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homeland against threats from nations such as North Korea and 
Iran. At least two of such locations shall be on the East Coast 
of the United States. 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED.—Except as 
provided by subsection (c), the Secretary shall prepare an environ-
mental impact statement in accordance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. et seq.) for the locations 
the Secretary evaluates under subsection (a). 
(c) EXCEPTION.—If an environmental impact statement has 
already been prepared for a location the Secretary evaluates under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall not be required to prepare 
another environmental impact statement for such location. 
(d) CONTINGENCY PLAN.—In light of the evaluation under sub-
section (a), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall— 
(1) develop a contingency plan for the deployment of a 
homeland missile defense interceptor site that is in addition 
to such sites that exist as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act in case the President determines to proceed with 
such an additional deployment; and 
(2) notify the congressional defense committees when such 
contingency plan has been developed. 
SEC. 228. HOMELAND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) it is a national priority to defend the United States 
homeland against the threat of limited ballistic missile attack 
(whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate); 
(2) the currently deployed ground-based midcourse defense 
system, with 30 ground-based interceptors deployed in Alaska 
and California, provides a level of protection of the United 
States homeland; 
(3) it is essential for the ground-based midcourse defense 
system to achieve the levels of reliability, availability, sustain-
ability, and operational performance that will allow it to con-
tinue providing protection of the United States homeland; 
(4) the Missile Defense Agency should, as its highest pri-
ority, correct the problem that caused the December 2010 
ground-based midcourse defense system flight test failure and 
demonstrate the correction in flight tests before resuming 
production of the capability enhancement-II kill vehicle, in 
order to provide confidence that the system will work as 
intended; 
(5) the Department of Defense should continue to enhance 
the performance and reliability of the ground-based midcourse 
defense system, and enhance the capability of the ballistic 
missile defense system, to provide improved capability to defend 
the homeland; 
(6) the Missile Defense Agency should have a robust, rig-
orous, and operationally realistic testing program for the 
ground-based midcourse defense system, including salvo 
testing, multiple simultaneous engagement testing, and oper-
ational testing; 
(7) the Department of Defense has taken a number of 
prudent, affordable, cost-effective, and operationally significant 
steps to hedge against the possibility of future growth in the 
missile threat to the homeland from North Korea and Iran; 
and
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(8) the Department of Defense should continue to evaluate 
the evolving threat of limited ballistic missile attack, particu-
larly from countries such as North Korea and Iran, and consider 
other possibilities for prudent, affordable, cost-effective, and 
operationally significant steps to improve the posture of the 
United States to defend the homeland. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the status of efforts to improve the homeland ballistic missile 
defense capability of the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the actions taken or 
planned to improve the reliability, availability, and capa-
bility of the ground-based midcourse defense system, 
particularly the exoatmospheric kill vehicle, and any other 
actions to improve the homeland missile defense posture 
to hedge against potential future growth in the threat 
of limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, 
unauthorized, or deliberate), particularly from countries 
such as North Korea and Iran. 
(B) A description of any improvements achieved as 
a result of the actions described in subparagraph (A). 
(C) A description of the results of the two planned 
flight tests of the ground-based midcourse defense system 
(control test vehicle flight test–1, and GMD flight test– 
06b) intended to demonstrate the success of the correction 
of the problem that caused the flight test failure of 
December 2010, and the status of any decision to resume 
production of the capability enhancement-II kill vehicle. 
(D) a detailed description of the planned roles and 
requirements for the standard missile-3 block IIB inter-
ceptor to augment the defense of the homeland, including 
the capabilities needed to defeat long-range missiles that 
could be launched from Iran to the United States; 
(E) Any other matters the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT.— 
(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the date on 
which the Secretary submits the report under subsection (b)(1), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall brief the 
congressional defense committees with the views of the Comp-
troller General on the report. 
(2) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after the date on which 
the Comptroller General briefs the congressional defense 
committees under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall 
submit to such committees a report on the views included 
in such briefing. 
