1.This Act may be cited as the
Restoring Congressional Oversight and
Strengthening Military Jointness Act
.
2.Operations of
United States Joint Forces Command
(a)Conditions on
disestablishment, closure, realignment, and workload reductionsThe Secretary of Defense shall not take any
action to effect or implement the disestablishment, closure, or realignment of
the United States Joint Forces Command or conduct any workload reductions of
civilian personnel of the United States Joint Forces Command until—
(1)the report required by subsection (b) is
submitted to the congressional defense committees;
(2)the independent assessment required by
subsection (c) is submitted to the congressional defense committees; and
(3)a period of 30 legislative days or 60
calendar days, whichever is longer, expires following the day on which the
assessment referred to in paragraph (2) has been submitted.
(b)If the Secretary of Defense proposes to
disestablish, close, or realign the United States Joint Forces Command or
conduct any workload reductions of civilian personnel of the Command, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the
Comptroller General of the United States a report containing each of the
following:
(1)The proposal to
disestablish, close, realign, or conduct workload reductions of civilian
personnel of the United States Joint Forces Command.
(2)A
detailed plan of action, including functions terminated, retained, reduced, or
expanded, and the resulting impact on projected contractor and civilian
personnel.
(3)A
list of alternatives considered before the disestablishment of the Command,
such as consolidation of similar functions into United States Joint Forces
Command.
(4)An evaluation of
the impacts of the proposal on Federal budgets, including specific cost savings
and increases anticipated for the Department of Defense and other Federal
agencies.
(5)An estimate of the
anticipated costs of shifting workload to military and civilian personnel under
a new command.
(6)An assessment of
the local economic and employment impacts of the proposal.
(7)An assessment of
the impacts of expertise lost if members of the civilian and contractor
workforce refuse to relocate under the proposal.
(8)A
review on the impact of the proposal on the joint training, operations, and
activities of the Armed Forces.
(9)A
notional time-line to implement the proposal.
(10)A certification
that the proposal will not result in a negative degradation to readiness and
ongoing and future operations.
(c)Not later than 120
days after receiving the report required by subsection (b), the Comptroller
General shall submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of
the proposal contained in the report.
(d)For purposes of
subsection (a)(3), the term legislative day
means a day on which
either House of Congress is in session.