A bill to create an Office of Defense Review.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Establishes the Office of Defense Review which shall be independent of the executive department of the Government and under the control and direction of the Director of Defense Review. Creates the positions of Director and Assistant Director of Defense Review, each of whom shall be nominated by the President from a slate of candidates submitted by the Joint Board of Defense Review with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Office to provide reports giving independent evaluations of defense and national security matters and to prepare for the Congress a defense budget for each fiscal year which shall be independent of that prepared by the executive branch. Establishes a Joint Board of Defense Review to be composed of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives; and provides that members of the Board shall serve for terms of no longer than a total of five sessions of Congress. Provides that it shall be the function of the Board to aid the Director in the performance of his duties and in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Director or Assistance Director to submit to the President the names of five individuals who, in the judgme…