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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2452 

To provide for the improvement of the capacity of the Navy to conduct 

surface warfare operations and activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2018 

Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide for the improvement of the capacity of the Navy 

to conduct surface warfare operations and activities, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Warfare En5 hancement Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF NAVY ADMINISTRATION 


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Subtitle A—General Administration Matters 

Sec. 101. Comprehensive review of operational and administrative chains-ofcommand and functions of the Department of the Navy. 

Sec. 102. Expansion of principal duties of Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 

Research, Development, and Acquisition. 

Sec. 103. Availability of certain operation and maintenance funds for the Navy. 

Sec. 104. Training and readiness matrix for Navy surface ships. 

Sec. 105. Annual reports on examination of Navy vessels. 

Sec. 106. Limitation on duration of homeporting of certain vessels in foreign 

locations. 

Subtitle B—Personnel Matters 

Sec. 111. Assessment of Navy standard workweek and related adjustments. 

Sec. 112. Watchstander records. 

Sec. 113. Qualification experience requirements for certain Navy officer positions. 

Sec. 114. Use of Navy Yard Patrol craft in Surface Warfare Officer School 

Basic Division Officer Courses. 

Sec. 115. Manning of Forward Deployed Naval Forces. 

Sec. 116. Limitation on transition to Ready Relevant Learning training approaches. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 

Subtitle A—General Administration Matters 

Sec. 201. Authority to treat military units as unavailable for deployment due 

to a significant readiness deficiency. 

Sec. 202. Annual report on Requests For Forces. 

Subtitle B—Personnel Matters 

Sec. 211. Annual defense manpower requirements report matters. 

Sec. 212. Repeal of statutory specification of authorized strengths of certain 

commissioned officers on active duty. 

Sec. 213. Reports on joint qualification requirements for senior officers. 

1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit3 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

4 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 


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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF NAVY 

2 ADMINISTRATION 

3 Subtitle A—General 

4 Administration Matters 

5 SEC. 101. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OPERATIONAL AND 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE CHAINS-OF-COMMAND AND 

7 FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 

8 NAVY. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 

10 conduct a comprehensive review of the operational and ad11 ministrative chains-of-command and functions of the De12 partment of the Navy. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the review required 

14 by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider options to 

15 do each of the following: 

16 (1) Increase visibility of unit-level readiness at 

17 senior levels. 

18 (2) Reduce so-called ‘‘double-hatting’’ and ‘‘tri19 ple-hatting’’ commanders. 

20 (3) Rationalize organizations responsible for 

21 training and certification. 

22 (4) Simplify reporting requirements applicable 

23 to commanding officers. 

24 (5) Modify or eliminate unnecessary relation25 ships or requirements. 


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1 (c) REPORT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 

3 30, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the congres4 sional defense committees a report on the results of 

5 the review required by subsection (a). The report 

6 shall include the following: 

7 (A) The results of the review, including 

8 any findings of the Secretary as a result of the 

9 review. 

10 (B) Any organizational changes in oper11 ational or administrative chains-of-command or 

12 functions of the Department undertaken or to 

13 be undertaken by the Secretary in light of the 

14 review. 

15 (C) Any recommendations for legislative or 

16 administration action with respect to the oper17 ational or administrative chains-of-command or 

18 functions of the Department as the Secretary 

19 considers appropriate in light of the review. 

20 (2) FORM.—The report under this subsection 

21 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in22 clude a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF PRINCIPAL DUTIES OF ASSISTANT 

2 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR RESEARCH, 

3 DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION. 

4 Section 5016(b)(4)(A) of title 10, United States 

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and acquisition matters’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘acquisition, and sustainment (including 

7 maintenance) matters’’. 

8 SEC. 103. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN OPERATION AND 

9 MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR THE NAVY. 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 

11 authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year after fis12 cal year 2017 for Operation and Maintenance, Navy, and 

13 available for Operating Forces shall be available through 

14 September 30 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in 

15 which authorized. 

