118 STAT. 1885 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 SEC. 518. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF INTEGRATION OF ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE NAVY. (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General shall review the plan of the Secretary of the Navy for, and implementation by the Secretary of, initiatives undertaken within the Navy to improve the integration of the active and reserve components of the Navy in peacetime and wartime operations resulting from— (1) the Naval Reserve Redesign Study carried out by the Navy; and (2) the zero based review of reserve component force struc ture undertaken by the commander of the Fleet Forces Com mand of the Navy during fiscal year 2004. (b) REPORT.—No later than March 31, 2005, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of the review under subsection (a). The Comptroller General shall include in the report recommendations for improved active and reserve component integration in the Navy. (c) MATTERS TO BE EXAMINED.—In conducting the review under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall examine the following: (1) The criteria the Navy used to determine the following with respect to integration of the active and reserve components of the Navy: (A) The future mix of active and reserve component force structure. (B) Organization of command and control elements. (C) Manpower levels. (D) Basing changes. (2) The extent to which the plans of the Navy for improving the integration of the active and reserve components of the Navy considered each of the following: (A) The new Fleet Response Plan of the Navy. (B) The flexible deployment concept. (C) Global operations. (D) Emerging mission requirements. (E) Other evolving initiatives. (3) The manner in which the timing of the execution of planned active and reserve integration initiatives will correlate with the funding of those initiatives, including consideration of an evaluation of the adequacy of the funding allocated to those integration initiatives. (4) For naval aviation forces, the extent to which the active and reserve component integration plans of the Navy will affect factors such as— (A) common training and readiness standards for active and reserve forces; (B) reserve component access to the same equipment as the active component; (C) relationships between command and headquarters elements of active and reserve forces; (D) trends in the use by the Navy of units referred to as ‘‘associate’’ units or ‘‘blended’’ units; (E) Basing criteria of future aviation forces; and (F) Employment of Naval Reserve aviation forces and personnel in peacetime and wartime operations.
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