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10 U.S.C. § 118a — Quadrennial quality of life review
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**(a) Review Required.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall every four years conduct a comprehensive examination of the quality of life of the members of the armed forces (to be known as the “quadrennial quality of life review”). The review shall include examination of the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense, including the morale, welfare, and recreation activities.
(2) The quadrennial quality of life review shall be designed to result in determinations, and to foster policies and actions, that reflect the priority given the quality of life of members of the armed forces as a primary concern of the Department of Defense leadership.
**(b) Conduct of Review.—** Each quadrennial quality of life review shall be conducted so as—
(1) to assess quality of life priorities and issues consistent with the most recent National Security Strategy prescribed by the President pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3043](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3043&num=0&edition=prelim));
(2) to identify actions that are needed in order to provide members of the armed forces with the quality of life reasonably necessary to encourage the successful execution of the full range of missions that the members are called on to perform under the national security strategy; and
(3) to identify other actions that have the potential for improving the quality of life of the members of the armed forces.
**(c) Considerations.—** The Secretary shall consider addressing the following matters as part of the quadrennial quality of life review:
(1) Infrastructure.
(2) Military construction.
(3) Physical conditions at military installations and other Department of Defense facilities.
(4) Budget pla
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**(a) Review Required.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall every four years conduct a comprehensive examination of the quality of life of the members of the armed forces (to be known as the “quadrennial quality of life review”). The review shall include examination of the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense, including the morale, welfare, and recreation activities.
(2) The quadrennial quality of life review shall be designed to result in determinations, and to foster policies and actions, that reflect the priority given the quality of life of members of the armed forces as a primary concern of the Department of Defense leadership.
**(b) Conduct of Review.—** Each quadrennial quality of life review shall be conducted so as—
(1) to assess quality of life priorities and issues consistent with the most recent National Security Strategy prescribed by the President pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3043](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3043&num=0&edition=prelim));
(2) to identify actions that are needed in order to provide members of the armed forces with the quality of life reasonably necessary to encourage the successful execution of the full range of missions that the members are called on to perform under the national security strategy; and
(3) to identify other actions that have the potential for improving the quality of life of the members of the armed forces.
**(c) Considerations.—** The Secretary shall consider addressing the following matters as part of the quadrennial quality of life review:
(1) Infrastructure.
(2) Military construction.
(3) Physical conditions at military installations and other Department of Defense facilities.
(4) Budget plans.
(5) Adequacy of medical care for members of the armed forces and their dependents.
(6) Adequacy of housing and the basic allowance for housing and basic allowance for subsistence.
(7) Housing-related utility costs.
(8) Educational opportunities and costs.
(9) Length of deployments.
(10) Rates of pay and pay differentials between the pay of members and the pay of civilians.
(11) Retention and recruiting efforts.
(12) Workplace safety.
(13) Support services for spouses and children.
(14) Other elements of Department of Defense programs and Government policies and programs that affect the quality of life of members.
(15) Support services for Gold Star families.
**(d) Submission to Congressional Committees.—**
(1) The Secretary shall submit a report on each quadrennial quality of life review to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. The report shall include the following:
(A) The assumptions used in the review.
(B) The results of the review, including a comprehensive discussion of how the quality of life of members of the armed forces affects the national security strategy of the United States.
(2) The report shall be submitted in the year following the year in which the review is conducted, but not later than the date on which the President submits the budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The Department of Defense is an executive department of the United States.
**(b)** The Department is composed of the following:
(1) The Office of the Secretary of Defense.
(2) The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(3) The Joint Staff.
(4) The Defense Agencies.
(5) Department of Defense Field Activities.
(6) The Department of the Army.
(7) The Department of the Navy.
(8) The Department of the Air Force.
(9) The unified and specified combatant commands.
(10) Such other offices, agencies, activities, and commands as may be established or designated by law or by the President.
(11) All offices, agencies, activities, and commands under the control or supervision of any element named in paragraphs (1) through (10).
**(c)** If the President establishes or designates an office, agency, activity, or command in the Department of Defense of a kind other than those described in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b), the President shall notify Congress not later than 60 days thereafter.
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**(a) Review Required.—** Upon submission of each national defense strategy under [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a comprehensive review of the sustainment and logistics requirements necessary to support the force structure, force modernization, infrastructure, force deployment capabilities, response to risks to military installation resilience, and other elements of the defense program and policies of the United States during the subsequent 5-, 10-, and 25-year periods. Each such review shall be known as the ‘National Defense Sustainment and Logistics Review’. Each such review shall be conducted in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, all functional and geographic combatant commanders, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency.
**(b) Report to Congress.—**
(1) Not later than the first Monday in February of the year following the fiscal year during which the National Defense Strategy was submitted under [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the review required by subsection (a). Each such report shall include each of the following:
(A) An assessment of the strategic, operational, and tactical maritime logistics force (including non-military assets provided by Military Sealift Command, the Maritime Administration, and through the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement and Voluntary Tanker Agreement) required to support sealift, at sea logistics, and over-the-shore logistics of fo
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**(a) Authority to provide assistance** Subject to subsection (b), elements of the intelligence community may, upon the request of a United States law enforcement agency, collect information outside the United States about individuals who are not United States persons. Such elements may collect such information notwithstanding that the law enforcement agency intends to use the information collected for purposes of a law enforcement investigation or counterintelligence investigation.
