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(3) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(b), (d), and (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (d), 
(e), and (f)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a report sub-
mitted after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—As part of the budget 
justification materials submitted to Congress in support 
of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2009, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on any steps the Secretary has taken 
to prepare to implement the requirement under subsection 
(f) of section 482 of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a). The report shall include a description 
of the Secretary’s plans for assessing the personnel, equip-
ment, and training readiness of the National Guard, in-
cluding the standards and measures that will be applied 
and mechanisms for sharing information with State Gov-
ernors. 
SEC. 352. PLAN TO IMPROVE READINESS OF ACTIVE AND 
RESERVE COMPONENT GROUND FORCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—At the same time that the 
budget is submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for a fiscal year, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
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a report on improving the readiness of the active and re-
serve components of the ground forces of the United 
States Armed Forces. Each such report shall include— 
(1) a summary of the readiness of each report-
ing unit of the active and reserve components of the 
ground forces and a summary of the readiness of 
each major combat unit of each military department 
by readiness level, as reflected in the Department of 
Defense status of resources and training system; 
(2) an identification of the extent to which the 
actual readiness ratings of the active and reserve 
components of the United States Armed Forces have 
been upgraded based on the judgment of com-
manders and any efforts of the Secretary of Defense 
to analyze the trends and implications of such up-
grades; 
(3) the goals of the Secretary of Defense for 
managing the readiness of the active and reserve 
components of the ground forces, expressed in terms 
of the number of units or percentage of the force 
that the Secretary plans to maintain at each level of 
readiness, and the Secretary’s projected timeframe 
for achieving each such goal; 
(4) a prioritized list of items and actions to be 
accomplished during the fiscal year during which the
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report is submitted and during the fiscal years cov-
ered by the future years defense program that the 
Secretary of Defense believes are necessary to sig-
nificantly improve the readiness of the active and re-
serve components of the ground forces and achieve 
the goals and timeframes described in paragraph 
(3); and 
(5) a detailed investment strategy and plan for 
each fiscal year covered by the future years defense 
program under section 221 of title 10, United States 
Code, that outlines the resources required to improve 
the readiness of the active and reserve components 
of the ground forces, including a description of how 
each resource identified in such plan relates to fund-
ing requested by the Secretary in the Secretary’s an-
nual budget, and how each such resource will specifi-
cally enable the Secretary to achieve the readiness 
goals described in paragraph (3) within the pro-
jected timeframes. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—By not later 
than 60 days after the date on which the report is sub-
mitted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall 
review the report and, as the Comptroller General deter-
mines appropriate, submit to the congressional defense 
committees any additional information that the Comp-