REVIEW AND REPORT ON IRAN’S AND CHINA’S CONVENTIONAL AND ANTI-ACCESS CAPABILITIES.

SEC. 1232. REVIEW AND REPORT ON IRAN’S AND CHINA’S CONVENTIONAL AND ANTI-ACCESS CAPABILITIES. (a) Review.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an independent review of the following: (1) Any gaps between Iran’s conventional and anti-access capabilities and United States’ capabilities to overcome them. (2) Any gaps between China’s anti-access capabilities and United States’ capabilities to overcome them. (b) Report.—Not later than January 31, 2013, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains the review conducted under subsection (a). (c) Additional to Other Reports, etc.—The review conducted under subsection (a) and the report required under subsection (b) are in addition to the report required under section 1238 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4402) and the strategy and briefings required under section 1243 of such Act (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4405). (d) Definition.—In this section, the term “anti-access” has the meaning given the term in section 1238(f) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4403).