16 SEC. 104. TRAINING AND READINESS MATRIX FOR NAVY 

17 SURFACE SHIPS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 

19 2018, the Secretary for the Navy shall implement a train20 ing and readiness matrix for Navy surface ships. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The matrix required by subsection 

22 (a) shall identify each of the following: 

23 (1) The tasks each Navy surface ship shall ac24 complish in each phase of training. 

25 (2) The number of times each such task shall 

26 be demonstrated by each such ship. 


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1 (3) The number of times each such task may be 

2 simulated by each such ship. 

3 (4) The external grading criteria to be used for 

4 each such ship in meeting the requirements for each 

5 level of certification in connection with training. 

6 (5) Metrics of overall ship readiness to accu7 rately describe what each ship shall achieve and 

8 maintain for certification in each warfare area. 

9 SEC. 105. ANNUAL REPORTS ON EXAMINATION OF NAVY 

10 VESSELS. 

11 Section 7304 of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1 

16 each year, the board designated under subsection (a) 

17 shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

18 a report setting forth, for each of the six most re19 cently completed fiscal years, the following: 

20 ‘‘(A) Overall aggregate material inspection 

21 score. 

22 ‘‘(B) Overall number and types of vessels 

23 inspected. 

24 ‘‘(C) Surface ship aggregate material in25 spection score. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Number of surface ships inspected. 

2 ‘‘(E) Submarine aggregate material inspec3 tion score. 

4 ‘‘(F) Number of submarines inspected. 

5 ‘‘(G) Aircraft carrier aggregate material 

6 inspection score. 

7 ‘‘(H) Number of aircraft carriers in8 spected. 

9 ‘‘(I) Number and types of vessels which re10 ceived a failing material inspection score. 

11 ‘‘(J) Class Maintenance Plan compliance, 

12 by ship class. 

13 ‘‘(K) Number of starred deficiencies, by 

14 ship class, resulting from acceptance trial, inte15 grated trial, contract trial, or similar sea trial. 

16 ‘‘(L) Number of vessels inspected, by ship 

17 class, at an acceptance trial, integrated trial, 

18 contract trial, or similar sea trial. 

19 ‘‘(2) FORM.—Each report under this subsection 

20 shall be submitted in unclassified form and in a for21 mat which permits its ready release to the public. 

22 ‘‘(3) STARRED DEFICIENCIES DEFINED.—In 

23 this subsection, the term ‘starred deficiencies’ means 

24 the following, as identified by the board: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Deficiencies (commonly referred to as 

2 ‘single starred deficiencies’) for which the Navy 

3 has assumed responsibility that— 

4 ‘‘(i) significantly degrade a ship’s abil5 ity to perform an assigned primary or sec6 ondary required operational capability; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) represent general safety, naviga8 tional safety, security, firefighting, habit9 ability, or maintainability deficiencies that 

10 would prevent the crew of a ship from liv11 ing on board safely or operating and main12 taining ship systems. 

13 ‘‘(B) Similar deficiencies (commonly re14 ferred to as ‘double-starred deficiencies’) in 

15 ships constructed, converted, or modernized 

16 with a separate fitting-out period assigned away 

17 from the building site.’’. 

18 SEC. 106. LIMITATION ON DURATION OF HOMEPORTING OF 

19 CERTAIN VESSELS IN FOREIGN LOCATIONS. 

20 (a) LIMITATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 633 of title 10, 

22 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

23 section 7310 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 7310a. Homeporting of certain vessels in overseas 

2 locations: limitation on duration 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A vessel specified in subsection 

4 (b) that is listed in the Naval Vessel Register may not 

5 be homeported in a location other than in the United 

6 States or Guam for a period of more than 10 consecutive 

7 years. 

8 ‘‘(b) SPECIFIED VESSELS.—The vessels specified in 

9 this subsection are the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) Aircraft carrier. 