**(b) Limitation on assistance by elements of Department of Defense**
(1) With respect to elements within the Department of Defense, the authority in subsection (a) applies only to the following:
(A) The National Security Agency.
(B) The National Reconnaissance Office.
(C) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
(D) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
(2) Assistance provided under this section by elements of the Department of Defense may not include the direct participation of a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps in an arrest or similar activity.
(3) Assistance may not be provided under this section by an element of the Department of Defense if the provision of such assistance will adversely affect the military preparedness of the United States.
(4) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the exercise of authority under this section by elements of the Department of Defense, including regulations relating to the protection of sources and methods in the exercise of such authority.
**(c) Definitions** For purposes of subsection (a):
(1) The term “United States law enforcement agency” means any department or agency of the Federal Government that the Attorney General designates as law enforcement agency for purposes of this section.
(
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403x, comprising section 2 of the Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act, Pub. L. 103–36, was editorially reclassified as [section 3519a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3519a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Plans Required.—**
(1) At a time interval prescribed by the Secretary concerned (but not less frequently than once every 10 years), the commander of each major military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary shall ensure that an installation master plan is developed to address environmental planning, sustainable design and development, sustainable range planning, real property master planning, military installation resilience, and transportation planning.
(2) To address the requirements under paragraph (1), each installation master plan shall include consideration of—
(A) planning for compact and infill development;
(B) horizontal and vertical mixed-use development;
(C) the full lifecycle costs of real property planning decisions;
(D) capacity planning through the establishment of growth boundaries around cantonment areas to focus development towards the core and preserve range and training space; and
(E) energy and climate resiliency efforts and military installation resilience.
(3)
(A) The commander of a major military installation shall develop and update the master plan for that major military installation in consultation with representatives of the government of the State in which the installation is located and representatives of local governments in the vicinity of the installation to improve cooperation and consistency between the Department of Defense and such governments in addressing each component of the master plan described in paragraph (1).
(B) The consultation required by subparagraph (A) is in addition to the consultation specifically required by subsection (b)(1) in connection with the transportation component of the master plan for a major military installation.
**(b) Transportation Component.—**
(1) The t
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 118a
ational capability’,’’, could not be executed because of
the prior amendment by section 347(a)(4)(C) of Pub. L.
116–283. See below.
Pub. L. 116–283, § 347(a)(4)(C), struck out par. (3). Text
read as follows: ‘‘an assessment of the validity and ef-
fectiveness of the definitions used to determine defense
readiness, including the terms ‘major weapons system’,
‘covered asset’, ‘total and required inventory’, ‘mate-
riel and operational availability’, ‘materiel and oper-
ational capability’, ‘materiel and operational reli-
ability’ ’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 116–283, § 347(a)(5), added subsec.
(e).
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1883(b)(2), substituted
‘‘section 3455’’ for ‘‘section 2379’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2021 AMENDMENT
Amendment by 1883(b)(2) of Pub. L. 116–283 effective
Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed im-
plementation and applicability of existing law, see sec-
tion 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note pre-
ceding section 3001 of this title.
PHASED IMPLEMENTATION
Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 351(b), Dec. 23, 2022,
136 Stat. 2533, provided that: ‘‘The Director of Cost As-
sessment and Performance Evaluation may meet the
requirements of subsection (e) of section 118 of title 10,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), through
a phased submission of the funding estimates required
under such subsection. In conducting a phased imple-
mentation, the Director shall ensure that—
‘‘(1) for the budget request for fiscal year 2024, fund-
ing estimates are provided for a representative sam-
ple by military department of at least one-third of
the major weapon systems;
‘‘(2) for the budget request for fiscal year 2025, fund-
ing estim
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3042
POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY
Pub. L. 113–126, title IV, § 411(b), July 7, 2014, 128 Stat.
1409, provided that:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may designate the
Director of the National Reconnaissance Office as a po-
sition of importance and responsibility under section
601 of title 10, United States Code.
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act [July 7, 2014].’’
§ 3042. Repealed. Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title
LXVII, § 6742(b)(3), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat.
2240
Section, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 107, for-
merly § 103, 61 Stat. 499; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 50, 68
Stat. 1244; renumbered § 107, Pub. L. 102–496, title VII,
§ 705(a)(2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3190, related to emer-
gency preparedness functions of the Director of the Of-
fice of Defense Mobilization.
§ 3043. Annual national security strategy report
(a) Transmittal to Congress
(1) The President shall transmit to Congress
each year a comprehensive report on the na-
tional security strategy of the United States
(hereinafter in this section referred to as a ‘‘na-
tional security strategy report’’).
(2) The national security strategy report for
any year shall be transmitted on the date on
which the President submits to Congress the
budget for the next fiscal year under section 1105
of title 31.
(3) Not later than 150 days after the date on
which a new President takes office, the Presi-
dent shall transmit to Congress a national secu-
rity strategy report under this section. That re-
port shall be in addition to the report for that
year transmitted at the time specified in para-
graph (2).
(b) Contents
Each national security strategy report shall
set forth
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