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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1289

To require the Secretary of the Navy to report changes in budget and

staffing that take place as a result of the regionalization program of

the Navy.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 1, 2001

Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of the Navy to report changes

in budget and staffing that take place as a result of

the regionalization program of the Navy.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REPORTS ON BUDGET AND STAFFING

4 CHANGES UNDER THE REORGANIZATION

5 PROGRAM OF THE NAVY.

6 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—(1) Chapter 631 of title

7 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

8 the following new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 7234. Regionalization program: semi-annual re2 ports

3 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.—The Secretary of the Navy shall, on

4 a semi-annual basis, submit to Congress a report that, for

5 each installation of the Navy affected by the regionaliza6 tion program of the Navy, includes—

7 ‘‘(1) the matters specified in subsection (b) for

8 the two-year period ending on the date of the report,

9 set forth by consecutive six-month periods the last of

10 which ends on that date; and

11 ‘‘(2) projections of the matters specified in sub12 section (b) for the two-year period beginning on that

13 date, set forth by consecutive six-month periods be14 ginning on that date.

15 ‘‘(b) COVERED MATTERS.—The matters specified in

16 this subsection for a report are as follows:

17 ‘‘(1) The name, location, and functional areas

18 of responsibility of each installation covered by the

19 report.

20 ‘‘(2) The number of civilian personnel employed

21 in each functional area of responsibility at each such

22 installation.

23 ‘‘(3) The number of military permitted assigned

24 in each functional area of responsibility at each such

25 installation.
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1 ‘‘(4) The budget by functional area of responsi2 bility for each such installation.

3 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF MODIFICATION.—The

4 Secretary may not implement any modification of the

5 budget of, or the number of personnel employed in or as6 signed to, any functional area of responsibility of an in7 stallation by reason of the regionalization program of the

8 Navy until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary

9 notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate

10 and the House of Representatives of the proposed modi11 fication.’’.

12 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such

13 chapter is amended by adding at the end the following

14 new item:

‘‘7234. Regionalization program: semi-annual reports.’’.

15 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required by

16 section 7234 of title 10, United States Code, as added by

17 subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than July 1,

18 2002.

19 (c) HISTORICAL REPORT.—(1) Not later than July

20 1, 2002, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to Con21 gress a report on each installation of the Navy affected

22 by the regionalization program of the Navy as of that

23 date.

24 (2) The report under paragraph (1) shall include for

25 each installation covered by the report each of the matters
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1 specified in section 7234(b) of title 10, United States

2 Code, as so added, for the last fiscal year ending before

3 the date on which the regionalization program of the Navy

4 was implemented at such installation.

5 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

6 AND STAFF UNDER THE REGIONALIZATION

7 PROGRAM OF THE NAVY.

8 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the

9 Navy should make every effort under the regionalization

10 program of the Navy to ensure that—

11 (1) the allocation of funds and staff within each

12 region of the program is distributed equally among

13 the various installations located in that region; and

14 (2) that no single installation in a region be15 comes the focal point for funding or staffing.

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