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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6360. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:
SEC. __. ASSESSMENT OF CIVILIAN WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS.
(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
carry out and submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a comprehensive
assessment of the impacts of reductions in the civilian
workforce of the Department of Defense carried out since
January 1, 2025, including resulting experience and skills
gaps where losses were not offset by entry- or mid-level
hiring.
(b) Elements.—The assessment required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An evaluation of—
(A) the effects of the reductions described in such
subsection on mission execution, technical expertise, and
institutional knowledge across critical functional areas; and
(B) risks to readiness, acquisition, and sustainment.
(2) An identification of mitigation strategies, including
workforce planning, targeted hiring, training, and retention
efforts, to address identified gaps.