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(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 360 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office, and the Comptroller 
General of the United States a report that in-
cludes— 
(A) a discussion of the cost, schedule, and 
performance of all currently planned efforts to 
modernize and keep viable the existing B–1, B– 
2, and B–52 bomber fleets and a discussion of 
the forecasted service-life and all sustainment 
challenges that the Secretary of the Air Force 
may confront in keeping those platforms viable 
until the retirement of such aircraft; 
(B) a discussion, presented in a compari-
son and contrast type format, of the scope of 
the 2007 Next-Generation Long Range Strike 
Analysis of Alternatives guidance and subse-
quent Analysis of Alternatives report tasked by 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics in the September 11, 
2006, Acquisition Decision Memorandum, as 
compared to the scope and directed guidance of 
the year 2010 Long Range Strike Study effort 
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currently being conducted by the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Policy and the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense’s Cost Assessment and 
Program Evaluation Office; 
(C) a discussion of an objectivity and suffi-
ciency review of the final report issued subse-
quent to the 2010 Long Range Strike study ef-
fort currently being conducted by the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense’s Cost Assessment 
and Program Evaluation Office; 
(D) a discussion of the progress of efforts 
to field a next generation long-range strike plat-
form, including a review of— 
(i) the next generation long-range 
strike requirements development and vali-
dation; 
(ii) the threshold and objective key 
performance parameters; 
(iii) the acquisition strategy, the ac-
quisition oversight strategy, projected life- 
cycle costs, the cost-risk analysis, the tech-
nology readiness levels of planned capabili-
ties; and 
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(iv) the development, testing, produc-
tion and fielding timelines; 
(E) a discussion of the costs, development, 
testing, fielding and operational employment 
challenges, capability gaps, limitations and 
shortfalls of the Secretary of Defense’s plan to 
field a long-range, penetrating, survivable, per-
sistent and enduring ‘‘family of systems’’ as 
compared to the development, testing, fielding 
and operational employment of a singular plat-
form that encompasses all the required afore-
mentioned characteristics; and 
(F) a discussion of the planning efforts for 
developing and fielding a transformational long- 
range strike capability in the 2035 timeframe. 
(2) PREPARATION
OF
REPORT.—The report 
under paragraph (1) shall be prepared by the Insti-
tute for Defense Analyses and submitted to the Sec-
retary of the Air Force for submittal by the Sec-
retary in accordance with that paragraph. 
(b) COST ANALYSIS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION RE-
PORT.—The Director of the Cost Analysis and Program 
Evaluation of the Office of the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees, the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office, and the Comp-
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troller General of the United States a report that in-
cludes— 
(1) the assumptions and estimated life-cycle 
costs of the Department’s long-range, penetrating, 
survivable, persistent, and enduring ‘‘family of sys-
tems’’ platforms; and 
(2) the assumptions and estimated life-cycle 
costs of the Next Generation Platform program, as 
planned and approved by the Secretary of Defense, 
prior to the cancellation of the program on April 6, 
2009. 
(c) CBO REPORT.—Not later than 360 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Congressional Budg-
et Office shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees and to the Comptroller General of the United States 
a report that includes— 
(1) a life-cycle-cost analysis of the costs of mod-
ernizing and sustaining the current fleet of B–1, B– 
2 and B–52 bombers to meet future long-range 
strike requirements compared to the costs of devel-
opment, testing, fielding, and operational employ-
ment of a singular Next Generation Bomber plat-
form to replace the existing fleet of B–1, B–2 and 
B–52 platforms; 
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(2) a life-cycle-cost analysis of the costs of the 
Secretary of Defense’s plan to field a long-range, 
penetrating, survivable, persistent, and enduring 
‘‘family of systems’’ compared to the costs of devel-
oping, testing, fielding and operational employment 
of a singular Next Generation Bomber platform; 
(3) a life-cycle-cost analysis of the costs the 
Secretary of Defense’s plan to field a long-range, 
penetrating, survivable, persistent and enduring 
‘‘family of systems’’ compared to the costs of mod-
ernizing and sustaining the current fleet of B–1, B– 
2 and B–52 bombers to meet future long-range 
strike requirements; and 
(4) the results of an objectivity and sufficiency 
review of the cost analysis described in subsection 
(b)(1). 
(d) ACCESS TO PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide 
prompt access to programmatic information re-
quested by agency personnel for the purpose of pro-
ducing a report required under this section, includ-
ing any and all classified information pertaining to 
the Department’s ‘‘family of systems’’ programs. 
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(2) PROMPT ACCESS DEFINED.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘prompt access’’ means 
access provided not later than 15 business days after 
receiving a request. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 1051. NATIONAL DEFENSE PANEL. 
