Sec. 1022. Report on naval vessels and the Force Structure Assessment
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Not later than February 1, 2014, the Chief of Naval Operations shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on current and anticipated requirements for combatant vessels of the Navy over the next 30 years. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A description of the naval capability requirements identified by the combatant commands in developing the Force Structure Assessment
(FSA)in 2005 and revalidating that Assessment in 2010. The capabilities for each class of vessel that was assumed in the Force Structure Assessment. An assessment of the capabilities of the current fleet of combatant vessels of the Navy to meet current and anticipated requirements. An assessment the capabilities of the anticipated fleet of combatant vessels of the Navy to meet emerging threats over the next 30 years. An assessment of how the Navy will meet combatant command requirements for forward-deployed naval capabilities with a smaller number of ships and submarines. An assessment of how the Navy will manage the risk of massing a greater set of capabilities on a smaller number of ships while facing an expanding range of asymmetrical threats, such as— anti-access/area-denial capabilities; diesel-electric submarines; mines; and anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.