§ 113.
(c)
The Secretary shall report annually in writing to the President and the Congress on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of the Department of Defense during the period covered by the report, together with—
(1)
a report from each military department on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of that department;
(2)
a report from each military department on the status of diversity and inclusion of members and civilian employees in such department, including the status of diversity and inclusion in the military service academies, the Officer Candidate and Training Schools, and the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs of such department;
(3)
itemized statements showing the savings of public funds, and the eliminations of unnecessary duplications, made under sections 125 and 191 of this title; and
(4)
such recommendations as he considers appropriate.
(d)
Unless specifically prohibited by law, the Secretary may, without being relieved of his responsibility, perform any of his functions or duties, or exercise any of his powers through, or with the aid of, such persons in, or organizations of, the Department of Defense as he may designate.
(m)
Accompanying each national defense strategy provided to the congressional defense committees in accordance with subsection (g)(1)(D), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall provide a report that sets forth a detailed discussion, current as of the preceding fiscal year, of the following:
(1)
The number of officers and enlisted members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each grade in each armed force.
(2)
The number of members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, who were promoted during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each grade in each armed force, and of the number so promoted, the number promoted below, in, and above the applicable promotion zone.
(3)
The number of members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, who were enlisted or accessed into the armed forces during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, in each armed force.
(4)
The number of graduates of each military service academy during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department and the United States Coast Guard.
(5)
The number of Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarships awarded during the fiscal year covered by the report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department.
(6)
The program completion rates and program withdrawal rates of Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship recipients during the fiscal year covered by the report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department.
(7)
The number of graduates of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps during the fiscal year covered by the report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each military department.
(8)
The number of members of the armed forces, including the reserve components, who reenlisted or otherwise extended a commitment to military service during the fiscal year covered by such report, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, for each grade in each armed force.
(9)
The number of civilian employees of the Department, disaggregated by military department, gender, race, and ethnicity—
(A)
in each grade of the General Schedule;
(B)
in each grade of the Senior Executive Service;
(C)
paid at levels above grade GS-15 of the General Schedule but who are not members of the Senior Executive Service;
(D)
paid under the Federal Wage System, and
(E)
paid under alternative pay systems.
(10)
An assessment of the pool of officers best qualified for promotion to grades O–9 and O–10, disaggregated by gender, race, and ethnicity, in each military department and the United States Coast Guard.
(11)
Any other matter the Secretary considers appropriate.
(n)
Information To Accompany Funding Request for Contingency Operation.—
Whenever the President submits to Congress a request for appropriations for costs associated with a contingency operation that involves, or likely will involve, the deployment of more than 500 members of the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the objectives of the operation. The report shall include a discussion of the following:
(1)
What clear and distinct objectives guide the activities of United States forces in the operation.
(2)
What the President has identified on the basis of those objectives as the date, or the set of conditions, that defines the endpoint of the operation.
(o)
Notification of Certain Overseas Contingency Operations for Purposes of Inspector General Act of 1978.—
The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency written notification of the commencement or designation of a military operation as an overseas contingency operation upon the earlier of—
(1)
a determination by the Secretary that the overseas contingency operation is expected to exceed 60 days; or
(2)
the date on which the overseas contingency operation exceeds 60 days.
(Added [Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 202], Sept. 7, 1962, [76 Stat. 517], § 133; amended [Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(3)], Dec. 12, 1980, [94 Stat. 2920]; [Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, § 1105], Sept. 8, 1982, [96 Stat. 739]