)An assessment of the effect of the proposed reduction on the capacity of the Air Force Space command to conduct its mission in support of operational commanders. (4)An assessment of whether the impact of the proposed reduction could be mitigated by granting the commander of Air Force Space Command, or the appropriate program executive officers, greater flexibility in making personnel and resource decisions to implement the proposed reduction. (5)A certification that the proposed reduction will not impede, disrupt, or otherwise diminish or interfere with the national security space acquisition programs of the United States, national security space operations of the United States, or national security space technology development by the United States. (c)

Relevant congressional committees defined

In this section, the term relevant congressional committees means— (1)the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.