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      "title": "Defense Budget: Role of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council",
      "summary": "This document also available in  PDF Image .\n  In 1986, Congress addressed perceived inefficiencies in the organization of the Joint Chiefs of\nStaff through the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Title II\nof Goldwater-Nichols broadened the responsibilities of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\n(CJCS), and created the position of Vice-Chairman. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council\n(JROC), an instrument of the Chairman, assists him in assessing military requirements for defense\nacquisition programs; the extent to which the program recommendations and proposals of the Armed\nServices conform with established priorities; and the validity of the program requirement\nrecommendations identified by the regional combatant Commanders in Chief (CINCs) and the\nServices.\n  The Joint Requirements Oversight Council conducts requirements analyses, validates mission\nneeds and key performance parameters for weapons programs, and develops joint priorities for those\nneeds. Since the enactment of Goldwater-Nichols, Congress has manifested a growing interest in\nthe JROC as an instrument of the Chairman of the JCS for integrating competing Service priorities. \n  The National Defense Act for Fiscal Year 1996 ( P.L. 104-106 ) directed the Secretary of\nDefense\nto establish the JROC in the Department of Defense. According to this Act, which took effect on\nJanuary 31, 1997, the Chairman of the JCS shall serve as the JROC Chairman. Prior to enactment\nof a statutory charter, the Vice Chairman has served as the Chairman of the JROC. The National\nDefense Act for Fiscal Year 1997 ( H.R. 3230 , Sec. 908) directs the Secretary of Defense\nto make available to the congressional defense committees JROC analyses, or justification, that\nsupports a recommendation of the Chairman of the JCS to the Secretary and is subsequently\napproved. This legislation will bring greater congressional scrutiny to the Joint Warfare Capabilities\nAssessments of the JROC. If defense procurement spending continues to decline, in real terms,\nJROC analyses and recommendations are likely to be the subject of growing congressional and\nService interest.",
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