10 U.S.C. § 115a

(a) Not later than April 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and furnish to any Member of Congress upon request, a defense manpower profile report. The report shall contain the Secretary’s recommendations for— (1) the annual active-duty end-strength level for each component of the armed forces for the next fiscal year; and (2) the annual civilian personnel requirements level for each component of the Department of Defense for the next fiscal year and the civilian end-strength level for the prior fiscal year. (b) (1) The Secretary shall include in each report under subsection (a) justification for the strength levels recommended and an explanation of the relationship between the personnel strength levels recommended for that fiscal year and the national security policies of the United States in effect at the time. (2) The justification and explanation required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An explanation of how personnel end strength level requests address threats described in the national defense strategy under section 113(g) of this title . (B) The rationale for recommended increases or decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel for each component of the Department of Defense. (C) The actual end strength number for each armed force for the prior fiscal year, compared to authorized end strength levels. (D) The shortfall in recruiting by each armed force as a percentage, as the Secretary determines appropriate. (c) The Secretary shall include in each report under subsection (a) a detailed discussion of the manpower required for support and overhead functions within the armed forces and the Department of Defense. (d) (1) The Secretary shall include in each report under subsection (a) a detailed discussion of the management of the civilian workforce of the Department of Defense. The discussion shall include the matter specified in paragraph (2) for the civilian workforce of— (A) the Office of the Secretary of Defense; (B) the Defense Agencies; (C) the Department of Defense Field Activities; and (D) the military departments. (2) The matter to be included in each discussion under paragraph (1), with respect to the civilian workforce of each element of the Department of Defense named in such paragraph, is the following: (A) An assessment of the projected size and associated cost of such civilian workforce in the current year and for each year in the future-years defense program. (B) If the projected size and associated cost of such civilian workforce has changed from the previous year’s projected size and associated cost, an explanation of the reasons for the increase or decrease from the previous projection, including an explanation of any efforts to reduce the overall costs of the total force of military, civilian, and contract workforces. (C) In the case of a transfer of functions between military, civilian, and contractor workforces, an explanation of the reasons for the transfer and the steps that have been taken to control the overall cost of the function to the Department. (e) Not later than April 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth, with respect to each armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department, the following: (1) The number of positions that require warrant officers or commissioned officers serving on active duty in each of the officer grades during the current fiscal year and the estimated number of such positions for each of the next five fiscal years. (2) The estimated number of officers that will be serving on active duty in each grade on the last day of the current fiscal year and the estimated numbers of officers that will be needed on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal years. (3) An estimate and analysis for the current fiscal year and for each of the next five fiscal years of gains to and losses from the number of members on active duty in each officer grade, including a tabulation of— (A) retirements displayed by year of active commissioned service; (B) discharges; (C) other separations; (D) deaths; (E) promotions; and (F) reserve and regular officers ordered to active duty or, in the case of the Space Force, officers ordered to active duty other than under section 20105(b) of this title . (4) The opportunities for promotion of commissioned officers anticipated to be estimated pursuant to section 623(b)(4) of this title for the fiscal year in which such report is submitted for purposes of promotion selection boards convened pursuant to section 611 of this title during such fiscal year. (f) (1) Not later than April 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth recommendations for the end-strength levels for medical personnel for each component of the armed forces as of the end of the next fiscal year. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “medical personnel” includes— (A) in the case of the Army, members of the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps, Veterinary Corps, and Army Medical Specialist Corps; (B) in the case of the Navy, members of the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Nurse Corps, and Medical Service Corps; (C) in the case of the Air Force, members designated as medical officers, dental officers, Air Force nurses, medical service officers, and biomedical science officers; (D) enlisted members engaged in or supporting medically related activities; and (E) such other personnel as the Secretary considers appropriate. (g) Not later than June 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth the following information with respect to personnel assigned to or supporting major Department of Defense headquarters activities: (1) The military end strength and civilian full-time equivalents assigned to major Department of Defense headquarters activities for the preceding fiscal year. (2) A summary of the replacement during the preceding fiscal year of contract workyears providing support to major Department of Defense headquarters activities with military end strength or civilian full-time equivalents, including an estimate of the number of contract workyears associated with the replacement of contracts performing inherently governmental or exempt functions. (3) The plan for the continued review of contract personnel supporting major Department of Defense headquarters activities for possible conversion to military or civilian performance in accordance with section 2463 of this title . (4) The amount of any adjustment in the limitation on personnel made by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department, and, for each adjustment made pursuant to section 1111(b)(2) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 ( 10 U.S.C. 143 note), the purpose of the adjustment. (h) Not later than April 1 each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth the following with respect to personnel: (1) The number of members of the Armed Forces who are not citizens of the United States during the year covered by such report. (2) The immigration status of such members. (3) The number of such members naturalized.