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dividual to fill the vacancy or recommending to the 
President an individual to be nominated to fill the 
vacancy, the Secretary of Defense shall obtain the 
concurrence of the Director of National Intelligence 
as provided in section 106(b) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–6(b)).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Na-
tional Foreign Intelligence Program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’. 
Subtitle E—Roles and Missions 
Analysis 
SEC. 941. ANALYSIS AND ORGANIZATION OF ROLES AND 
MISSIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR QUADRENNIAL ROLES AND 
MISSIONS REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
118a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 118b. Quadrennial roles and missions review 
‘‘(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall every four years conduct a comprehensive assessment 
(to be known as the ‘quadrennial roles and missions re-
view’) of the roles and missions of the Department of De-
fense. Each such quadrennial roles and missions review
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shall be conducted in consultation with the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—Each quadrennial roles 
and missions review shall be conducted so as— 
‘‘(1) to organize the significant missions of the 
Department of Defense into core mission areas that 
cover broad areas of military activity, such as domi-
nance of ground, air, maritime, and space environ-
ments; expeditionary warfare; mobility; homeland de-
fense; and cyberoperations; and 
‘‘(2) to ensure that the core mission areas are 
defined so that the areas are mutually supportive 
but with as little overlap in functions as is nec-
essary. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—(1) The Secretary shall submit a report on each 
quadrennial roles and missions review to the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) The report shall be submitted in the year fol-
lowing the year in which the review is conducted, but not 
later than the date on which the President submits the 
budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 118a 
the following new item: 
‘‘118b. Quadrennial roles and missions review.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Section 
118(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(c) DEADLINE FOR FIRST ROLES AND MISSIONS RE-
VIEW.—The first roles and missions review under section 
118b of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall be performed and completed during 
2008. 
SEC. 942. IDENTIFICATION OF CORE COMPETENCIES OF 
THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER 
ENTITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Chapter 3 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 125 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 125a. Core competencies 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
TO
IDENTIFY
CORE
COM-
PETENCIES.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
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with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 
Secretaries of the military departments, shall identify core 
competencies for each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Each military department. 
‘‘(2) The Office of the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(3) Each Defense Agency. 
‘‘(4) Each Department of Defense Field Activ-
ity. 
‘‘(5) Each combatant command with acquisition 
authority. 
‘‘(b) BASIS OF COMPETENCIES.—In identifying the 
core competencies of an entity listed in subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that each core competency is clearly 
associated with a core mission area of the Depart-
ment of Defense (as identified pursuant to the quad-
rennial roles and missions review under section 118b 
of this title); and 
‘‘(2) base such identification on the ability of 
an entity to provide doctrinal, organizational, train-
ing, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities so-
lutions to meet requirements within a core mission 
area of the Department of Defense.’’.