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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6131 
To impose conditions on the disestablishment, closure, or realignment of 
the United States Joint Forces Command and on workload reductions 
of civilian personnel of that command, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 
Mr. NYE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To impose conditions on the disestablishment, closure, or 
realignment of the United States Joint Forces Command 
and on workload reductions of civilian personnel of that 
command, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Congres-
sional Oversight and Strengthening Military Jointness 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. OPERATIONS OF UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES 
COMMAND. 
(a) CONDITIONS ON DISESTABLISHMENT, CLOSURE, 
REALIGNMENT, AND WORKLOAD REDUCTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall not take any action to effect or 
implement the disestablishment, closure, or realignment of 
the United States Joint Forces Command or conduct any 
workload reductions of civilian personnel of the United 
States Joint Forces Command until— 
(1) the report required by subsection (b) is sub-
mitted to the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the independent assessment required by 
subsection (c) is submitted to the congressional de-
fense committees; and 
(3) a period of 30 legislative days or 60 cal-
endar days, whichever is longer, expires following the 
day on which the assessment referred to in para-
graph (2) has been submitted. 
(b) REPORT.—If the Secretary of Defense proposes 
to disestablish, close, or realign the United States Joint 
Forces Command or conduct any workload reductions of 
civilian personnel of the Command, the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees and the 
Comptroller General of the United States a report con-
taining each of the following: 
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(1) The proposal to disestablish, close, realign, 
or conduct workload reductions of civilian personnel 
of the United States Joint Forces Command. 
(2) A detailed plan of action, including func-
tions terminated, retained, reduced, or expanded, 
and the resulting impact on projected contractor and 
civilian personnel. 
(3) A list of alternatives considered before the 
disestablishment of the Command, such as consoli-
dation of similar functions into United States Joint 
Forces Command. 
(4) An evaluation of the impacts of the proposal 
on Federal budgets, including specific cost savings 
and increases anticipated for the Department of De-
fense and other Federal agencies. 
(5) An estimate of the anticipated costs of 
shifting workload to military and civilian personnel 
under a new command. 
(6) An assessment of the local economic and 
employment impacts of the proposal. 
(7) An assessment of the impacts of expertise 
lost if members of the civilian and contractor work-
force refuse to relocate under the proposal. 
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(8) A review on the impact of the proposal on 
the joint training, operations, and activities of the 
Armed Forces. 
(9) A notional time-line to implement the pro-
posal. 
(10) A certification that the proposal will not 
result in a negative degradation to readiness and on-
going and future operations. 
(c) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 
120 days after receiving the report required by subsection 
(b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees an assessment of the proposal 
contained in the report. 
(d) LEGISLATIVE DAY DEFINED.—For purposes of 
subsection (a)(3), the term ‘‘legislative day’’ means a day 
on which either House of Congress is in session. 
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