Sec. 1026. REPORT ON NAVAL VESSELS AND THE FORCE STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT

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## SEC. 1026 REPORT ON NAVAL VESSELS AND THE FORCE STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 30 days after the date of the submittal of the annual naval vessel construction plan required under section 231 of title 10, United States Code, for fiscal year 2015, the Chief of Naval Operations shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the current requirements for combatant vessels of the Navy and the anticipated requirements for such vessels during the 30-year period following the submittal of the report. ###

(b)Elements The report required by subsection

(a)shall include each of the following: ####

(1)A description of the naval capability requirements identified by the combatant commands in developing the Force Structure Assessment in 2005 and revalidating that Assessment in 2010. ####

(2)The capabilities for each class of vessel that was assumed in the Force Structure Assessment. ####

(3)An assessment of the capabilities of the current fleet of combatant vessels of the Navy to meet current and anticipated requirements. ####

(4)An assessment of how the Navy is currently managing deployment schedules to meet combatant commander requirements with a smaller force than specified in the Force Structure Assessment of 2005, including the impact on— #####

(A)the material condition of the naval force due to longer deployment times; and #####

(B)long-term retention rates, especially in critical specialties. ####

(5)An assessment of the capabilities of the anticipated fleet of combatant vessels of the Navy to meet emerging threats over the next 30 years. ####

(6)An assessment of how the Navy will meet combatant command requirements for forward-deployed naval capabilities with a smaller number of ships and submarines. ####

(7)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, including— #####

(A)anti-access/area-denial capabilities; #####

(B)diesel-electric submarines; #####

(C)mines; and #####

(D)anti-ship cruise and ballistic missiles. ####

(8)The assessment of the Commandant of the Marine Corps of— #####

(A)the operational risk associated with the current and the planned number of ships of the amphibious assault force, including vessels designated as LHA, LHD, LPD, or LSD; and #####

(B)the capabilities required to meet the needs of the Marine Corps for future ships of the amphibious assault force. ###

(c)Form The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.