12 2 STA T . 2 8 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 ‘ ‘ (i)are a utho ri z e d or p er m itted to b e mai n tained f or ea c hmi l itar y department and defen s ea g ency
‘‘(ii) are needed or re q uired for each military department and defense agency for the year in w hich the submission of the report is required; and ‘‘(iii) are needed or required for each military department and defense agency for each of the fi v e years following the date of the submission of the report; ‘‘( B ) the actual number of active duty , reserve duty, and government civilian personnel that are coded or classi - fied as space cadre personnel within the D epartment of Defense, including the military departments and defense agencies; ‘‘( C ) the number of personnel recruited or hired as accessions to serve in billets coded or classified as space cadre personnel for each military department and defense agency; ‘‘(D) the number of personnel serving in billets coded or classified as space cadre personnel that discontinued serving each military department and defense agency during the preceding calendar year; ‘‘( E ) for each of the reporting requirements in subpara- graphs ( A ) through (D), further classification of the number of personnel by — ‘‘(i) space operators, acquisition personnel, engi- neers, scientists, program managers, and other space- related areas identified by the Department; ‘‘(ii) e x pertise or technical specialization area— ‘‘( I ) such as communications, missile warning, spacelift, and any other space-related specialties identified by the Department or classifications used by the Department; and ‘‘(II) consistent with section 172 1 of this title for acquisition personnel; ‘‘(iii) ran k for active duty and reserve duty per- sonnel and grade for government civilian personnel; ‘‘(iv) qualification, expertise, or proficiency level consistent with service and agency-defined qualifica- tion, expertise, or proficiency levels; and ‘‘(v) any other such space-related classification cat- egories used by the Department or military depart- ments; and ‘‘( F ) any other metrics identified by the Department to improve the identification, tracking, training, and management of space cadre personnel . ‘‘( 3 )A S S E SS M E NT S.— T he report required by paragraph (1) shall also include the S ecretary ’ s assessment of the state of the Department’s space cadre, the Secretary’s assessment of the space cadres of the military departments, and a description of efforts to ensure the Department has a space cadre sufficient to meet current and future national security space needs.’’. (b) C L E RICA L AMEN D MENT.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item
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‘ 490.Space ca dr e m a n a g emen t:bi ennia l rep o rt. ’ ’.
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