TITLE 10 - US CODE - CHAPTER 23 - MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS

10 USC 480 - Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form

(a) Requirement.— 
Whenever the Secretary of Defense or any other official of the Department of Defense submits to Congress (or any committee of either House of Congress) a report that the Secretary (or other official) is required by law to submit, the Secretary (or other official) shall provide to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic medium.
(b) Exception.— 
Subsection (a) does not apply to a report submitted in classified form.
(c) Definition.— 
In this section, the term report includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.

10 USC 481 - Racial and ethnic issues; gender issues: surveys

(a) In General.— 

(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out four quadrennial surveys (each in a separate year) in accordance with this section to identify and assess racial and ethnic issues and discrimination, and to identify and assess gender issues and discrimination, among members of the armed forces. Each such survey shall be conducted so as to identify and assess the extent (if any) of activity among such members that may be seen as so-called hate group activity.
(2) The four surveys shall be as follows:
(A) To identify and assess racial and ethnic issues and discrimination among members of the armed forces serving on active duty.
(B) To identify and assess racial and ethnic issues and discrimination among members of the armed forces in the reserve components.
(C) To identify and assess gender issues and discrimination among members of the armed forces serving on active duty.
(D) To identify and assess gender issues and discrimination members of the armed forces in the reserve components.
(3) The surveys under this section relating to racial and ethnic issues and discrimination shall be known as the Armed Forces Workplace and Equal Opportunity Surveys. The surveys under this section relating to gender issues and discrimination shall be known as the Armed Forces Workplace and Gender Relations Surveys.
(4) Each survey under this section shall be conducted separately from any other survey conducted by the Department of Defense.
(b) Armed Forces Workplace and Equal Opportunity Surveys.— 
The Armed Forces Workplace and Equal Opportunity Surveys shall be conducted so as to solicit information on racial and ethnic issues, including issues relating to harassment and discrimination, and the climate in the armed forces for forming professional relationships among members of the armed forces of various racial and ethnic groups. Both such surveys shall be conducted so as to solicit information on the following:
(1) Indicators of positive and negative trends for professional and personal relationships among members of all racial and ethnic groups.
(2) The effectiveness of Department of Defense policies designed to improve relationships among all racial and ethnic groups.
(3) The effectiveness of current processes for complaints on and investigations into racial and ethnic discrimination.
(c) Armed Forces Workplace and Gender Relations Surveys.— 
The Armed Forces Workplace and Gender Relations Surveys shall be conducted so as to solicit information on gender issues, including issues relating to gender-based harassment and discrimination, and the climate in the armed forces for forming professional relationships between male and female members of the armed forces. Both such surveys shall be conducted so as to solicit information on the following:
(1) Indicators of positive and negative trends for professional and personal relationships between male and female members of the armed forces.
(2) The effectiveness of Department of Defense policies designed to improve professional relationships between male and female members of the armed forces.
(3) The effectiveness of current processes for complaints on and investigations into gender-based discrimination.
(d) Surveys To Be Conducted in Different Years.— 
Each of the four quadrennial surveys conducted under this section shall be conducted in a different year from any other survey conducted under this section, so that one such survey is conducted during each year.
(e) Reports to Congress.— 
Upon the completion of a survey under this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the survey.
(f) Inapplicability to Coast Guard.— 
This section does not apply to the Coast Guard.

10 USC 482 - Quarterly reports: personnel and unit readiness

(a) Quarterly Reports Required.— 
Not later than 45 days after the end of each calendar-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report regarding military readiness. The report for a quarter shall contain the information required by subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f).
(b) Readiness Problems and Remedial Actions.— 
Each report shall specifically describe
(1) each readiness problem and deficiency identified using the assessments considered under subsection (c);
(2) planned remedial actions; and
(3) the key indicators and other relevant information related to each identified problem and deficiency.
(c) Consideration of Readiness Assessments.— 
The information required under subsection (b) to be included in the report for a quarter shall be based on readiness assessments that are provided during that quarter
(1) to any council, committee, or other body of the Department of Defense
(A) that has responsibility for readiness oversight; and
(B) whose membership includes at least one civilian officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the level of Assistant Secretary of Defense or higher;
(2) by senior civilian and military officers of the military departments and the commanders of the unified and specified commands; and
(3) as part of any regularly established process of periodic readiness reviews for the Department of Defense as a whole.
(d) Comprehensive Readiness Indicators for Active Components.— 
Each report shall also include information regarding each of the active components of the armed forces (and an evaluation of such information) with respect to each of the following readiness indicators:
(1) Personnel strength.— 

