Restoring Congressional Oversight and Strengthening Military Jointness Act

Restoring Congressional Oversight and Strengthening Military Jointness Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense (DOD) from effecting or implementing the disestablishment, closure, or realignment of the United States Joint Forces Command, or conducting any civilian workload reductions at such Command, until: (1) 30 legislative or 60 calendar days have passed since the Secretary has notified the congressional defense committees of a proposed disestablishment, closure, or realignment; and (2) the Comptroller General has submitted to such committees an independent assessment of such proposal.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6131 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6131

 To impose conditions on the disestablishment, closure, or realignment 
of the United States Joint Forces Command and on workload reductions of 
      civilian personnel of that command, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2010

   Mr. Nye introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To impose conditions on the disestablishment, closure, or realignment 
of the United States Joint Forces Command and on workload reductions of 
      civilian personnel of that command, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Restoring Congressional Oversight 
and Strengthening Military Jointness Act''.

SEC. 2. OPERATIONS OF UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND.

    (a) Conditions on Disestablishment, Closure, Realignment, and 
Workload Reductions.--The Secretary of Defense shall not take any 
action to effect or implement the disestablishment, closure, or 
realignment of the United States Joint Forces Command or conduct any 
workload reductions of civilian personnel of the United States Joint 
Forces Command until--
            (1) the report required by subsection (b) is submitted to 
        the congressional defense committees;
            (2) the independent assessment required by subsection (c) 
        is submitted to the congressional defense committees; and
            (3) a period of 30 legislative days or 60 calendar days, 
        whichever is longer, expires following the day on which the 
        assessment referred to in paragraph (2) has been submitted.
    (b) Report.--If the Secretary of Defense proposes to disestablish, 
close, or realign the United States Joint Forces Command or conduct any 
workload reductions of civilian personnel of the Command, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the 
Comptroller General of the United States a report containing each of 
the following:
            (1) The proposal to disestablish, close, realign, or 
        conduct workload reductions of civilian personnel of the United 
        States Joint Forces Command.
            (2) A detailed plan of action, including functions 
        terminated, retained, reduced, or expanded, and the resulting 
        impact on projected contractor and civilian personnel.
            (3) A list of alternatives considered before the 
        disestablishment of the Command, such as consolidation of 
        similar functions into United States Joint Forces Command.
            (4) An evaluation of the impacts of the proposal on Federal 
        budgets, including specific cost savings and increases 
        anticipated for the Department of Defense and other Federal 
        agencies.
            (5) An estimate of the anticipated costs of shifting 
        workload to military and civilian personnel under a new 
        command.
            (6) An assessment of the local economic and employment 
        impacts of the proposal.
            (7) An assessment of the impacts of expertise lost if 
        members of the civilian and contractor workforce refuse to 
        relocate under the proposal.
            (8) A review on the impact of the proposal on the joint 
        training, operations, and activities of the Armed Forces.
            (9) A notional time-line to implement the proposal.
            (10) A certification that the proposal will not result in a 
        negative degradation to readiness and ongoing and future 
        operations.
    (c) Independent Assessment.--Not later than 120 days after 
receiving the report required by subsection (b), the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 
assessment of the proposal contained in the report.
    (d) Legislative Day Defined.--For purposes of subsection (a)(3), 
the term ``legislative day'' means a day on which either House of 
Congress is in session.
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