AEROSPACE CONTROL ALERT MISSION.

SEC. 352. [10 U.S.C. 221 note] AEROSPACE CONTROL ALERT MISSION. (a) Consolidated Budget Exhibit.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish a consolidated budget justification display that fully identifies the baseline aerospace control alert budget for each of the military services and encompasses all programs and activities of the aerospace control alert mission for each of the following functions: (1) Procurement. (2) Operation and maintenance. (3) Research, development, testing, and evaluation. (4) Military construction. (b) Report.— (1) Report to congress.—Not later than April 1, 2013, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that provides a cost-benefit analysis and risk-based assessment of the aerospace control alert mission as it relates to expected future changes to the budget and force structure of such mission. (2) Comptroller general review.—Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the report required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall— (A) conduct a review of the Department of Defense cost-benefit analysis and risk-based assessment contained in the report; and (B) submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of such review. (c) Sense of Congress on the Essential Service Provided by Air Force Wings Performing Aerospace Control Alert Missions.—It is the sense of Congress that Air Force wings performing the 24-hour aerospace control alert missions provide an essential service in defending the sovereign airspace of the United States in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks upon the United States on September 11, 2001.