§181. Joint Requirements Oversight Council
(a)
(b)
(1) assist the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in identifying and assessing the priority of joint military requirements (including existing systems and equipment) to meet the national military strategy;
(2) assist the Chairman in considering alternatives to any acquisition program that has been identified to meet military requirements by evaluating the cost, schedule, and performance criteria of the program and of the identified alternatives; and
(3) as part of its mission to assist the Chairman in assigning joint priority among existing and future programs meeting valid requirements, ensure that the assignment of such priorities conforms to and reflects resource levels projected by the Secretary of Defense through defense planning guidance.
(c)
(A) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is the chairman of the Council;
(B) an Army officer in the grade of general;
(C) a Navy officer in the grade of admiral;
(D) an Air Force officer in the grade of general; and
(E) a Marine Corps officer in the grade of general.
(2) Members of the Council, other than the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall be selected by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, from officers in the grade of general or admiral, as the case may be, who are recommended for such selection by the Secretary of the military department concerned.
(3) The functions of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as chairman of the Council may only be delegated to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d)
(2) In this subsection:
(A) The term "oversight information" means information and materials comprising analysis and justification that are prepared to support a recommendation that is made to, and approved by, the Secretary of Defense.
(B) The term "congressional defense committees" means-
(i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(Added
Amendments
1999-Subsec. (d)(2)(B)(ii).
1996-Subsec. (d).
Effective Date
Section 905(b) of
Semiannual Report on Joint Requirements Oversight Council Reform Initiative
"(a)
"(b)
"(c)
"(1) A listing of each of the capability areas designated by the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff as being within the principal domain of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and a justification for each such designation.
"(2) A listing of the joint requirements developed, considered, or approved within each of the capability areas listed pursuant to paragraph (1).
"(3) A listing and explanation of the decisions made by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and, to the extent appropriate, a listing of each of the recommendations to the Council made by the commander of the United States Joint Forces Command.
"(4) An assessment of-
"(A) the progress made in shifting the Joint Requirements Oversight Council to having a more strategic focus on future war fighting requirements;
"(B) the progress made on integration of requirements; and
"(C) the progress made on development of overarching common architectures for defense information systems to ensure that common defense information systems are fully interoperable.
"(5) A description of any actions that have been taken to improve the Joint Requirements Oversight Council."