[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4128. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. REPORTS ON READY, RELEVANT LEARNING INITIATIVE OF 
                   THE NAVY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than September 1, 2016, and 
     March 1 of each of 2017, 2018, and 2019, the Secretary of the 
     Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the Ready, Relevant Learning (RRL) initiative of 
     the Navy.
       (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the performance of the Ready, Relevant 
     Learning initiative during the preceding 12 months under the 
     metrics developed to evaluate the initiative.
       (2) A description of current lessons learned through the 
     transition to the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative.
       (3) A description of the actions relating to the transition 
     to the Ready, Relevant Learning initiative completed in the 
     last fiscal year ending before the year in which such report 
     is submitted, and anticipated in the fiscal year in which 
     such report is submitted and each of the next five fiscal 
     years, as follows:
       (A) Ratings analysis and content reengineering, by rating 
     or course of instruction.
       (B) Decision points of Navy leadership relating to 
     transitions to the initiative, by rating, from the pre-
     initiative model to the initiative model.
       (C) Reductions in Individuals Account by end strength and 
     funding.
       (D) Reductions in A-school and C-school billets.
       (E) Funding realignments from the military personnel, Navy 
     (MPN) account to the operation and maintenance, Navy (OMN) 
     account in connection.
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