§2475 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

If the Department of Defense decides to consolidate, restructure, or reengineer a unit, function, or activity under a Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action and that change will cut 50 or more jobs (including military and civilian personnel), the Secretary of Defense must send a report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. The report must estimate the savings compared to past costs, describe the missions, duties, or military requirements that will be affected, state that military readiness will not be reduced, give a schedule for the change, and say that the full analysis is available for review. The head of the affected Defense Agency or military department cannot put the plan into effect until 30 days after notifying those committees. Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action: a DoD strategic sourcing plan for a fiscal year, as identified in the DoD Interim Guidance dated February 29, 2000, or later guidance.

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(a)In this section, the term “Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action” means a Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action for the Department of Defense (as identified in the Department of Defense Interim Guidance dated February 29, 2000, or any successor Department of Defense guidance or directive) in effect for a fiscal year.

(b)If a decision is made to consolidate, restructure, or reengineer an organization, function, or activity of the Department of Defense pursuant to a Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action described in subsection (a), and such consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering would result in a manpower reduction affecting 50 or more personnel of the Department of Defense (including military and civilian personnel)—

(1)the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report describing that decision, including—

(A)a projection of the savings that will be realized as a result of the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering, compared with the cost incurred by the Department of Defense to perform the function or to operate the organization or activity prior to such proposed consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering;

(B)a description of all missions, duties, or military requirements that will be affected as a result of the decision to consolidate, restructure, or reengineer the organization, function, or activity that was analyzed;

(C)the Secretary’s certification that the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering will not result in any diminution of military readiness;

(D)a schedule for performing the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering; and

(E)the Secretary’s certification that the entire analysis for the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering is available for examination; and

(2)the head of the Defense Agency or the Secretary of the military department concerned may not implement the plan until 30 days after the date that the agency head or Secretary submits notification to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives of the intent to carry out such plan.

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Amendments

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) required the Secretary of Defense to submit the Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action to Congress annually.

§2475 Consolidation, Restructuring, or Reengineering of Organizations, Functions, or Activities: Notification Requirements

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Title 10, §2475

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