Subsection (f) of section 118 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL DEFENSE PANEL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of a year in which a quadrennial defense re-
view is conducted under this section, there shall be 
established a bipartisan, independent panel to be 
known as the National Defense Panel (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Panel’). The Panel shall have 
the duties set forth in this subsection. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Panel shall be com-
posed of ten members who are recognized experts in 
matters relating to the national security of the 
United States. Eight of the members shall be ap-
pointed as follows: 
‘‘(A) Two by the chairman of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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‘‘(B) Two by the chairman of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
‘‘(C) Two by the ranking member of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(D) Two by the ranking member of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) CO-CHAIRS OF THE PANEL.—In addition 
to the members appointed under paragraph (2), the 
Secretary of Defense shall appoint two members, one 
from each of the major political parties, to serve as 
co-chairs of the panel. 
‘‘(4) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 
Members shall be appointed for the life of the Panel. 
Any vacancy in the Panel shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment. 
‘‘(5) DUTIES.—The Panel shall have the fol-
lowing duties with respect to a quadrennial defense 
review: 
‘‘(A) Not later than March 1 of a year in 
which the review is conducted, the Panel shall 
submit to the Secretary of Defense a report 
that sets the parameters and provide guidance 
to the Secretary on the conduct of the review. 
The report of the Panel under this subpara-
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graph shall, at a minimum, include such guid-
ance as is necessary to ensure that the review 
is conducted in a manner that provides for ade-
quately addressing all elements listed in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(B) While the review is being conducted, 
the Panel shall review the updates from the 
Secretary of Defense required under paragraph 
(8) on the conduct of the review. 
‘‘(C) The Panel shall— 
‘‘(i) review the Secretary of Defense’s 
terms of reference and any other materials 
providing the basis for, or substantial in-
puts to, the work of the Department of 
Defense on the quadrennial defense review; 
‘‘(ii) conduct an assessment of the as-
sumptions, strategy, findings, and risks of 
the report on the quadrennial defense re-
view required in subsection (d), with par-
ticular attention paid to the risks described 
in that report; 
‘‘(iii) conduct an independent assess-
ment of a variety of possible force struc-
tures of the armed forces, including the 
force structure identified in the report on 
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the quadrennial defense review required in 
subsection (d); 
‘‘(iv) review the resource requirements 
identified pursuant to subsection (b)(3) 
and, to the extent practicable, make a gen-
eral comparison to the resource require-
ments to support the forces contemplated 
under the force structures assessed under 
subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(v) provide to Congress and the Sec-
retary of Defense, through the report 
under paragraph (7), any recommenda-
tions it considers appropriate for their con-
sideration. 
‘‘(6) FIRST MEETING.—If the Secretary of De-
fense has not made the Secretary’s appointments to 
the Panel under paragraph (3) by February 1 of a 
year in which a quadrennial defense review is con-
ducted under this section, the Panel shall convene 
for its first meeting with the remaining members. 
‘‘(7) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date on which the report on a quadrennial de-
fense review is submitted under subsection (d) to the 
congressional committees named in that subsection, 
the Panel established under paragraph (1) shall sub-
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mit to those committees an assessment of the quad-
rennial defense review, including a description of the 
items addressed under paragraph (5) with respect to 
that quadrennial defense review. 
‘‘(8) UPDATES
FROM
SECRETARY
OF
DE-
FENSE.—The Secretary of Defense shall periodically, 
but not less often than every 30 days, brief the 
Panel on the progress of the conduct of a quadren-
nial defense review under subsection (a). 
‘‘(9) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(A) The Panel may secure directly from 
the Department of Defense and any of its com-
ponents such information as the Panel con-
siders necessary to carry out its duties under 
this subsection. The head of the department or 
agency concerned shall ensure that information 
requested by the Panel under this paragraph is 
promptly provided. 
‘‘(B) Upon the request of the co-chairs of 
the Panel, the Secretary of Defense shall make 
available to the Panel the services of any feder-
ally funded research and development center 
that is covered by a sponsoring agreement of 
the Department of Defense. 
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‘‘(C) The Panel shall have the authorities 
provided in section 3161 of title 5, United 
States Code, and shall be subject to the condi-
tions set forth in such section. 
‘‘(D) Funds for activities of the Panel shall 
be provided from amounts available to the De-
partment of Defense. 
‘‘(10) TERMINATION.—The Panel for a quad-
rennial defense review shall terminate 45 days after 
the date on which the Panel submits its final report 
on the quadrennial defense review under paragraph 
(7).’’. 