(A) Personnel status, including the extent to which members of the armed forces are serving in positions outside of their military occupational specialty, serving in grades other than the grades for which they are qualified, or both.
(B) Historical data and projected trends in personnel strength and status.
(2) Personnel turbulence.— 

(A) Recruit quality.
(B) Borrowed manpower.
(C) Personnel stability.
(3) Other personnel matters.— 

(A) Personnel morale.
(B) Recruiting status.
(4) Training.— 

(A) Training unit readiness and proficiency.
(B) Operations tempo.
(C) Training funding.
(D) Training commitments and deployments.
(5) Logistics—equipment fill.— 

(A) Deployed equipment.
(B) Equipment availability.
(C) Equipment that is not mission capable.
(D) Age of equipment.
(E) Condition of nonpacing items.
(6) Logistics—equipment maintenance.— 

(A) Maintenance backlog.
(7) Logistics—supply.— 

(A) Availability of ordnance and spares.
(B) Status of prepositioned equipment.
(e) Unit Readiness Indicators.— 
Each report shall also include information regarding the readiness of each active component unit of the armed forces at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher level) that received a readiness rating of C3 (or below) for any month of the calendar-year quarter covered by the report. With respect to each such unit, the report shall separately provide the following information:
(1) The unit designation and level of organization.
(2) The overall readiness rating for the unit for the quarter and each month of the quarter.
(3) The resource area or areas (personnel, equipment and supplies on hand, equipment condition, or training) that adversely affected the units readiness rating for the quarter.
(4) The reasons why the unit received a readiness rating of C3 (or below).
(f) Readiness of National Guard to Perform Civil Support Missions.— 

(1) Each report shall also include an assessment of the readiness of the National Guard to perform tasks required to support the National Response Plan for support to civil authorities.
(2) Any information in an assessment under this subsection that is relevant to the National Guard of a particular State shall also be made available to the Governor of that State.
(3) The Secretary shall ensure that each State Governor has an opportunity to provide to the Secretary an independent evaluation of that States National Guard, which the Secretary shall include with each assessment submitted under this subsection.
(g) Classification of Reports.— 
A report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form. To the extent the Secretary of Defense determines necessary, the report may also be submitted in classified form.

10 USC 483 - Reports on transfers from high-priority readiness appropriations

(a) Annual Reports.— 
Not later than the date on which the President submits the budget for a fiscal year to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on transfers during the preceding fiscal year from funds available for each covered budget activity.
(b) Midyear Reports.— 
Not later than June 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (a) a report on transfers, during the first six months of that fiscal year, from funds available for each covered budget activity.
(c) Matters To Be Included.— 
In each report under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary of Defense shall include for each covered budget activity the following:
(1) A statement, for the period covered by the report, of
(A) the total amount of transfers into funds available for that activity;
(B) the total amount of transfers from funds available for that activity; and
(C) the net amount of transfers into, or out of, funds available for that activity.
(2) A detailed explanation of the transfers into, and out of, funds available for that activity during the period covered by the report, including identification of the sources from which funds were transferred into that activity and identification of the recipients of the funds transferred out of that activity.
(d) Covered Budget Activity Defined.— 
In this section, the term covered budget activity means each of the following:
(1) The budget activity groups (known as subactivities) within the Operating Forces budget activity of the annual Operation and Maintenance, Army, appropriation that are designated as follows:
(A) All subactivities under the category of Land Forces.
(B) Land Forces Depot Maintenance.
(C) Base Support.
(D) Maintenance of Real Property.
(2) The Air Operations budget activity groups (known as subactivities) within the Operating Forces budget activity of the annual Operation and Maintenance, Navy, appropriation that are designated as follows:
(A) Mission and Other Flight Operations.
(B) Fleet Air Training.
(C) Aircraft Depot Maintenance.
(D) Base Support.
(E) Maintenance of Real Property.
(3) The Ship Operations budget activity groups (known as subactivities) within the Operating Forces budget activity of the annual Operation and Maintenance, Navy, appropriation that are designated as follows:
(A) Mission and Other Ship Operations.
(B) Ship Operational Support and Training.
(C) Ship Depot Maintenance.
(D) Base Support.
(E) Maintenance of Real Property.
(4) The Expeditionary Forces budget activity groups (known as subactivities) within the Operating Forces budget activity of the annual Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, appropriation that are designated as follows:
(A) Operational Forces.
(B) Depot Maintenance.
(C) Base Support.
(D) Maintenance of Real Property.
(5) The Air Operations and Combat Related Operations budget activity groups (known as subactivities) within the Operating Forces budget activity of the annual Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, appropriation that are designated as follows:
(A) Primary Combat Forces.
(B) Primary Combat Weapons.
(C) Air Operations Training.
(D) Depot Maintenance.
(E) Base Support.
(F) Maintenance of Real Property.
(G) Combat Enhancement Forces.
(H) Combat Communications.
(6) The Mobility Operations budget activity group (known as a subactivity) within the Mobilization budget activity of the annual Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, appropriation that is designated as Airlift Operations.

