[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4955-S4956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2626. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORTING ON END STRENGTH RATIONALES.

       Section 115a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Congress'' and 
     inserting ``to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives, and make available to any 
     Member upon request,''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) The justification and explanation required by 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       ``(A) An assessment of the most important threats facing 
     the United States by regional command and how personnel end 
     strength level requests address those specific threats.
       ``(B) The rationale for recommended increases or decreases 
     in active, reserve, and

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     civilian personnel for each component of the Department of 
     Defense.
       ``(C) The rationale for recommended increases or decreases 
     in active, reserve, and civilian personnel for each of the 
     regional combatant commands.
       ``(D) The primary functions or missions of military and 
     civilian personnel in each regional combatant command.
       ``(E) An assessment of any areas in which decreases in 
     active, reserve, or civilian personnel would not result in a 
     decrease in readiness.
       ``(F) The actual end strength number for each armed force 
     for the prior fiscal year, compared to authorized end 
     strength levels.
       ``(G) The shortfall in recruiting by each armed force as a 
     percentage, as appropriate.
       ``(H) The number of applicants who were found to be 
     ineligible for service by the Department in the prior fiscal 
     year as a result of current enlistment standards, 
     disaggregated by armed force and reason for 
     disqualification.''.
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