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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3930 

To establish the National Commission on the Structure of the Army, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2014 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. RAHALL, 

Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. PERRY, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. ENYART, Mr. BARR, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. COLE, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 

MATHESON, and Mr. BARBER) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To establish the National Commission on the Structure of 

the Army, 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 ‘‘National Commission 

5 on the Structure of the Army Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE2 DUCTIONS TO THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. 

3 (a) AIRCRAFT.—None of the funds authorized to be 

4 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

5 fiscal year 2015 for the Army may be used to divest, re6 tire, or transfer, or prepare to divest, retire, or transfer, 

7 any aircraft of the Army assigned to units of the Army 

8 National Guard as of January 15, 2014. 

9 (b) PERSONNEL.—None of the funds authorized to 

10 be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 

11 for fiscal year 2015 for the Army may be used to reduce 

12 personnel below the authorized end strength levels of 

13 350,000 for the Army National Guard as of September 

14 30, 2014. 

15 SEC. 3. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STRUCTURE OF 

16 THE ARMY. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Na18 tional Commission on the Structure of the Army (in this 

19 Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

20 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

21 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

22 composed of eight members, of whom— 

23 (A) four shall be appointed by the Presi24 dent; 


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1 (B) one shall be appointed by the Chair2 man of the Committee on Armed Services of 

3 the Senate; 

4 (C) one shall be appointed by the Ranking 

5 Member of the Committee on Armed Services of 

6 the Senate; 

7 (D) one shall be appointed by the Chair8 man of the Committee on Armed Services of 

9 the House of Representatives; and 

10 (E) one shall be appointed by the Ranking 

11 Member of the Committee on Armed Services of 

12 the House of Representatives. 

13 (2) APPOINTMENT DATE.—The appointments of 

14 the members of the Commission shall be made not 

15 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act. 

17 (3) EFFECT OF LACK OF APPOINTMENT BY AP18 POINTMENT DATE.—If one or more appointments 

19 under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) is not 

20 made by the appointment date specified in para21 graph (2), the authority to make such appointment 

22 or appointments shall expire, and the number of 

23 members of the Commission shall be reduced by the 

24 number equal to the number of appointments so not 

25 made. If an appointment under subparagraph (B), 


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1 (C), (D), or (E) of paragraph (1) is not made by the 

2 appointment date specified in paragraph (2), the au3 thority to make an appointment under such subpara4 graph shall expire, and the number of members of 

5 the Commission shall be reduced by the number 

6 equal to the number otherwise appointable under 

7 such subparagraph. 

8 (4) EXPERTISE.—In making appointments 

9 under this subsection, consideration should be given 

10 to individuals with expertise in reserve forces policy. 

11 (c) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Mem12 bers shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any 

13 vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 

14 shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint15 ment. 

16 (d) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after 

17 the date on which all members of the Commission have 

18 been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first meet19 ing. 

20 (e) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the 

21 call of the Chair. 

22 (f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 

23 Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num24 ber of members may hold hearings. 


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1 (g) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—The Commission shall 

2 select a Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. 

3 SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 

4 (a) STUDY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall un6 dertake a comprehensive study of the structure of 

7 the Army to determine the proper force mixture of 

8 the active component and reserve component, and 

9 how the structure should be modified to best fulfill 

10 current and anticipated mission requirements for the 

11 Army in a manner consistent with available re12 sources and estimated future resources. 

13 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In considering the 

14 structure of the Army, the Commission shall give 

15 particular consideration to evaluating a structure 

16 that— 

17 (A) meets current and anticipated require18 ments of the combatant commands; 

19 (B) achieves a cost-efficiency balance be20 tween the regular and reserve components of 

21 the Army, taking advantage of the unique 

22 strengths and capabilities of each, with a par23 ticular focus on fully burdened and lifecycle cost 

24 of Army personnel; 


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1 (C) ensures that the regular and reserve 

2 components of the Army have the capacity 

3 needed to support current and anticipated 

4 homeland defense and disaster assistance mis5 sions in the United States; 

6 (D) provides for sufficient numbers of reg7 ular members of the Army to provide a base of 

8 trained personnel from which the personnel of 

9 the reserve components of the Army could be 

10 recruited; 

11 (E) maintains a peacetime rotation force 

12 to support operational tempo goals of 1:2 for 

13 regular members of the Army and 1:5 for mem14 bers of the reserve components of the Army; 

15 and 

16 (F) maximizes and appropriately balances 

17 affordability, efficiency, effectiveness, capability, 

18 and readiness. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2016, the 

20 Commission shall submit to the President and the con21 gressional defense committees a report which shall contain 

22 a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the 

23 Commission as a result of the study required by subsection 

24 (a), together with its recommendations for such legislation 


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1 and administrative actions it may consider appropriate in 

2 light of the results of the study. 

3 SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 

4 (a) HEARINGS.—The Commission may hold such 

5 hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such 

6 testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission 

7 considers advisable to carry out this Act. 

8 (b) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 

9 Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart10 ment or agency such information as the Commission con11 siders necessary to carry out this Act. Upon request of 

12 the Chair of the Commission, the head of such department 

13 or agency shall furnish such information to the Commis14 sion. 

15 (c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 

16 the United States mails in the same manner and under 

17 the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 

18 the Federal Government. 

19 (d) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and 

20 dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 

21 SEC. 6. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 

22 (a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each member of 

23 the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the 

24 Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal 

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1 scribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (in3 cluding travel time) during which such member is engaged 

4 in the performance of the duties of the Commission. All 

5 members of the Commission who are officers or employees 

6 of the United States shall serve without compensation in 

7 addition to that received for their services as officers or 

8 employees of the United States. 

9 (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com10 mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 

11 diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ12 ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 

13 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 

14 regular places of business in the performance of services 

15 for the Commission. 

16 (c) STAFF.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chair of the Commis18 sion may, without regard to the civil service laws 

19 and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive 

20 director and such other additional personnel as may 

21 be necessary to enable the Commission to perform 

22 its duties. The employment of an executive director 

23 shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission. 

24 (2) COMPENSATION.—The Chair of the Com25 mission may fix the compensation of the executive 


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1 director and other personnel without regard to chap2 ter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, relating to classification of posi4 tions and General Schedule pay rates, except that 

5 the rate of pay for the executive director and other 

6 personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level 

7 V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

8 such title. 

9 (d) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 

10 Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 

11 Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 

12 be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 

13 privilege. 

14 (e) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT15 TENT SERVICES.—The Chair of the Commission may pro16 cure temporary and intermittent services under section 

17 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ18 uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 

19 rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 

20 Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 

21 SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION. 

22 The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the 

23 date on which the Commission submits its report under 

24 section 4. 


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1 SEC. 8. FUNDING. 

2 Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

3 2015 and available for operation and maintenance for the 

4 Army as specified in the funding table in section 4301 of 

5 the fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act 

6 may be available for the activities of the Commission 

7 under this Act. 

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