10 USC 484 - Annual report on aircraft inventory

(a) Annual Report.— 
The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to Congress each year a report on the aircraft in the inventory of the Department of Defense. The Under Secretary shall submit the report when the President submits the budget to Congress under section 1105 (a) of title 31.
(b) Content.— 
The report shall set forth, in accordance with subsection (c), the following information:
(1) The total number of aircraft in the inventory.
(2) The total number of the aircraft in the inventory that are active, stated in the following categories (with appropriate subcategories for mission aircraft, training aircraft, dedicated test aircraft, and other aircraft):
(A) Primary aircraft.
(B) Backup aircraft.
(C) Attrition and reconstitution reserve aircraft.
(3) The total number of the aircraft in the inventory that are inactive, stated in the following categories:
(A) Bailment aircraft.
(B) Drone aircraft.
(C) Aircraft for sale or other transfer to foreign governments.
(D) Leased or loaned aircraft.
(E) Aircraft for maintenance training.
(F) Aircraft for reclamation.
(G) Aircraft in storage.
(4) The aircraft inventory requirements approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(c) Display of Information.— 
The report shall specify the information required by subsection (b) separately for the active component of each armed force and for each reserve component of each armed force and, within the information set forth for each such component, shall specify the information separately for each type, model, and series of aircraft provided for in the future-years defense program submitted to Congress.

10 USC 485 - Joint and service concept development and experimentation

(a) Biennial Reports Required.— 
Not later than January 1 of each even numbered-year, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretarys designee shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the conduct and outcomes of joint and service concept development and experimentation.
(b) Matters To Be Included.— 
Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of any changes since the latest report submitted under this section to each of the following:
(A) The organization of the Department of Defense responsible for executing the mission of joint concept development and experimentation, or its specific authorities related to that mission.
(B) The process for tasking forces (including forces designated as joint experimentation forces) to participate in joint concept development and experimentation, and the specific authority of the organization responsible for executing the mission of joint concept development and experimentation over those forces.
(C) The resources provided for initial implementation of joint concept development and experimentation, the process for providing such resources to the organization responsible for executing the mission of joint concept development and experimentation, the categories of funding for joint concept development and experimentation, and the authority of the organization responsible for executing the mission of joint concept development and experimentation for budget execution for such activities.
(D) The assigned role of the organization responsible for executing the mission of joint concept development and experimentation for
(i) integrating and testing in joint concept development and experimentation the systems that emerge from warfighting experimentation by the armed forces and the Defense Agencies;
(ii) assessing the effectiveness of organizational structures, operational concepts, and technologies relating to joint concept development and experimentation; and
(iii) assisting the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in setting priorities for requirements or acquisition programs in light of joint concept development and experimentation.
(2) A description of the conduct of joint concept development and experimentation activities, and of concept development and experimentation activities of each of the military departments, during the two-year period ending on the date of such report, including
(A) the funding involved;
(B) the number of activities engaged in;
(C) the forces involved;
(D) the national and homeland security challenges addressed;
(E) the operational concepts assessed;
(F) the technologies assessed;
(G) the scenarios and measures of effectiveness utilized; and
(H) specific interactions under such activities with the commanders of the combatant commands and with other organizations and entities inside and outside the Department.
(3) A description of the conduct of joint concept development and experimentation, and of the conduct of concept development and experimentation by each of the military departments, during the two-year period ending on the date of such report with respect to the development of warfighting concepts for operational scenarios more than 10 years in the future, including
(A) the funding involved;
(B) the number of activities engaged in;
(C) the forces involved;
(D) the challenges addressed;
(E) the operational concepts assessed;
(F) the technologies assessed;
(G) the scenarios and measures of effectiveness utilized; and
(H) specific interactions with the commanders of the combatant commands and with other organizations and entities inside and outside the Department.
(4) A description of the mechanisms used to coordinate joint, service, interagency, Coalition, and other appropriate concept development and experimentation activities.
(5) An assessment of the return on investment in concept development and experimentation activities, including a description of the following:
(A) Specific outcomes and impacts within the Department of the results of past joint and service concept development and experimentation in terms of new doctrine, operational concepts, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, or the allocation of resources, or in activities that terminated support for legacy concepts, programs, or systems.
(B) Specific actions taken to implement the recommendations of the Commander of United States Joint Forces Command based on joint concept development and experimentation activities.
(6) Such recommendations (based primarily on the results of joint and service concept development and experimentation) as the Secretary considers appropriate for enhancing the development of joint warfighting capabilities by modifying activities throughout the Department relating to
(A) the development or acquisition of specific advanced technologies, systems, or weapons or systems platforms;
(B) key systems attributes and key performance parameters for the development or acquisition of advanced technologies and systems;
(C) joint or service doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership development, personnel, or facilities;
(D) the reduction or elimination of redundant equipment and forces, including the synchronization of the development and fielding of advanced technologies among the armed forces to enable the development and execution of joint operational concepts; and
(E) the development or modification of initial capabilities documents, operational requirements, and relative priorities for acquisition programs to meet joint requirements.
(7) With respect to improving the effectiveness of joint concept development and experimentation capabilities, such recommendations (based primarily on the results of joint warfighting experimentation) as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding
(A) the conduct of, adequacy of resources for, or development of technologies to support such capabilities; and
(B) changes in support from other elements of the Department responsible for concept development and experimentation by joint or service organizations.
(8) The coordination of the concept development and experimentation activities of the Commander of the United States Joint Forces Command with the activities of the Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied Command Transformation.
(9) Any other matters that the Secretary consider appropriate.
(c) Coordination and Support.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of other appropriate elements of the Department of Defense provide such information and support as is required for the preparation of the reports required by this section.

