Senate Roll Call 474, 99th Congress · May 7, 1986

TO ADOPT HR 3622 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT, WHICH WOULD REORGANIZE AND STRENGTHEN CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO IMPROVE THE MILITARY ADVICE PROVIDED THE PRESIDENT, THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, AND THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, TO INCREASE ATTENTION TO THE FORMULATION OF STRATEGY AND TO CONTINGENCY PLANNING, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES, AND TO STRENGTHEN CIVILIAN AUTHORITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SPECIFICALLY, THE BILL WOULD ALTER THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SYSTEM BY NAMING THE JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN AS THE PRESIDENT'S PRINCIPAL MILITARY ADVISER, INSTITUTING A VICE CHAIRMAN POST, AND TRANSFERING POWER FROM THE SEPARATE MILITARY SERVICES TO THEIR DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AGENCIES.

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