§ 111. Executive department

In general.—

Among the cross-functional teams established by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (c) of section 911 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2345; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) [set out below] in support of the organizational strategy for the Department of Defense required by subsection (a) of that section, the Secretary shall establish a cross-functional team on electronic warfare.

Establishment and activities.—

The cross-functional team established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be established in accordance with subsection (c) of section 911 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and shall be governed in its activities in accordance with the provisions of such subsection (c).

Deadline for establishment.—

The cross-functional team required by paragraph (1) shall be established by not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Criteria for distinguishing among cross-functional teams.—

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Primary responsibility for implementation of teams.—

The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall establish or designate an office within the Department that shall have primary responsibility for implementing section 911 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.”

In general.—

Not later than

Elements.—

The strategy shall provide for the following:

Study.—

The Department of Defense shall conduct a study of the following in order to determine how best to implement effective cross-functional teams in the Department to achieve the strategic objectives of the Secretary of Defense:

Conduct of study.—

The study required by paragraph (1) shall be conducted by an independent organization with widely acknowledged expertise in modern organizational management and teaming selected by the Secretary for purposes of the study.

Schedule.—

The Secretary shall award any necessary contract for the study required by paragraph (1) pursuant to paragraph (2) by not later than

In general.—

The Secretary of Defense shall establish cross-functional teams to address critical objectives and outputs for such teams as are determined to be appropriate in accordance with the organizational strategy issued under subsection (a), with initial teams established by not later than

Purposes.—

The purposes of cross-functional teams established pursuant to this subsection shall be, as determined appropriate by the Secretary—

Guidance on teams.—

Not later than

Participants.—

In establishing a cross-functional team pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary shall consider personnel from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the military departments, and the Defense Agencies in all functional areas that the Secretary considers appropriate.

Team personnel.—

For each cross-functional team established by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary shall—

Team strategies and decision-making authority.—

Review of teams.—

Not later than 18 months after the date on which the first cross-functional team is established pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary shall complete an analysis, with support from external experts in organizational and management sciences, of the successes and failures of teams established pursuant to this subsection, and determine how to apply the lessons learned from that analysis.

Report on establishment.—

Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [

articulate the shared purposes, values, and principles for the operation of the Office of the Secretary of Defense that are required to promote a team-oriented, collaborative, results-driven culture within the Office to support the primary objectives of the Department of Defense;

ensure that collaboration across functional and organizational boundaries is an important factor in the performance review of leaders of cross-functional teams established pursuant to subsection (c), members of teams, and other appropriate leaders of the Department; and

identify key practices that senior leaders of the Department should follow with regard to leadership, organizational practice, collaboration, and the functioning of cross-functional teams, and the types of personnel behavior that senior leaders should encourage and discourage.

In general.—

Within three months of the appointment of an individual to a position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense appointable by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the individual shall complete a course of instruction in leadership, modern organizational practice, collaboration, and the operation of teams described in subsection (c).

Waiver.—

The President may waive the requirement in paragraph (1) with respect to an individual if the Secretary determines in writing that the individual possesses, through training and experience, the skill and knowledge otherwise to be provided through a course of instruction as described in that paragraph.

Biannual report on assessments.—

Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Assessment team.—

The Comptroller General may establish within the Government Accountability Office a team of analysts to assist the Comptroller General in the performance assessments required by this subsection.”

In general.—

Except as provided in paragraph (2), each report required pursuant to a provision of law specified in this section that is still required to be submitted to Congress as of

Reports exempted from termination.—

The termination dates specified in paragraph (1) and section 1080 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 do not apply to the following:

Section 113(i).

Section 117(e).

[Section] 118a(d).

Section 119(a) and (b).

Section 127b(f).

Section 139(h).

[Former] Section 139b(d).

Sections [sic] 153(c).

Section 171a(e) and (g)(2).

Section 179(f).

Section 196(d)(1), (d)(4), and (e)(3).

Section 223a(a).

Section 225(c)[.]

Section 229.

Section 231.

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(A),

Section 238.

Section 341(f) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1246 of this Act.

Section 401(d).

Section 407(d).

Section 481a(c).

Section 482(a).

Section 488(c).

Section 494(b).

Section 526(j).

Section 946(c) (Article 146 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice).

Section 981(c).

Section 1116(d).

Section 1566(c)(3).

Section 1557(e).

Section 1781a(e).

Section 1781c(h) [now 1781c(g)].

Section 2011(e) [now 322(e)].

Section 2166(i) [now 343(i)].

Section 2218(h).

Section 2228(e).

Section 2229(d).

Section 2229a.

Section 2249c(c) [now 345(c)].

Section 2275.

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(A),

Section 2367(d).

Section 2399(g).

Section 2445b.

Section 2464(d).

Section 2466(d).

Section 2504.

Section 2561(c).

Section 2684a(g).

Section 2687a.

Section 2711.

Sections [sic] 2884(b) and (c).

Section 2911(a) and (b)(3) [now 2911(c) and (d)(3)].

