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and Deputy Directors of the facilities of the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home, is repealed. 
SEC. 
1429. 
TECHNICAL, 
CONFORMING, 
AND 
CLERICAL 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CORRECTION OF OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO RE-
TIREMENT HOME BOARD.— 
(1) ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME ACT.— 
Section 1519(a)(2) (24 U.S.C. 419(a)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Retirement Home Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chief Operating Officer’’. 
(2) TITLE 10, USC.—Section 2772(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief 
Operating Officer of the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home’’. 
(b) SECTION HEADINGS.— 
(1) SECTION 1501.—The heading of section 1501 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1501. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.’’. 
(2) SECTION 1513.—The heading of section 1513 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1513. SERVICES PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS.’’. 
(3) SECTION
1513A.—The heading of section 
1513A is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 1513A. OVERSIGHT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED TO 
RESIDENTS.’’. 
(4) SECTION 1517.—The heading of section 1517 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1517. ADMINISTRATORS, OMBUDSMEN, AND STAFF OF 
FACILITIES.’’. 
(5) SECTION 1518.—The heading of section 1518 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1518. PERIODIC INSPECTION OF RETIREMENT HOME 
FACILITIES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL AND OUTSIDE INSPEC-
TORS.’’. 
(6) PUNCTUATION.—The headings of sections 
1512 and 1520 are each amended by adding a period 
at the end. 
(c) PART A HEADER.—The heading for part A is re-
pealed. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1501(b) is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to the heading 
for part A; 
(2) by striking the items relating to sections 
1513 and 1513A and inserting the following new 
items: 
‘‘Sec. 1513. Services provided to residents. 
‘‘Sec. 1513A. Oversight of health care provided to residents.’’;
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(3) by striking the items relating to sections 
1516, 1517, and 1518 and inserting the following new 
items: 
‘‘Sec. 1516. Advisory Council. 
‘‘Sec. 1517. Administrators, Ombudsmen, and staff of facilities. 
‘‘Sec. 1518. Periodic inspection of Retirement Home facilities by Department of 
Defense Inspector General and outside inspectors.’’; and 
(4) by striking the items relating to part B (in-
cluding the items relating to sections 1531, 1532, and 
1533). 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 1431. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE–DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-
ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 
LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Funds 
authorized to be appropriated by section 1403 and available 
for Defense Health Program for operation and maintenance 
as specified in the funding table in section 4401 may be 
transferred by the Secretary of Defense to the Joint Depart-
ment of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Facility Demonstration Fund established by subsection 
(a)(1) of section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2571). For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 
1704, any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts
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authorized and appropriated for the Department of Defense 
specifically for such transfer. 
(b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For purposes of 
subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for 
which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be used 
are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 
pursuant to section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 455). 
TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR OVER-
SEAS 
CONTINGENCY 
OPER-
ATIONS 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropria-
tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 
to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper-
ations being carried out by the Armed Forces.
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SEC. 1502. PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 for procurement accounts for the Army, the 
Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense- 
wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 
4102. 
SEC. 1503. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in 
the funding table in section 4202. 
SEC. 1504. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4302. 
SEC. 1505. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 for the Department of Defense for military 
personnel in the amount of $10,228,566,000. 
SEC. 1506. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for
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providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1507. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1508. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4402. 
SEC. 1509. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4402. 
Subtitle B—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act.
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SEC. 1522. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2012 
between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 
(or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza-
tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes as the authorization 
to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author-
izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 
authority 
of 
this 
subsection 
may 
not 
exceed 
$4,000,000,000. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 
section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
as transfers under section 1001. 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority 
provided by this section is in addition to the transfer au-
thority provided under section 1001.
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Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 1531. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF 
AUTHORITY FOR TASK FORCE FOR BUSINESS 
AND STABILITY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANI-
STAN. 
(a) ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of 
section 1535 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 
Stat. 4426) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘may include 
projects’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘may in-
clude projects that facilitate private investment, min-
ing sector development, industrial development, and 
other projects determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, as 
strengthening stability or providing strategic support 
to the counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘During each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012, 
the’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) 
as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (5):
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‘‘(5) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS
FOR
ACTIVITIES 
ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.—Amounts available to carry 
out the authority in paragraph (1) shall be available 
for projects under that authority that begin in a fiscal 
year and end in the following fiscal year.’’. 