SEC. 1052. QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the quadrennial defense review is a critical stra-
tegic document and should be based upon a process uncon-
strained by budgetary influences so that such influences 
do not determine or limit its outcome. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP OF QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE RE-
VIEW TO DEFENSE BUDGET.—Paragraph (4) of section 
118(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(4) to make recommendations that will not be 
influenced, constrained, or informed by the budget 
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protective body armor’’ and inserting ‘‘personal protective 
equipment, and other appropriate equipment’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2576. Surplus military equipment: sale to State and 
local law enforcement, firefighting, home-
land security, and emergency manage-
ment agencies’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 
such section in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 153 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘2576. Surplus military equipment: sale to State and local law enforcement, 
firefighting, homeland security, and emergency management 
agencies.’’. 
SEC. 1054. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RAPID INNOVATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall establish a program to accelerate the fielding 
of innovative technologies developed using Department of 
Defense research funding and the commercialization of 
such technologies. Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
guidelines for the operation of the program, including— 
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(1) criteria for an application for funding by a 
military department, defense agency, or the unified 
combatant command for special operations forces; 
(2) the purposes for which such a department, 
agency, or command may apply for funds and appro-
priate requirements for technology development or 
commercialization to be supported using program 
funds; 
(3) the priorities, if any, to be provided to field 
or commercialize technologies developed by certain 
types of Department of Defense research funding; 
and 
(4) criteria for evaluation of an application for 
funding by a department, agency, or command. 
(b) APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, the Sec-
retary shall, not less often than annually, solicit 
from the heads of the military departments, the de-
fense agencies, and the unified combatant command 
for special operations forces applications for funding 
to be used to enter into contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, or other transaction agreements entered into 
pursuant to section 845 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 
103–160; 107 Stat. 1721; 10 U.S.C. 2371 note) 
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with appropriate entities for the fielding or commer-
cialization of technologies. 
(2) TREATMENT PURSUANT TO CERTAIN CON-
GRESSIONAL RULES.—Nothing in this section shall 
be interpreted to require any official of the Depart-
ment of Defense to provide funding under this sec-
tion to any earmark as defined pursuant to House 
Rule XXI, clause 9, or any congressionally directed 
spending item as defined pursuant to Senate Rule 
XLIV, paragraph 5. 
(c) FUNDING.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations for such purpose, of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for research, development, test, and eval-
uation, defense-wide for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015, not more than $500,000,000 may be used for any 
such fiscal year for the program established under sub-
section (a). 
(d) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
transfer funds available for the program to the research, 
development, test, and evaluation accounts of a military 
department, defense agency, or the unified combatant 
command for special operations forces pursuant to an ap-
plication, or any part of an application, that the Secretary 
determines would support the purposes of the program. 
The transfer authority provided in this subsection is in 
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addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
Department of Defense. 
(e) DELEGATION OF MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary may delegate the management and oper-
ation of the program established under subsection (a) to 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
neering. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the last 
day of a fiscal year during which the Secretary carries out 
a program under this section, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees providing 
a detailed description of the operation of the program dur-
ing such fiscal year. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a 
program under this section shall terminate on September 
30, 2015. Any amounts made available for the program 
that remain available for obligation on the date the pro-
gram terminates may be transferred under subsection (d) 
during the 180-day period beginning on the date of the 
termination of the program. 
SEC. 1055. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Subsection 
(l)(2)(B) of section 8344 of title 5, United States Code, 
as added by section 1122(a) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
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84; 123 Stat. 2505), is amended by striking ‘‘5201 et 
seq.’’ and inserting ‘‘5211 et seq.’’. 
(b) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 
United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 127d(d)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 
(2) Section 132 is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (d), as 
added by section 2831(a) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2669), as sub-
section (e); and 
(B) in such subsection, by striking ‘‘Guam 
Executive Council’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam Over-
sight Council’’. 
(3)(A) Section 382 is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 175 or 2332c’’ in subsections (a), (b)(2)(C), 
and (d)(2)(A)(ii) and inserting ‘‘section 175, 229, or 
2332a’’. 
(B) The heading of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘chemical or biological’’. 
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 18 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 382 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘382. Emergency situations involving weapons of mass destruction.’’. 
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(4) Section 1175a(j)(3) is amended by striking 
‘‘title 10’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’. 
(5) Section 1781b(d) is amended by striking 
‘‘March 1, 2008, and each year thereafter’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 1 each year’’. 
(6) Section 1781c(h)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘180 days after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010, and annually thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘April 
30 each year’’. 
(7) Section 2130a(b)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘Training Program’’ both places it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Training Corps program’’. 
(8) Section 2222(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘Effective October 1, 2005, funds’’ and inserting 
‘‘Funds’’. 
(9) The table of sections at the beginning of 
subchapter I of chapter 134, as amended by section 
1031(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 2448), is amended by transferring the item re-
lating to section 2241a from the end of the table of 
sections to appear after the item relating to section 
2241. 
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