Section 2925.

Section 2926(e)(4).

Section 4361(d)(4)(B) [now 7461(d)(4)(B)].

Section 4721(e) [now 7271(e)].

Section 6980(d)(4)(B) [now 8480(d)(4)(B)].

Section 7310(c) [now 8680(c)].

Section 9361(d)(4)(B) [now 9461(d)(4)(B)].

Section 10216(c).

Section 10541.

Section 10543.

Section 10504(b).

Section 235.

Section 115a.

Section 2193b(g).

Section 546(d) [now 546(e)] (10 U.S.C. 1561 note).

Section 1003[A] (10 U.S.C. 221 note).

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(B),

Section 1055 (128 Stat. 3498).

Section 1204(b) (10 U.S.C. 2249e note) [now 10 U.S.C. 362 note].

Section 1205(e) (128 Stat. 3537).

Section 1206(e) (10 U.S.C. 2282 note).

Section 1211 (128 Stat. 3544).

Section 1225 (128 Stat. 3550).

Section 1235 (128 Stat. 3558).

Section 1245 (128 Stat. 3566).

Section 1253(b) (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).

Section 1275(b) (128 Stat. 3591).

Section 1343 (128 Stat. 3605; 50 U.S.C. 3743).

Section 1650 (128 Stat. 3653).

Section 1662(c)(2) and (d)(2) (128 Stat. 3657; [former] 10 U.S.C. 2431 note).

Section 2821(a)(3) (10 U.S.C. 2687 note).

Section 1209(d) (128 Stat. 3542).

Section 704(e) (10 U.S.C. 1074 note).

Sections [sic] 713(f), (g), and (h) (10 U.S.C. 1071 note).

Section 904(d)(2) (10 U.S.C. 111 note).

[Former] Section 1205(f)(3) ([Former] 32 U.S.C. 107 note).

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(C),

Section 904(h)(1) and (2) (10 U.S.C. 133 note) [now 10 U.S.C. 133a note].

Section 1009 (126 Stat. 1906).

Section 1023 (126 Stat. 1911).

Section 1052(b)(4) (126 Stat. 1936; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) [now 49 U.S.C. 44802 note].

Section 123 (10 U.S.C. 167 note).

Section 1216(c) (124 Stat. 4392).

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(D),

Section 1631(d) (10 U.S.C. 1561 note).

Section 711(d) (10 U.S.C. 1071 note).

Section 1003(b) (10 U.S.C. 2222 note).

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(E),

Section 1245 (123 Stat. 2542) [10 U.S.C. 113 note].

Section 1806 (10 U.S.C. 948a note).

Sections [sic] 1412(i) and (j) of the National Defense Authorization Act, 1986 [probably should be “Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986”] (50 U.S.C. 1521), as amended by section 1421 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383).

Section 1703 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 1523).

Section 717(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note).

Section 234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. 2367).

Section 1309(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).

Section 1237(b)(2) of the [Strom Thurmond] National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note).

Section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).

Section 232(h)(2) [probably should be “232(h)(3)”] of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; [former] 10 U.S.C. 2431 note).

Section 366(a)(5) and (c)(2) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).

Section 1208(f) of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2086).

Section 1208(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for [Fiscal Year] 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3459).

Section 1405(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 10 U.S.C. 801 note).

Section 122(f)(1) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2104).

Section 721 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2294) [10 U.S.C. 1074 note].

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(F),

Section 1517(f) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2443).

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(F),

Section 1034(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 309) [10 U.S.C. 272 note].

Section 1107(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 358) [10 U.S.C. 2358 note].

Section 1233(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 393).

Section 1234(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 394).

Section 219(c) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note).

Section 533(i) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. prec. 701 note).

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 813(i)(1)(F),

Section 1201(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1619).

Section 1236 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1641).

Section 103A(b)(3) [probably should be “103a(b)(3)”] of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1(b)(3)).

Section 1511(h) of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 411(h)).

Section 901(f) [now 901(g)] of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469; 32 U.S.C. 112 note), as added by section 1008 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239).

Section 14 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–5).

Section 105A(b) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20308(b)), as added by section 586 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84).

Section 112(f) of title 32, United States Code.

Section 310b(i)(2) [probably should be “301b(i)(2)”] of title 37, United States Code.

Section 509(k) of title 32, United States Code.

Section 1022(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for [Fiscal Year] 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 371 note [probably should be “10 U.S.C. 271 note”]).

A list of all reports that are required to be submitted to Congress as of the date of the enactment of this Act [

For each such report, a citation to the provision of law under which the report is or was required to be submitted.”

In general.—

Commencing not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Treatment of savings pursuant to headquarters reduction.—

Documented savings achieved pursuant to the headquarters reduction requirement in subsection (b), other than savings achieved in fiscal year 2020, shall count toward the cost savings required by paragraph (1).

Treatment of savings pursuant to management activities.—

Documented savings in the human resources management, health care management, financial flow management, information technology infrastructure and management, supply chain and logistics, acquisition and procurement, and real property management activities of the Department during the period referred to in paragraph (1) may be counted toward the cost savings required by paragraph (1).

