REPORT ON AIR SOVEREIGNTY ALERT MISSION.

SEC. 333. REPORT ON AIR SOVEREIGNTY ALERT MISSION.(a) Report Required.—Not later than March 1, 2011, the Commander of the United States Northern Command and the North 124 STAT. 4188 American Aerospace Defense Command shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the Air Sovereignty Alert (hereinafter in this section referred to as “ASA”) mission and Operation Noble Eagle.(b) Consultation.—The Commander shall consult with the Director of the National Guard Bureau who shall review and provide independent analysis and comments on the report required under subsection (a).(c) Contents of Report.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include each of the following:(1) An evaluation of the ASA mission and of Operation Noble Eagle.(2) An evaluation of each of the following:(A) The current ability to perform the ASA mission with respect to training, equipment, and basing.(B) Any current deficiencies in the ASA mission.(C) Any changes in threats that would require any change in training, equipment, and basing to effectively support the ASA mission.(D) An evaluation of whether the ASA mission is fully resourced with respect to funding, personnel, and aircraft.(E) A description of the coverage of ASA and Operation Noble Eagle units with respect to—(i) population centers covered; and(ii) targets of value covered, including symbolic (including national monuments, sports venues, and centers of commerce), critical infrastructure (including power plants, ports, dams, bridges, and telecommunication nodes), and national security (including military bases and organs of government) targets.(F) An unclassified, notional area of responsibility conforming to the unclassified response time of the unit represented graphically on a map and detailing the total population and number of targets of value covered, as described in subparagraph (E).(3) The status of the implementation of the recommendations made in the Government Accountability Office report entitled “Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace” (GAO–09–184).(d) Form of Report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.