(b) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION
OF AUTHORITY.—Para-
graph (8) of such subsection, as redesignated by subsection 
(a)(3) of this section, is further amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) EXPIRATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—A project 
may not be commenced under the authority in para-
graph (1) after September 30, 2012.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Paragraph (7) of such sub-
section, as so redesignated, is further amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘of each year fol-
lowing a fiscal year in which the authority in para-
graph (1) is exercised’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘during 
fiscal year 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘during that fiscal 
year’’. 
(d) AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIVES 
ON TASK FORCE.—Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and
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struction and training to build the logistical, management, 
and administrative capacity of military and civilian per-
sonnel of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior, 
including through instruction at training facilities of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission in 
Afghanistan. 
SEC. 1533. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TRANS REGIONAL WEB INITIATIVE. 
None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act may be obligated or expended on any program 
under the Trans Regional Web Initiative of the Department 
of Defense, or any similar initiative, until the Secretary 
of Defense certifies, in writing, to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives that 
such program— 
(1) appropriately defines its target audience; 
(2) is determined to be the most effective method 
to reach such target audience; 
(3) is the most cost-effective means of reaching 
such target audience; and 
(4) includes measurement mechanisms to ensure 
such target audience is being reached.
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SEC. 1534. REPORT ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM DEPART-
MENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
PARTICIPATION 
ON 
INTERAGENCY 
TEAMS 
FOR 
COUNTERTER-
RORISM OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND 
IRAQ. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the lessons learned from Department of De-
fense participation on interagency teams for counterter-
rorism operations on Afghanistan and Iraq. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the value of interagency 
teams in counterterrorism operations. 
(2) A description of the best practices of such 
interagency teams. 
(3) A description of efforts to codify the best 
practices of interagency teams described under para-
graph (2) in military doctrine. 
(4) An assessment whether the lessons learned 
through Department of Defense participation on such 
interagency teams is applicable to other interagency 
teams in which Department personnel participate. 
(5) An assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of adding a skill identifier to track Depart-
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ment civilian and military personnel who have suc-
cessfully supported, participated on, or led an inter-
agency team. 
(6) A description of the additional authorities, if 
any, needed to permit Department personnel to more 
effectively support, participate on, or lead an inter-
agency team. 
TITLE XVI—NATIONAL GUARD 
EMPOWERMENT 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Guard Em-
powerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 
2011’’. 
SEC. 1602. REESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION OF VICE CHIEF 
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AND TER-
MINATION OF POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF 
THE JOINT STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU. 
(a) REESTABLISHMENT AND TERMINATION OF POSI-
TIONS.—Section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10505. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—(1) There is a Vice Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau, selected by the Secretary of De-
fense from officers of the Army National Guard of the
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United States or the Air National Guard of the United 
States who— 
‘‘(A) are recommended for such appointment by 
their respective Governors or, in the case of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the commanding general of the Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard; 
‘‘(B) have had at least 10 years of federally rec-
ognized service in an active status in the National 
Guard; and 
‘‘(C) are in a grade above the grade of brigadier 
general. 
‘‘(2) The Chief and Vice Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau may not both be members of the Army or of the 
Air Force. 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an 
officer appointed as Vice Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau serves for a term of four years, but may be removed 
from office at any time for cause. 
‘‘(B) The term of the Vice Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall end within a reasonable time (as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense) following the appointment of 
a Chief of the National Guard Bureau who is a member 
of the same armed force as the Vice Chief.
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‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Vice Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau performs such duties as may be prescribed by the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
‘‘(c) GRADE.—The Vice Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall be appointed to serve in the grade of lieuten-
ant general. 
‘‘(d) FUNCTIONS AS ACTING CHIEF.—When there is a 
vacancy in the office of the Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau or in the absence or disability of the Chief, the Vice 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau acts as Chief and per-
forms the duties of the Chief until a successor is appointed 
or the absence of disability ceases.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 10502 of such title is amended by 
striking subsection (e). 
(2) Section 10506(a)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘and the Director of the Joint Staff of the 
National Guard Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Vice 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of sec-
tion 10502 of such title is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 10502. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: ap-
pointment; advisor on National Guard 
matters; grade’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by striking the item relating to section 
10502 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘10502. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: appointment; advisor on National 
Guard matters; grade.’’; 
and 
(B) by striking the item relating to section 
10505 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘10505. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.’’. 