10 USC 486 - Quadrennial report on emerging operational concepts

(a) Quadrennial Report Required.— 
Not later than March 1 of each year evenly divisible by four, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on emerging operational concepts. Each such report shall be prepared by the Secretary in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) Content of Report Relating to DoD Processes.— 
Each such report shall contain a description, for the four years preceding the year in which the report is submitted, of the following:
(1) The process undertaken in the Department of Defense, and in each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to define and develop doctrine, operational concepts, organizational concepts, and acquisition strategies to address
(A) the potential of emerging technologies for significantly improving the operational effectiveness of the armed forces;
(B) changes in the international order that may necessitate changes in the operational capabilities of the armed forces;
(C) emerging capabilities of potential adversary states; and
(D) changes in defense budget projections.
(2) The manner in which the processes described in paragraph (1) are harmonized to ensure that there is a sufficient consideration of the development of joint doctrine, operational concepts, and acquisition strategies.
(3) The manner in which the processes described in paragraph (1) are coordinated through the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and reflected in the planning, programming, and budgeting process of the Department of Defense.
(c) Content of Report Relating to Identification of Technological Objectives for Research and Development.— 
Each report under this section shall set forth the military capabilities that are necessary for meeting national security requirements over the next two to three decades, including
(1) the most significant strategic and operational capabilities (including both armed force-specific and joint capabilities) that are necessary for the armed forces to prevail against the most dangerous threats, including asymmetrical threats, that could be posed to the national security interests of the United States by potential adversaries from 20 to 30 years in the future;
(2) the key characteristics and capabilities of future military systems (including both armed force-specific and joint systems) that will be needed to meet each such threat; and
(3) the most significant research and development challenges that must be met, and the technological breakthroughs that must be made, to develop and field such systems.

10 USC 487 - Unit operations tempo and personnel tempo: annual report

(a) Inclusion in Annual Report.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall include in the annual report required by section 113 (c) of this title a description of the operations tempo and personnel tempo of the armed forces.
(b) Specific Requirements.— 

(1) Until such time as the Secretary of Defense develops a common method to measure operations tempo and personnel tempo for the armed forces, the description required under subsection (a) shall include the methods by which each of the armed forces measures operations tempo and personnel tempo.
(2) The description shall include the personnel tempo policies of each of the armed forces and any changes to these policies since the preceding report.
(3) The description shall include a table depicting the active duty end strength for each of the armed forces for each of the preceding five years and also depicting the number of members of each of the armed forces deployed over the same period, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
(4) The description shall identify the active and reserve component units of the armed forces participating at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher level) in contingency operations, major training events, and other exercises and contingencies of such a scale that the exercises and contingencies receive an official designation, that were conducted during the period covered by the report and the duration of their participation.
(5) For each of the armed forces, the description shall indicate, for the period covered by the report
(A) the number of members who received the high-deployment allowance under section 436 of title 37;
(B) the number of members who received each rate of allowance paid;
(C) the number of members who received the allowance for one month, for two months, for three months, for four months, for five months, for six months, and for more than six months; and
(D) the total amount spent on the allowance.
(6) For each of the armed forces, the description shall indicate the number of days that high demand, low density units (as defined by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) were deployed during the period covered by the report, and whether these units met the force goals for limiting deployments, as described in the personnel tempo policies applicable to that armed force.
(c) Operations Tempo and Personnel Tempo Defined.— 
Until such time as the Secretary of Defense establishes definitions of operations tempo and personnel tempo applicable to all of the armed forces, the following definitions shall apply for purposes of the preparation of the description required under subsection (a):
(1) The term operations tempo means the rate at which units of the armed forces are involved in all military activities, including contingency operations, exercises, and training deployments.
(2) The term personnel tempo means the amount of time members of the armed forces are engaged in their official duties, including official duties at a location or under circumstances that make it infeasible for a member to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the member resides when on garrison duty at the members permanent duty station.
(d) Inapplicability to Coast Guard.— 
In this section, the term armed forces does not include the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.

