Military Department Reorganization Act of 1986

Summary

Military Department Reorganization Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to reorganize the executive part of each of the military departments, following specified reorganization policies. Defines the executive part of the military department. Outlines the functions of the Assistant Secretaries of a military department as reorganized under this Act. Limits to 30 the size of the personal staff of the Secretary of a military department. Limits also the size of the staff of each military department to 85 percent of the size of such staff before the reorganization. Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide that operation and planning responsibilities that are duplicated by the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be shifted to that staff. Requires the Secretary, as well as the Secretaries of the military departments, to provide that functions able to be performed by commands outside the Washington, D.C. area shall be reassigned to those commands. Directs the Secretary of Defense to complete implementation of this Act no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, and to report to the Congress on such implementation 30 days after such date.

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Timeline

1. 26 February 1986

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 February 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 February 1986

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 March 1986

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

   Source: Committee

5. 4 March 1986

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.

   Source: Committee

6. 12 March 1986

   Committee

   See H.R.4370.

   Source: Committee

7. 12 March 1986

   Committee

   Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 February 1986

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Aspin, Les [D-WI-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Nichols, Bill [D-AL-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Courter, Jim [R-NJ-12] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. McCurdy, Dave [D-OK-4] · D · Sponsor
• Del. Blaz, Ben G. [R-GU-At Large] · R · Sponsor
• · hsas00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Bill Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986