[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4627. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON 
                   THE AIR FORCE STRATEGIC BASING PROCESS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees an interim report on the suitability and 
     effectiveness of the Air Force's strategic basing process, 
     with a final report to follow not later than 270 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include a description and assessment of each of the 
     following:
       (1) Effectiveness and alignment of the strategic basing 
     process with Air Force strategy and objectives.
       (2) Authoritativeness, transparency, consistency, and 
     auditability of the Air Force strategic basing process.
       (3) Development of the criteria, basing objectives, 
     policies, programming, planning, and directives used for 
     determining the enterprise-wide review for potential basing 
     actions.
       (4) Development of the criteria basing objectives, 
     policies, programming, planning, and directives used for 
     determining candidate bases for potential basing actions.
       (5) Integration of risk management into the strategic 
     basing process and communication of risk to stakeholders and 
     Congress.
       (6) The decision-making process to arrive at final 
     strategic basing decisions.
       (7) Notification, method, timeliness, and transparency of 
     changes to criteria to stakeholders and Congress.
       (8) Appropriateness and timeliness of notifications to 
     various stakeholders.
       (9) Applicability to the other military departments and 
     Defense agencies.
       (10) Other information determined to be appropriate by the 
     Comptroller General.
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