11 ‘‘(2) Amphibious ship. 

12 ‘‘(3) Cruiser. 

13 ‘‘(4) Destroyer. 

14 ‘‘(5) Frigate.’’. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec16 tions at the beginning of chapter 633 of such title 

17 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

18 section 7310 the following new item: 

‘‘7310a. Homeporting of certain vessels in overseas locations: limitation on duration.’’. 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

20 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2020, and shall 

21 apply with respect to the homeporting of vessels after that 

22 date, regardless of whether the continuous period of home23 porting concerned commenced before that date. 


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1 Subtitle B—Personnel Matters 

2 SEC. 111. ASSESSMENT OF NAVY STANDARD WORKWEEK 

3 AND RELATED ADJUSTMENTS. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 

5 conduct a comprehensive assessment of the Navy standard 

6 workweek. 

7 (b) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 

8 (1) update Office of the Chief of Naval Oper9 ations Instruction 1000.16L in order to— 

10 (A) obtain an examination of current in11 port workloads; and 

12 (B) identify the manpower necessary to 

13 execute in-port workload for all surface ship 

14 classes; 

15 (2) update the criteria used in the Instruction 

16 referred to in paragraph (1) that are used to reas17 sess the factors used to calculate manpower require18 ments periodically or when conditions change; and 

19 (3) using the updates required by paragraphs 

20 (1) and (2), identify personnel needs and costs asso21 ciated with the planned larger size of the Navy fleet. 

22 (c) ADDED DEMANDS.—The Secretary shall identify 

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1 tional work that affects readiness and technical qualifica2 tions for Navy ship crews. 

3 (d) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall complete car4 rying out the requirements in this section by not later than 

5 September 30, 2018. 

6 SEC. 112. WATCHSTANDER RECORDS. 

7 The Secretary of the Navy shall require that, com8 mencing not later than September 30, 2018, watchstand9 ers on Navy surface ships shall maintain a career record 

10 of watchstanding hours and specific operational evo11 lutions. 

12 SEC. 113. QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS 

13 FOR CERTAIN NAVY OFFICER POSITIONS. 

14 Not later than September 30, 2018, the Secretary of 

15 the Navy shall establish minimum at-sea and simulator 

16 time and evolution requirements to be satisfied to become 

17 and remain a qualified Navy officer in each position as 

18 follows: 

19 (1) Officer of the Deck. 

20 (2) Combat Information Center Watch Officer. 

21 (3) Tactical Action Officer. 


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1 SEC. 114. USE OF NAVY YARD PATROL CRAFT IN SURFACE 

2 WARFARE OFFICER SCHOOL BASIC DIVISION 

3 OFFICER COURSES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than 

5 March 1, 2020, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide 

6 for the use of not fewer than six Navy Yard Patrol craft 

7 in total at the Surface Warfare Officer School Basic Divi8 sion Officer Course in San Diego, California, and Norfolk, 

9 Virginia. 

10 (b) PRIMARY MISSION OF CRAFT.—The Navy Yard 

11 Patrol craft provided for as described in subsection (a) 

12 shall have the primary mission of providing Surface War13 fare Officer candidates in the Course referred to in that 

14 subsection with foundational skills in an at-sea training 

15 environment. Such skills shall include skills that satisfy 

16 Navy personnel qualification standards associated with 

17 each of the following: 

18 (1) Shiphandling. 

19 (2) Navigation. 

20 (3) Radar operation. 

21 (4) Bridge resource management. 

22 (5) Seamanship. 

23 (6) Maintenance. 

24 (c) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR SURFACE

25 WARFARE OFFICERS CANDIDATES.—Commencing not 

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1 ficer candidate shall qualify as an Underway Officer of 

2 the Deck on a Navy Yard Patrol craft before completion 

3 of the Surface Warfare Officer School Basic Division Offi4 cer Course. 

