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124 STAT. 4358 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 (2) live, virtual, and constructive training capabilities, and the ability to digitally connect them and the associated battle command structure at the tactical and operational levels; (3) an extensive deployment history in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; (4) a location in the Northeastern United States; (5) the capacity or potential capacity to accommodate a target training audience range of 500 to 4,000 additional per- sonnel; and (6) the capability to accommodate the training of current and future joint forces. SEC. 1053. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED REPORTS. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 2011, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Com- mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report evaluating the sufficiency, adequacy, and conclusions of the following reports: (1) The report on Air Force fighter force shortfalls, as required by the report of the House of Representatives num- bered 111–166, which accompanied the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84). (2) The report on procurement of 4.5 generation fighters, as required by section 131 of the National Defense Authoriza- tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2218). (3) The report on combat air forces restructuring, as required by the report of the House of Representatives num- bered 111–288, which accompanied the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84). (b) MATTERS COVERED BY REPORT.—The report required by subsection (a) shall examine the potential costs and benefits of each of the following: (1) The service life extension program costs to sustain the legacy fighter fleet to meet inventory requirements with an emphasis on the service life extension program compared to other options such as procurement of 4.5 generation fighters. (2) The Falcon Structural Augmentation Roadmap of F– 16s, with emphasis on the cost-benefit of such effort and the effect of such efforts on the service life of the airframes. (3) Any additional programs designed to extend the service life of legacy fighter aircraft. (c) PROHIBITION.—No fighter aircraft may be retired from the Air Force or the Air National Guard inventory in fiscal year 2011 until the date that is 90 days after the date on which the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives receive the report required under subsection (a). SEC. 1054. BIENNIAL REPORT ON NUCLEAR TRIAD. (a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning March 1, 2012, the Secretary of Defense, in con- sultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the nuclear triad. Effective date. 10 USC 113 note.