II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3121 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 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 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.