Department of the Air Force Future Force Design Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5231 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5231

To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a force design for 
                     the Air Force and Space Force.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a force design for 
                     the Air Force and Space Force.

    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 ``Department of the Air Force Future 
Force Design Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FUTURE FORCE DESIGN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the Department of the Air Force has made significant 
        progress in organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force 
        and Space Force to address the needs of the Joint Force and 
        align with the current National Defense Strategy and National 
        Military Strategy; and
            (2) to be prepared to effectively deter and defeat a peer 
        adversary, the Department must address force design 
        requirements that will enable equipment modernization, 
        organizational restructure, and capacity adjustments to meet 
        the challenges presented by the People's Republic of China.
    (b) Force Design Required.--Not later than August 31, 2024, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a force design for the Air 
Force and Space Force projected through 2050.
    (c) Elements.--The force design under subsection (b) shall 
address--
            (1) the concepts, capabilities, and structural elements 
        (including size and form) of the Air Force and Space Force that 
        are necessary to ensure those forces effectively execute their 
        core functions through 2050 in support of the National Defense 
        Strategy and the National Military Strategy;
            (2) force structure, including the development of 
        capabilities (including platforms and systems) at the right 
        level of capacity to address the challenges outlined by the 
        National Defense Strategy and National Military Strategy;
            (3) force composition, including recruitment and 
        development of the human capital, effective distribution of 
        forces in the total force and policies to increase career 
        flexibility across the different components;
            (4) organizational design, including development of 
        potential models to increase agility and operational 
        effectiveness across the Air Force and Space Force; and
            (5) such other matters as the Secretary of the Air Force 
        determines to be relevant.
    (d) Information to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after 
completion of the force design required under subsection (b), the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall--
            (1) submit a summary of the force design to the 
        congressional defense committees; and
            (2) provide to the congressional defense committees a 
        briefing on the force design.
    (e) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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