[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3121 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3121

  To limit the reduction in the number of personnel of the Air Force 
                 Space Command, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2006

 Mr. Allard (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To limit the reduction in the number of personnel of the Air Force 
                 Space Command, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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 appropriate committees of 
Congress 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 whether or not the effect of the proposed 
        reduction could be mitigated by granting the commander of the 
        Air Forces Space Command, or the appropriate program executive 
        officers, enhanced authority to make personnel and resource 
        decisions in implementing 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) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations and 
        the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations and 
        the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives.
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