5 SEC. 115. MANNING OF FORWARD DEPLOYED NAVAL 

6 FORCES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than Octo8 ber 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Navy shall maintain 

9 manning fit and manning fill for ships assigned to the 

10 Forward Deployed Naval Forces at levels not less than 

11 the levels established for each ship class or type of unit 

12 deploying from the United States. 

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) MANNING FIT.—The term ‘‘manning fit’’, in 

15 the case of a ship, means the skills (rating), spe16 cialty skills (Navy Enlisted Classifications), and ex17 perience (paygrade) for the ship when compared 

18 with the billets authorized for such skills and experi19 ence. For purposes of the term, a sailor in a more 

20 senior paygrade may fill the billet of a more junior 

21 paygrade, but a sailor in a more junior paygrade 

22 may not fill the billet of a more senior paygrade. 

23 (2) MANNING FILL.—The term ‘‘manning fill’’, 

24 in the case of a ship, means the total number of 

25 military personnel assigned to the ship by rating 


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1 when compared with the billets authorized for the 

2 ship by rating. 

3 SEC. 116. LIMITATION ON TRANSITION TO READY REL4 EVANT LEARNING TRAINING APPROACHES. 

5 The Secretary of the Navy may not transition any 

6 enlisted training to Ready Relevant Learning block learn7 ing, modernized delivery, or other similar approaches un8 less the first certification submitted to Congress pursuant 

9 to section 545 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

10 for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act specifies, as required by such 

12 section, each of the following: 

13 (1) That the transition will meet or exceed the 

14 existing training delivery approach for all associated 

15 training requirements. 

16 (2) That the content re-engineering necessary 

17 to meet all training objectives will be complete before 

18 the transition, including full functionality of all re19 quired course software and hardware. 

20 (3) That the contracting actions agreed upon to 

21 carry out the transition contain sufficient specifica22 tion detail to enable a low-risk approach to receiving 

23 the deliverable end item or items on-budget, on24 schedule, and with satisfactory performance. 


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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION 

3 Subtitle A—General 

4 Administration Matters 

5 SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO TREAT MILITARY UNITS AS UN6 AVAILABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT DUE TO A SIG7 NIFICANT READINESS DEFICIENCY. 

8 (a) REQUEST TO TREAT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Joint 

10 Chiefs of Staff, other than the Chairman or Vice 

11 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may request 

12 the Secretary of Defense to treat a military unit of 

13 an Armed Force or Armed Forces of which such 

14 member is a chief of staff as unavailable for a sched15 uled deployment due to a significant readiness defi16 ciency or deficiencies. 

17 (2) UNITS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.—For 

18 purposes of this section, a unit of the National 

19 Guard has the following as a chief of staff: 

20 (A) The Chief of Staff of the Army and 

21 the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, in the 

22 case of the Army National Guard of the United 

23 States. 

24 (B) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force 

25 and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, in 


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1 the case of the Air National Guard of the 

2 United States. 

3 (b) FINAL DECISION ON REQUEST NONDELE4 GABLE.—The Secretary of Defense may not delegate the 

5 final decision on any request under subsection (a). 

6 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON ACTION UPON RE7 QUEST.— 

8 (1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

9 days after the Secretary of Defense acts on a re10 quest under subsection (a), the Secretary shall sub11 mit to the congressional defense committees a writ12 ten notice on such action. 

13 (2) ELEMENTS.—The notice on any requested 

14 action under subsection (a) shall include the fol15 lowing: 

16 (A) The military unit covered by the re17 quested action. 

18 (B) A description of the significant readi19 ness deficiency or deficiencies providing the 

20 basis for the requested action. 

21 (C) The action of the Secretary. 

22 (D) If the military unit is treated by the 

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1 (i) a description of the scheduled de2 ployment dates, missions, and locations for 

3 which the unit is unavailable; 

4 (ii) a description of the actions, if 

5 any, taken to mitigate the unavailability of 

6 the unit; and 

7 (iii) a description of the risks, if any, 

8 resulting from treating the unit as unavail9 able. 

