2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part I - Organization and General Military Powers
Chapter 2 - Department of Defense
Sec. 117 - Readiness reporting system

(a) Required Readiness Reporting System.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a comprehensive readiness reporting system for the Department of Defense. The readiness reporting system shall measure in an objective, accurate, and timely manner the capability of the armed forces to carry out—

(b) Readiness Reporting System Characteristics.—In establishing and maintaining the readiness reporting system, the Secretary shall ensure—

(c) Capabilities.—The readiness reporting system shall measure such factors relating to readiness as the Secretary prescribes, except that the system shall include the capability to do each of the following:

(d) Semi-annual and Monthly Joint Readiness Reviews.—(1) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall—

(2) The Chairman shall incorporate into both the joint readiness review required under paragraph (1)(A) and the monthly review required under paragraph (1)(B) the current information derived from the readiness reporting system and shall assess the capability of the armed forces to execute their wartime missions based upon their posture at the time the review is conducted. The Chairman shall submit to the Secretary of Defense the results of each review under paragraph (1), including the deficiencies in readiness identified during that review.

(e) Submission to Congressional Committees.—The Secretary shall semi-annually submit to the congressional defense committees a report in writing containing the results of the most recent joint readiness review under subsection (d)(1)(A), including the current information derived from the readiness reporting system. Each such report shall be submitted in unclassified form and may, as the Secretary determines necessary, also be submitted in classified form.

(f) Quarterly Report on Monthly Changes in Current State of Readiness of Units.—For each quarter that begins after the date of the enactment of this subsection and ends on or before September 30, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each monthly upgrade or downgrade of the current state of readiness of a unit that was issued by the commander of a unit during the previous quarter, together with the rationale of the commander for the issuance of such upgrade or downgrade.

(g) Annual Report on Operational Contract Support.—The Secretary shall each year submit to the congressional defense committees a report in writing containing the results of the most recent annual measurement of the capability of operational contract support to support current and anticipated wartime missions of the armed forces. Each such report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

(h) Regulations.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. In those regulations, the Secretary shall prescribe the established information technology system for Department of Defense reporting, specifically authorize exceptions to a single-system architecture, and identify the organizations, units, and entities that are subject to reporting in the readiness reporting system, what organization resources are subject to such reporting, and the elements of the training establishment and of defense infrastructure that are subject to such reporting.

(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, §373(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1990; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, §361(d)(1), title X, §1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 575, 774; Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title III, §371], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–80; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, §1031(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1595; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VIII, §845(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1848; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, §1071(c)(2), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3508; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title III, §331(b), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1354; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title III, §331(a)–(g)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1723, 1724.)

The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (f), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 115–232, which was approved Aug. 13, 2018.

A prior section 117, added Pub. L. 97–295, §1(2)(A), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1287, §133a; renumbered §117 and amended Pub. L. 99–433, title I, §§101(a)(2), 110(d)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 994, 1002, required annual report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization readiness, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIII, §1301(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1668.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, §331(g)(1), struck out ": establishment; reporting to congressional committees" after "system" in section catchline.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(a)(1), inserted "and maintaining" after "establishing" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(a)(2), substituted "reporting system and associated policies are applied uniformly throughout the Department of Defense, including between and among the joint staff and each of the armed forces" for "reporting system is applied uniformly throughout the Department of Defense".

Subsec. (b)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(a)(4), added pars. (2) to (4). Former pars. (2) and (3) redesignated (5) and (6), respectively.

Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(a)(3), (5), redesignated par. (2) as (5) and inserted ", or element of a unit," after "readiness status of a unit".

Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(a)(3), redesignated par. (3) as (6).

Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(b)(1), substituted "Measure the readiness of units" for "Measure, on a monthly basis, the capability of units" and "conduct their designed and assigned missions" for "conduct their assigned wartime missions".

Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(b)(2), (3), substituted "Measure" for "Measure, on an annual basis," and "designed and assigned missions" for "wartime missions".

Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(b)(4), substituted "Measure" for "Measure, on a monthly basis,".

Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(b)(5), substituted "Measure" for "Measure, on an annual basis,".

Subsec. (c)(6) to (8). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(b)(6), (7), redesignated par. (7) as (6), substituted "Measure" for "Measure, on a quarterly basis,", and struck out former pars. (6) and (8) which read as follows:

"(6) Measure, on a monthly basis, the level of current risk based upon the readiness reporting system relative to the capability of forces to carry out their wartime missions.