Treatment of savings pursuant to force structure revisions.—

Savings or reductions to military force structure or military operating units of the Armed Forces may not count toward the cost savings required by paragraph (1).

Reports.—

The Secretary shall include with the budget for the Department of Defense for each of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report describing and assessing the progress of the Department in implementing the plan required by paragraph (1) and in achieving the cost savings required by that paragraph.

Comptroller general assessments.—

Not later than 90 days after the submittal of each report required by paragraph (5), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a report setting forth the assessment of the Comptroller General of the report and of the extent to which the Department of Defense is in compliance with the requirements of this section.

In general.—

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Baseline amount.—

For the purposes of this subsection, the baseline amount is the amount authorized to be appropriated by this Act [see Tables for classification] for fiscal year 2016 for major Department of Defense headquarters activities, adjusted by a credit for reductions in such headquarters activities that are documented, as of the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, as having been accomplished in earlier fiscal years in accordance with the December 2013 directive of the Secretary of Defense on headquarters reductions. The modified plan issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include an overall baseline amount for all of the major Department of Defense headquarters activities that credits reductions accomplished in earlier fiscal years in accordance with the December 2013 directive, and a specific baseline amount for each such headquarters activity that credits such reductions.

Major department of defense headquarters activities defined.—

In this subsection, the term ‘major Department of Defense headquarters activities’ means the following:

Implementation.—

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Manner of carrying out reductions.—

Certifications on cost savings achieved.—

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph [

A list of all reports described in subsection (b).

For each such report, a citation to the provision of law under which the report is required to be submitted.

Draft legislation that would repeal each such report.”

A description of the planned changes or reductions in staffing and services provided by military personnel, civilian personnel, and contractor personnel.

A description of the planned changes or reductions in management, functions, and programs and offices.

The estimated cumulative savings to be achieved over a 10-fiscal-year period beginning with fiscal year 2015, and estimated savings to be achieved for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2024.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense.

The Joint Staff.

The Defense Agencies.

The Department of Defense field activities.

The headquarters of the combatant commands.

Headquarters, Department of the Army, including the Office of the Secretary of the Army, the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, and the Army Staff.

The major command headquarters of the Army.

The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Headquarters, United States Marine Corps.

The major command headquarters of the Navy and the Marine Corps.

Headquarters, Department of the Air Force, including the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Office of the Air Force Chief of Staff, and the Air Staff.

The major command headquarters of the Air Force.

The National Guard Bureau.

Initial report.—

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] the plan required by subsection (a).

Status report.—

The Secretary shall include with the Department of Defense materials submitted to Congress with the budget of the President for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2024 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a report describing the implementation of the plan required by subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year and any modifications to the plan required due to changing circumstances. Each such report shall include the following:

Assigning either the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy or another official to be the lead policy official for improving and reforming the interagency coordination process on national security issues for the Department of Defense, with an explanation of any decision to name an official other than the Under Secretary and the relative advantages and disadvantages of such decision.

Giving the official assigned under paragraph (1) the following responsibilities:

How the official assigned under subsection (b)(1) shall provide input to the Secretary of Defense on an ongoing basis on how to incorporate the need to coordinate with other agencies into the establishment and reform of combatant commands.

How such official shall develop and make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on a regular or an ongoing basis on changes to military and civilian personnel to improve interagency coordination.

How such official shall work with the combatant command that has the mission for joint warfighting experimentation and other interested agencies to develop exercises to test and validate interagency planning and capabilities.

How such official shall lead, coordinate, or participate in after-action reviews of operations, tests, and exercises to capture lessons learned regarding the functioning of the interagency process and how those lessons learned will be disseminated.

The role of such official in ensuring that future defense planning guidance takes into account the capabilities and needs of other agencies.

specifically refers to this section; and

specifically states that such provision of law modifies or supersedes the provisions of this section.

An individual who is a member of a commission or panel specified in subsection (b) and is an annuitant otherwise covered by section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code, by reason of membership on the commission or panel is not subject to the provisions of that section with respect to such membership.

An individual who is a member of a commission or panel specified in subsection (b) and is a member or former member of a uniformed service is not subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 5532 of such title with respect to membership on the commission or panel.

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The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a list of each provision of law that, as of the date specified in subsection (c), imposes upon the Secretary of Defense (or any other officer of the Department of Defense) a reporting requirement described in paragraph (2). The list of provisions of law shall include a statement or description of the report required under each such provision of law.

Paragraph (1) applies to a requirement imposed by law to submit to Congress (or specified committees of Congress) a report on a recurring basis, or upon the occurrence of specified events, if the Secretary determines that the continued requirement to submit that report is unnecessary or incompatible with the efficient management of the Department of Defense.

The Secretary shall submit with the list an explanation, for each report specified in the list, of the reasons why the Secretary considers the continued requirement to submit the report to be unnecessary or incompatible with the efficient management of the Department of Defense.