10 SEC. 202. ANNUAL REPORT ON REQUESTS FOR FORCES. 

11 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

12 January 1, 2019, and each year thereafter, the Secretary 

13 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com14 mittees a report on all Requests For Forces (RFFs) in15 volving military units (other than military units of the 

16 Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the 

17 Navy) during the preceding fiscal year. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 

19 shall set forth, for the fiscal year covered by such report, 

20 the following: 

21 (1) A description of each Request for Forces 

22 described by that subsection, including the force 

23 package sought and associated dates and locations. 

24 (2) The extent to which each such Request for 

25 Forces was sourced by the Department of Defense, 


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1 including the force package provided and associated 

2 dates and locations. 

3 (3) If any such Request For Forces was par4 tially sourced or not sourced— 

5 (A) the rationale for such partial sourcing 

6 or non-sourcing; and 

7 (B) a description of any mitigation meas8 ures taken in response to such partial sourcing 

9 or non-sourcing. 

10 Subtitle B—Personnel Matters 

11 SEC. 211. ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS 

12 REPORT MATTERS. 

13 (a) DATE OF SUBMITTAL.—Subsection (a) of section 

14 115a of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the 

15 matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘not later 

16 than 45 days after the date on which’’ and inserting ‘‘on 

17 the date on which’’. 

18 (b) ENUMERATION OF REQUIRED NUMBERS OF CER19 TAIN COMMISSIONS OFFICERS.—Such section is further 

20 amended by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(i) In each such report, the Secretary shall also in23 clude a separate statement of the number of officers re24 quired for the next fiscal year in each grade as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of 

2 each of the Army, the Air Force, and the Marine 

3 Corps. 

4 ‘‘(2) Lieutenant commander, commander, and 

5 captain of the Navy.’’. 

6 SEC. 212. REPEAL OF STATUTORY SPECIFICATION OF AU7 THORIZED STRENGTHS OF CERTAIN COMMIS8 SIONED OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY. 

9 Effective as of October 1, 2018, the text of section 

10 523 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 

11 as follows: 

12 ‘‘The total number of commissioned officers serving 

13 on active duty in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps 

14 in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, or colo15 nel, or in the Navy in each of the grades of lieutenant 

16 commander, commander, or captain, at the end of any fis17 cal year shall be as specifically authorized by statute for 

18 such fiscal year.’’. 

19 SEC. 213. REPORTS ON JOINT QUALIFICATION REQUIRE20 MENTS FOR SENIOR OFFICERS. 

21 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than six months 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary 

23 of a military department shall submit to the Committees 

24 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep25 resentatives a report setting forth the results of a review, 


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1 undertaken by the Secretary of the military department 

2 concerned for purposes of such report, of the requirements 

3 and policies of the Department of Defense related to the 

4 management of joint qualifications for officers before pro5 motion to general or flag officer grade. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

7 (a) shall include an analysis of the following: 

8 (1) The effect of joint qualification require9 ments on the ability of the military department con10 cerned to train and develop critical military depart11 ment-specific operational skills. 

12 (2) The effect of joint qualification require13 ments on the growth of joint headquarters organiza14 tions within the military department concerned. 

15 (3) The number of waivers granted by the Sec16 retary of Defense under section 619a(b) of title 10, 

17 United States Code, during the period beginning on 

18 October 1, 2001, and ending on the date of such re19 port, for the Armed Force or Armed Forces under 

20 the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military de21 partment concerned. 

22 (4) The effect of joint qualification require23 ments on the average length of assignments pre24 dating promotions to general or flag officer grade 

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1 period beginning on January 1, 1987, and ending on 

2 the date of such report. 

3 (5) Any other matters the Secretary of the mili4 tary department concerned considers appropriate to 

5 facilitate an understanding of the effects of joint 

6 qualification requirements on the training and man7 agement of officers within such military department. 

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