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 124 STAT. 4350 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 effects on operational plans, missions, deployment sched- ules, and fulfillment of the requirements of the combatant commanders. ‘‘(c) NAVAL COMPOSITION.—In submitting the plan under sub- section (a), the Secretary shall ensure that such plan is in accord- ance with section 5062(b) of this title. ‘‘(d) ASSESSMENT WHEN BUDGET IS INSUFFICIENT.—If the budget for a fiscal year provides for funding of the construction of naval vessels at a level that is less than the level determined necessary by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua- tion under subsection (b)(5), the Secretary of the Navy shall include with the defense budget materials for that fiscal year an assessment that describes and discusses the risks associated with the budget, including the risk associated with a reduced force structure that may result from funding naval vessel construction at such a level. ‘‘(e) CBO EVALUATION.—Not later than 60 days after the date on which the congressional defense committees receive the plan under subsection (a), the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to such committees a report assessing the suffi- ciency of the estimated levels of annual funding included in such plan with respect to the budget submitted during the year in which the plan is submitted and the future-years defense program submitted under section 221 of this title. ‘‘(f) CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN.—In any year in which a quadrennial defense review is not submitted and the budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31 decreases the number of vessels requested in the future-years defense program submitted under section 221 of this title, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on such decrease including— ‘‘(1) an addendum to the most recent quadrennial defense review that fully explains and justifies the decrease with respect to the national security strategy of the United States as set forth in the most recent national security strategy report of the President under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a); and ‘‘(2) a description of the additional reviews and analyses considered by the Secretary after the previous quadrennial defense review was submitted that justify the decrease. ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31. ‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that fiscal year. ‘‘(3) The term ‘quadrennial defense review’ means the review of the defense programs and policies of the United States that is carried out every four years under section 118 of this title.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of chapter 9 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 231 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘231. Long-range plan for construction of naval vessels.’’. Reports. Deadline. Reports.