PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1681 (2) That the forces available for deployment are the forces included in the force structure recommended in the Quadrennial Defense Review, including all other planned force enhancements. (d) ASSESSMENT ELEMENTS.— (1) The report shall identify, by unit type, all major units of the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces and assess the readiness requirements of the units. Each identified unit shall be categorized within one of the following classifications: (A) Forward-deployed and crisis response forces, or "Tier I" forces, that possess limited internal sustainment capability and do not require immediate access to regional air bases or ports or overflight rights, including the following: (i) Force units that are deployed in rotation at sea or on land outside the United States. (ii) Combat-ready crises response forces that are capable of mobilizing and deploying within 10 days after receipt of orders. (iii) Forces that are supported by prepositioning equipment afloat or are capable of being inserted into a theater upon the capture of a port or airfield by forcible entry forces. (B) Combat-ready follow-on forces, or "Tier II" forces, that can be mobilized and deployed to a theater within approximately 60 days after receipt of orders. (C) Combat-ready conflict resolution forces, or "Tier III" forces, that can be mobilized and deployed to a theater within approximately 180 days after receipt of orders. (D) All other active and reserve component force units which are not categorized within a classification described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the following units are major units: (A) In the case of the Army or Marine Corps, a brigade and a battalion. (B) In the case of the Navy, a squadron of aircraft, a ship, and a squadron of ships. (C) In the case of the Air Force, a squadron of aircraft. (e) PROJECTION OF SAVINGS FOR USE FOR MODERNIZATION.— The report shall include a projection for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 of the amounts of the savings in operation and maintenance funding that— (1) could be derived by each of the Armed Forces by placing as many units as is practicable into the lower readiness categories among the tiers; and (2) could be made available for force modernization. if) FORM OF REPORT. — The report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. (g) PLANNED FORCE ENHANCEMENT DEFINED. — In this section, the term "planned force enhsmcement", with respect to the force structure recommended in the Quadrennial Defense Review, means any future improvement in the capability of the force (including current strategic and future improvement in strategic lift capability) that is assumed in the development of the recommendation for the force structure set forth in the Quadrennial Defense Review.
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