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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 · Sec. 333

Sec. 333. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PORTS STUDY AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDIES AND REPORTS ON STRATEGIC PORTS

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## SEC. 333 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PORTS STUDY AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDIES AND REPORTS ON STRATEGIC PORTS ###
(a)Sense of Congress on Completion of DOD Report It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should expedite completion of the study of strategic ports in the United States called for in the conference report to accompany the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Conference Report 112-329) so that it can be submitted to Congress before December 31, 2012. ###
(b)Comptroller General Sufficiency Review ####
(1)Submission of dod report In addition to submitting the report referred to in subsection
(a)to Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall submit the report to the Comptroller General of the United States. ####
(2)Sufficiency review Not later than 90 days after receiving the report under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall— #####
(A)conduct a sufficiency review of the report; and #####
(B)submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the review. ###
(c)Comptroller General Study and Report on Strategic Ports ####
(1)Study and report required Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall— #####
(A)conduct a study of the programs and efforts of the Department of Defense related to the state of strategic ports with respect to the operational and readiness requirements of the Department; and #####
(B)submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the findings of the study. ####
(2)Elements of study The study required by paragraph
(1)shall include an assessment of— #####
(A)the extent to which the facilities at strategic ports meet the requirements of the Department of Defense; #####
(B)the extent to which the Department has identified gaps in the ability of existing strategic ports to meet its needs and identified and undertaken efforts to address any gaps; and #####
(C)the ability of the Department to oversee, coordinate, and provide security for military deployments through strategic ports. ###
(d)Strategic Port Defined In this section, the term “strategic port” means a United States port designated by the Secretary of Defense as a significant transportation hub important to the readiness and cargo throughput capacity of the Department of Defense. ## Subtitle E Reports
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