"(8) Measure, on an annual basis, the capability of operational contract support to support current and anticipated wartime missions of the armed forces."

Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(c), inserted ", which includes a validation of readiness data currency and accuracy" after "joint readiness review".

Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(d)(2), added subsec. (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (h).

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(e), added subsec. (g).

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 115–232, §331(d)(1), (f), redesignated subsec. (f) as (h) and substituted "prescribe the established information technology system for Department of Defense reporting, specifically authorize exceptions to a single-system architecture, and identify the organizations, units, and entities that are subject to reporting in the readiness reporting system, what organization resources are subject to such reporting" for "prescribe the units that are subject to reporting in the readiness reporting system, what type of equipment is subject to such reporting".

2017—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–91, §331(b)(1)(A), substituted "Semi-annual" for "Quarterly" in heading.

Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 115–91, §331(b)(1)(B), substituted "semi-annual" for "quarterly".

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115–91, §331(b)(2), substituted "semi-annually" for "each quarter".

2014—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted "(50 U.S.C. 3043)" for "(50 U.S.C. 404a)".

2013—Subsec. (c)(8). Pub. L. 112–239 added par. (8).

2003—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108–136 substituted "each quarter submit to the congressional defense committees a report in writing containing the results of the most recent joint readiness review under subsection (d)(1)(A)" for "each month submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report in writing containing the results of the most recent joint readiness review or monthly review conducted under subsection (d)".

2000—Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 106–398 added par. (7).

1999—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, §361(d)(1)(A), substituted "with (A) any change in the overall readiness status of a unit that is required to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system being reported within 24 hours of the event necessitating the change in readiness status, and (B) any change in the overall readiness status of an element of the training establishment or an element of defense infrastructure that is required to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system being reported within 72 hours" for "with any change in the overall readiness status of a unit, an element of the training establishment, or an element of defense infrastructure, that is required to be reported as part of the readiness reporting system, being reported within 24 hours".

Subsec. (c)(2), (3), (5). Pub. L. 106–65, §361(d)(1)(B), substituted "an annual" for "a quarterly".

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–65, §1067(1), substituted "and the Committee on Armed Services" for "and the Committee on National Security".

For termination, effective Dec. 31, 2021, of provisions in subsec. (e) of this section requiring submittal of quarterly report to Congress, see section 1061 of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.

Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title III, §358, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1732, provided that:

"(a) Limitation.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act [see Tables for classification] or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 for research, development, test, and evaluation or procurement, and available to develop service-specific Defense Readiness Reporting Systems (referred to in this section as 'DRRS') may be made available for such purpose except for required maintenance and in order to facilitate the transition to DRRS-Strategic (referred to in this section as 'DRRS-S').

"(b) Plan.—Not later than February 1, 2019, the Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a resource and funding plan to include a schedule with relevant milestones on the elimination of service-specific DRRS and the migration of the military services and other organizations to DRRS-S.

"(c) Transition.—The military services shall complete the transition to DRRS-S not later than October 1, 2019. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees upon the complete transition of the services.

"(d) Reporting Requirement.—

"(e) Defense Readiness Reporting Requirements.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall meet defense readiness reporting requirements consistent with the recommendations of the working group established under subsection (d)(1)."

Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVI, §1601(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2062, provided that: "The Defense Materiel Readiness Board established pursuant to section 871 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 117 note) [formerly set out below] is hereby disestablished."

Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVI, §1601(b), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2062, provided that: "The Department of Defense Strategic Readiness Fund established by section 872(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 117 note) [formerly set out below] is hereby closed."

Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VIII, subtitle G, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 260, which required Secretary of Defense to establish Defense Materiel Readiness Board to provide independent assessments of materiel readiness, materiel readiness shortfalls, and materiel readiness plans to Secretary of Defense and Congress; provided for designation of critical materiel readiness shortfalls; established Department of Defense Strategic Readiness Fund; and required Secretary of military department to notify Congress with respect to determination that use of a multiyear procurement contract would address a critical material readiness shortfall, was repealed by Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVI, §1601(c), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2062.

Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, §373(b), (c), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1992, as amended by Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, §361(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 575, directed the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report, not later than Mar. 1, 1999, setting forth a plan for implementation of this section, and required the Secretary to establish and implement the readiness reporting system required by this section so as to ensure that required capabilities would be attained not later than Apr. 1, 2000.