SEC. 229. REGIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the threat from regional ballistic missiles, particularly 
from Iran and North Korea, is serious and growing, and puts
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at risk forward-deployed forces of the United States and allies 
and partners in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific 
region; 
(2) the Department of Defense has an obligation to provide 
force protection of forward-deployed forces, assets, and facilities 
of the United States from regional ballistic missile attack; 
(3) the United States has an obligation to meet its security 
commitments to its allies, including ballistic missile defense 
commitments; 
(4) the Department of Defense has a program of investment 
and capabilities to provide for both homeland defense and 
regional defense against ballistic missiles, consistent with the 
Ballistic Missile Defense Review of 2010 and with the 
prioritized and integrated needs of the commanders of the 
combatant commands; 
(5) the European Phased Adaptive Approach to missile 
defense is a response to the existing and growing ballistic 
missile threat from Iran to forward deployed United States 
forces, allies and partners in Europe; 
(6) the Department of Defense— 
(A) should, as a high priority, continue to develop, 
test, and plan to deploy all four phases of the European 
Phased Adaptive Approach, including all variants of the 
standard missile–3 interceptor; 
(B) should continue to conduct tests to evaluate and 
assess the capability of future phases of the European 
Phased Adaptive Approach and to demonstrate whether 
they will achieve their intended roles, as outlined in the 
Ballistic Missile Defense Review of 2010; and 
(C) should also continue with its other phased and 
adaptive regional missile defense efforts tailored to the 
Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region; and 
(7) European members of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization are making a variety of contributions to missile 
defense in Europe, by hosting elements of missile defense sys-
tems of the United States on their territories, through indi-
vidual national contributions to missile defense capability, and 
by collective funding and development of the Active Layered 
Theater Ballistic Missile Defense system; and 
(8) allies and partners of the United States in the Asia- 
Pacific region and in the Middle East are making contributions 
to regional missile defense capabilities, including by hosting 
elements of missile defense systems of the United States on 
their territories; jointly developing missile defense capabilities; 
and cooperating in regional missile defense architectures. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
describing the status and progress of regional missile defense 
programs and efforts. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the adequacy of the existing 
and planned European Phased Adaptive Approach to pro-
vide force protection for forward-deployed forces of the 
United States in Europe against ballistic missile threats
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from Iran, and an assessment whether adequate force 
protection would be available absent the European Phased 
Adaptive Approach, given current and planned Patriot, Ter-
minal High Altitude Area Defense, and Aegis ballistic mis-
sile defense capability. 
(B) A description of the progress made in the develop-
ment and testing of elements of systems intended for 
deployment in Phases 2 through 4 of the European Phased 
Adaptive Approach, and an assessment of technical and 
schedule risks. 
(C) A description of the missile defense priorities and 
capability needs of the regional combatant commands, and 
the planned regional missile defense architectures derived 
from those capability needs and priorities. 
(D) A description of the global force management 
process used to evaluate the missile defense capability 
needs of the regional combatant commands and to deter-
mine the resource allocation and deployment outcomes 
among such commands. 
(E) A description of the missile defense command and 
control concepts and arrangements in place for United 
States and allied regional missile defense forces, and the 
missile defense partnerships and burden-sharing arrange-
ments in place between the United States and its allies 
and partners. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL VIEWS.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall— 
(1) brief the congressional defense committees with the 
views of the Comptroller General on the report under subsection 
(b)(1) by not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
Secretary submits such report; and 
(2) submit to such committees a written report on such 
views as soon as practicable after the date of the briefing 
under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 230. NATO CONTRIBUTIONS TO MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on contributions 
of members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to missile 
defense in Europe. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include a discussion of the full range of contributions made by 
members of NATO, individually and collectively, to missile defense 
in Europe, including the following: 
(1) Financial contributions to the development of the Active 
Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense command and control 
system or other NATO missile defense capabilities, including 
the European Phased Adaptive Approach. 
(2) National contributions of missile defense capabilities 
to NATO. 
(3) Agreements to host missile defense facilities in the 
territory of the member state.