[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2656 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2656

To require annual reports and briefings on the Global Force Management 
                            Allocation Plan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2021

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require annual reports and briefings on the Global Force Management 
                            Allocation Plan.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Global Force Management Oversight 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT AND BRIEFING ON GLOBAL FORCE MANAGEMENT 
              ALLOCATION PLAN.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Congressional defense committees.--The term 
        ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Defense.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than April 1 each year, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
        a report on the Global Force Management Allocation Plan.
            (2) Elements.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include the following:
                    (A) A detailed description of the Global Force 
                Management Allocation Plan as originally approved by 
                the Secretary for--
                            (i) the preceding calendar year; and
                            (ii) the calendar year during which the 
                        report is submitted.
                    (B) A detailed description of any differences 
                between the actual allocations of forces or final 
                laydown of forces at the end of the preceding calendar 
                year and the allocations of forces and laydown of 
                forces stipulated in the Global Force Management 
                Allocation Plan for that calendar year.
                    (C) A list of all requests for forces made by the 
                geographic combatant commands in the preceding calendar 
                year, including a description of each request and a 
                justification for the approval, denial, or deferral of 
                the request.
            (3) Form.--Each report submitted under this subsection 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
        classified annex.
    (c) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which each 
report under subsection (b) is submitted, the Secretary shall provide 
to the congressional defense committees a classified briefing on the 
contents of the report.
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