10 USC 488 - Management of electromagnetic spectrum: biennial strategic plan

(a) Requirement for Strategic Plan.— 
Every other year, and in time for submission to Congress under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall prepare a strategic plan for the management of the electromagnetic spectrum to ensure the accessibility and efficient use of that spectrum needed to support the mission of the Department of Defense.
(b) Submission of Plan to Congress.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress the strategic plan most recently prepared under subsection (a) at the same time that the President submits to Congress the budget for an even-numbered fiscal year under section 1105 (a) of title 31.

10 USC 489 - Annual report on Department of Defense operation and financial support for military museums

(a) Report Required.— 
As part of the budget materials submitted to Congress in connection with the submission of the budget for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, but in no case later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report identifying all military museums that, during the most recently completed fiscal year
(1) were operated by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department;
(2) were otherwise supported using funds appropriated to the Department of Defense; or
(3) were located on property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, although neither operated by the Department of Defense nor supported using funds appropriated to the Department of Defense.
(b) Information on Individual Museums.— 
For each museum identified in a report under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall include in the report the following:
(1) The purpose and functions of the museum and the justification for the museum.
(2) A description of the facilities dedicated to the museum, including the location, size, and type of facilities and whether the facilities are included or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
(3) An itemized listing of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense that were obligated to support the museum during the fiscal year covered by the report and a description of the process used to determine the annual allocation of Department of Defense funds for the museum.
(4) An itemized listing of any other Federal funds, funds from a nonappropriated fund instrumentality account of the Department of Defense, and non-Federal funds obligated to support the museum.
(5) The management structure of the museum, including identification of the persons responsible for preparing the budget for the museum and for making acquisition and management decisions for the museum.
(6) The number of civilian employees of the Department of Defense and members of the armed forces who served full-time or part-time at the museum and their role in the management structure of the museum.
(c) Information on Support Priorities.— 
Each report under this section shall also include a separate description of the procedures used by the Secretary of Defense, in the case of museums identified in the report that are operated or supported by the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of a military department, in the case of museums identified in the report that are operated or supported by that Secretary, to prioritize funding and personnel support to the museums. The Secretary of Defense shall include a description of any such procedures applicable to the entire Department of Defense.

10 USC 490 - Space cadre management: biennial report

(a) Requirement.— 
The Secretary of Defense and each Secretary of a military department shall develop metrics and use these metrics to identify, track, and manage space cadre personnel within the Department of Defense to ensure the Department has sufficient numbers of personnel with the expertise, training, and experience to meet current and future national security space needs.
(b) Biennial Report Required.— 

(1) In general.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and every even-numbered year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the management of the space cadre.
(2) Matters included.— 
The report required by paragraph (1) shall include
(A) the number of active duty, reserve duty, and government civilian space-coded billets that
(i) are authorized or permitted to be maintained for each military department and defense agency;
(ii) are needed or required for each military department and defense agency for the year in which the submission of the report is required; and
(iii) are needed or required for each military department and defense agency for each of the five 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 classified as space cadre personnel within the Department 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 subparagraphs (A) through (D), further classification of the number of personnel by
(i) space operators, acquisition personnel, engineers, scientists, program managers, and other space-related areas identified by the Department;
(ii) expertise 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 1721 of this title for acquisition personnel;
(iii) rank for active duty and reserve duty personnel and grade for government civilian personnel;
(iv) qualification, expertise, or proficiency level consistent with service and agency-defined qualification, expertise, or proficiency levels; and
(v) any other such space-related classification categories used by the Department or military departments; and
(F) any other metrics identified by the Department to improve the identification, tracking, training, and management of space cadre personnel.
(3) Assessments.— 
The report required by paragraph (1) shall also include the Secretarys assessment of the state of the Departments space cadre, the Secretarys 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.