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 124 STAT. 4357 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 security knowledge and skills in Department of Defense civilian and military personnel, and make recommendations for strength- ening such knowledge and skills. At minimum, the study shall include assessments and recommendations on— (1) interagency national security training, education, and rotational assignment opportunities available to civilians and military personnel; (2) integration of interagency national security education into the professional military education system; (3) levels of interagency national security knowledge and skills possessed by personnel currently serving in civilian execu- tive and general or flag officer positions, as represented by the interagency education, training, and professional experi- ences they have undertaken; (4) incentives that enable and encourage military and civilian personnel to undertake interagency assignment, edu- cation, and training opportunities, as well as disincentives and obstacles that discourage undertaking such opportunities; and (5) any plans or current efforts to improve the interagency national security knowledge and skills of civilian and military personnel. (c) REPORT.—Not later than December 1, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the findings and recommendations from the study required by subsection (a). (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘interagency national security knowledge and skills’’ means an understanding of, and the ability to efficiently and expeditiously work within, the struc- tures, mechanisms, and processes by which the departments, agen- cies, and elements of the Federal Government that have national security missions coordinate and integrate their policies, capabili- ties, budgets, expertise, and activities to accomplish such missions. SEC. 1052. REPORT ON ESTABLISHING A NORTHEAST REGIONAL JOINT TRAINING CENTER. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 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 need for the establishment of a Northeast Regional Joint Training Center. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required under sub- section (a) shall include each of the following: (1) A list of facilities in the Northeastern United States at which, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense has deployed or has committed to deploying joint training. (2) A description of the extent to which such facilities have sufficient unused capacity and expertise to accommodate and fully utilize joint training. (3) A list of potential locations for the Northeast Regional Joint Training Center discussed in the report. (c) CONSIDERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO LOCATION.—In deter- mining potential locations for the Northeast Regional Joint Training Center to be discussed in the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall take into consideration Depart- ment of Defense facilities that have— (1) a workforce of skilled personnel;