Sec. 1237. Independent assessment on countering anti-access and area-denial strategies and capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region
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The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct an assessment of anti-access and area-denial strategies and capabilities that pose a threat to security in the Asia-Pacific region and strategies to mitigate such threats. The assessment required under paragraph
(1)shall include— identification of anti-access and area-denial strategies and capabilities; assessment of gaps and shortfalls in the ability of the United States to address anti-access and area-denial strategies and capabilities identified under subparagraph
(A)and plans of the Department of Defense to address such gaps and shortfalls; assessment of Department of Defense strategies to counter or mitigate anti-access and area-denial strategies and capabilities identified under subparagraph (A); and any other matters the independent entity determines to be appropriate. Not later than March 1, 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the assessment and strategies required under subsection
(a)and any other matters the Secretary determines to be appropriate. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if necessary. The Secretary of Defense shall provide the independent entity described in subsection
(a)with timely access to appropriate information, data, and analysis so that the entity may conduct a thorough and independent assessment as required under subsection (a).