SEC. 1603. MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD BUREAU ON THE JOINT CHIEFS OF 
STAFF. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP ON JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.—Sec-
tion 151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 10502 of 
such title, as amended by section 2(b)(1) of this Act, is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) MEMBER
OF JOINT CHIEFS
OF STAFF.—The 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall perform the du-
ties prescribed for him or her as a member of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 1604. CONTINUATION AS A PERMANENT PROGRAM 
AND ENHANCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OF TASK 
FORCE FOR EMERGENCY READINESS PILOT 
PROGRAM OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
(a) CONTINUATION.— 
(1) CONTINUATION AS PERMANENT PROGRAM.— 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall continue the Task Force for Emer-
gency Readiness (TFER) pilot program of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency as a permanent pro-
gram of the Agency. 
(2) LIMITATION ON TERMINATION.—The Admin-
istrator may not terminate the Task Force for Emer-
gency Readiness program, as so continued, until au-
thorized or required to terminate the program by law. 
(b) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM SCOPE.—As part of the 
continuation of the Task Force for Emergency Readiness 
program pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator
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shall carry out the program in at least five States in addi-
tion to the five States in which the program is carried out 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) ADDITIONAL FEMA ACTIVITIES.—As part of the 
continuation of the Task Force for Emergency Readiness 
program pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator 
shall— 
(1) establish guidelines and standards to be used 
by the States in strengthening the planning and plan-
ning capacities of the States with respect to responses 
to catastrophic disaster emergencies; and 
(2) develop a methodology for implementing the 
Task Force for Emergency Readiness that includes 
goals and standards for assessing the performance of 
the Task Force. 
(d) NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU ACTIVITIES.—As part 
of the continuation of the Task Force for Emergency Readi-
ness program pursuant to subsection (a), the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau shall— 
(1) assist the Administrator in the establishment 
of the guidelines and standards, implementation 
methodology, and performance goals and standards 
required by subsection (c); 
(2) in coordination with the Administrator—
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(A) identify, using catastrophic disaster re-
sponse plans for each State developed under the 
program, any gaps in State civilian and mili-
tary response capabilities that Federal military 
capabilities are unprepared to fill; and 
(B) notify the Secretary of Defense, the 
Commander of the United States Northern Com-
mand, and the Commander of the United States 
Pacific Command of any gaps in capabilities 
identified under subparagraph (A); and 
(3) acting through and in coordination with the 
Adjutants General of the States, assist the States in 
the development of State plans on responses to cata-
strophic disaster emergencies. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Administrator and the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall jointly submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress each year a re-
port on activities under the Task Force for Emergency 
Readiness program during the preceding year. Each report 
shall include a description of the activities under the pro-
gram during the preceding year and a current assessment 
of the effectiveness of the program in meeting its purposes. 
(f) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means—
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(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 1605. REPORT ON COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COSTS 
OF COMPARABLE UNITS OF THE RESERVE 
COMPONENTS AND THE REGULAR COMPO-
NENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(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 com-
mittees a report setting forth a comparative analysis 
of the costs of units of the regular components of the 
Armed Forces with the costs of similar units of the re-
serve components of the Armed Forces. The analysis 
shall include a separate comparison of the costs of 
units in the aggregate and of the costs of units solely 
when on active duty. 
(2) SIMILAR UNITS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, units of the regular components and reserve 
components shall be treated as similar if such units 
have the same general structure, personnel, or func-
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tion, or are substantially composed of personnel hav-
ing identical or similar military occupational spe-
cialties (MOS). 
(b) ASSESSMENT OF INCREASED RESERVE COMPO-
NENT PRESENCE IN TOTAL FORCE STRUCTURE.—The Sec-
retary shall include in the report required by subsection (a) 
an assessment of the advisability of increasing the number 
of units and members of the reserve components of the 
Armed Forces within the total force structure of the Armed 
Forces. The assessment shall take into account the compara-
tive analysis conducted for purposes of subsection (a) and 
such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate 
for purposes of the assessment. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the submittal of the report re-
quired by subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report setting forth a review of such report by 
the Comptroller General. The report of the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall include an assessment of the comparative analysis 
contained in the report required by subsection (a) and of 
the assessment of the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b).