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(a) and (b) is submitted, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report containing the 
following information: 
(1) A description of initiatives by the Secretary of Defense 
to coordinate the range expansion activities of the Army and 
Marine Corps in order to gain efficiencies in investment and 
resource allocation. 
(2) An analysis of training requirements for the Army 
and the Marine Corps that could be accomplished through 
joint use of existing ranges. 
(3) An analysis of the responses provided by the Secretary 
of the Army under subsection (a)(5) and the Secretary of the 
Navy subsection (b)(5). 
(4) Any other matter that the Secretary of Defense con-
siders to be of importance to ensure the effective and timely 
expansion of ranges to meet Army and Marine Corps training 
requirements. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Army operational range’’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘‘operational range’’ in section 101(e)(3) of title 
10, United States Code, except that the term is limited to 
operational ranges under the jurisdiction, custody, or control 
of the Secretary of the Army. 
(2) The term ‘‘Marine Corps operational range’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘operational range’’ in section 101(e)(3) 
of such title, except that the term is limited to operational 
ranges under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Sec-
retary of the Navy that are used by or available for use by 
the Marine Corps. 
(3) The term ‘‘range activities’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101(e)(2) of such title. 
SEC. 2830. NIAGARA AIR RESERVE BASE, NEW YORK, BASING REPORT. 
Not later than March 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining a detailed plan of the current and future aviation assets 
that the Secretary expects will be based at Niagara Air Reserve 
Base, New York. The report shall include a description of all of 
the aviation assets that will be impacted by the series of relocations 
to be made to or from Niagara Air Reserve Base and the timeline 
for such relocations. 
SEC. 2831. REPORT ON THE PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE, COLO-
RADO. 
(a) REPORT ON THE PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (referred to in this section 
as ‘‘the Site’’). 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
(A) An analysis of whether existing training facilities 
at Fort Carson, Colorado, and the Site are sufficient to 
support the training needs of units stationed or planned 
to be stationed at Fort Carson, including the following:
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(i) A description of any new training requirements 
or significant developments affecting training require-
ments for units stationed or planned to be stationed 
at Fort Carson since the 2005 Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission found that the base has 
‘‘sufficient capacity’’ to support four brigade combat 
teams and associated support units at Fort Carson. 
(ii) A study of alternatives for enhancing training 
facilities at Fort Carson and the Site within their 
current geographic footprint, including whether these 
additional investments or measures could support addi-
tional training activities. 
(iii) A description of the current training calendar 
and training load at the Site, including— 
(I) the number of brigade-sized and battalion- 
sized military exercises held at the Site since its 
establishment; 
(II) an analysis of the maximum annual 
training load at the Site, without expanding the 
Site; and 
(III) an analysis of the training load and pro-
jected training calendar at the Site when all bri-
gades stationed or planned to be stationed at Fort 
Carson are at home station. 
(B) A report of need for any proposed addition of 
training land to support units stationed or planned to 
be stationed at Fort Carson, including the following: 
(i) A description of additional training activities, 
and their benefits to operational readiness, which 
would be conducted by units stationed at Fort Carson 
if, through leases or acquisition from consenting land-
owners, the Site were expanded to include— 
(I) the parcel of land identified as ‘‘Area A’’ 
in the Potential PCMS Land expansion map; 
(II) the parcel of land identified as ‘‘Area B’’ 
in the Potential PCMS Land expansion map; 
(III) the parcels of land identified as ‘‘Area 
A’’ and ‘‘Area B’’ in the Potential PCMS Land 
expansion map; 
(IV) acreage sufficient to allow simultaneous 
exercises of a light infantry brigade and a heavy 
infantry brigade at the Site; 
(V) acreage sufficient to allow simultaneous 
exercises of two heavy infantry brigades at the 
Site; 
(VI) acreage sufficient to allow simultaneous 
exercises of a light infantry brigade and a battalion 
at the Site; and 
(VII) acreage sufficient to allow simultaneous 
exercises of a heavy infantry brigade and a bat-
talion at the Site. 
(ii) An analysis of alternatives for acquiring or 
utilizing training land at other installations in the 
United States to support training activities of units 
stationed at Fort Carson.