[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5222]
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  SA 947. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ARMY MILITARY VALUE ANALYSIS MODEL.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the Military Value 
     Analysis model of the Army has been a key determinant for the 
     force structure and strategic basing decisions of the Army in 
     recent years.
       (b) Briefing.--The Secretary of the Army shall, pending the 
     submittal of the report required by subsection (c), provide 
     the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
     preliminary findings of a force structure and basing decision 
     for the Army not later than 60 days before making a formal or 
     final decision on such force structure and basing.
       (c) Report on Updated Model.--
       (1) Report required.--Not later than 120 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
     forth an update of the Military Value Analysis model of the 
     Army.
       (2) Review.--The Secretary shall update the Military Value 
     Analysis model for purposes of the report required by 
     paragraph (1) following a review undertaken by the Secretary 
     for purposes of the update. The review and update shall 
     address and appropriately incorporate the following:
       (A) Qualitative and quantitative criteria and sub-criteria 
     to be used for force structure and strategic basing 
     decisions, including quantitative and qualitative measures on 
     the average daily use of, and accessibility to, maneuver 
     training acreage.
       (B) Deployment criteria using a measure of the time 
     required to deploy a unit of action from its home 
     installation to its deployment site, including the 
     transportation of unit personnel by military aircraft, and 
     transportation of the commonly defined set of unit equipment 
     to its designated out-port for deployment.
       (d) Scoring Data for Force Structure and Major Basing 
     Decisions.--After making a force structure or major basing 
     decision for the Army, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report setting forth the 
     scoring data developed pursuant to the Military Value 
     Analysis model of the Army with respect to each military 
     installation considered for purposes of the decision.
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