A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to prescribe the organizational structure of unified and specified combatant commands, to prescribe the authority of unified and specified combatant commanders, and for other purposes.
Unified and Specified Command Organizational Act of 1986 - Amends general military law to establish in the Department of Defense such unified combatant commands (composed of forces from two or more military departments) and specified combatant commands (composed of forces from a single military department) as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe.
Sets forth provisions concerning the appointment of commanders to such combatant commands, together with their officers.
Directs the Secretary, no later than February 15 annually, to report to the Congress concerning such commands.
Directs the Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jointly submit to the Congress a report containing their evaluation of the Unified Action Armed Forces Plan. Requires all such reports to include reports from the commanders of the specified combatant commands.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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