; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note) is amended to read as follows: (a) Policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to research, develop, test, procure, deploy, and sustain, with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriations for National Missile Defense, systems that provide effective, layered missile defense capabilities to defeat increasingly complex missile threats in all phases of flight; and (2) to rely on nuclear deterrence to address more sophisticated and larger quantity near-peer intercontinental missile threats to the homeland of the United States. . 1664. Modification of requirement for Comptroller General to review and assess missile defense acquisition programs Section 232(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 ( Public Law 112–81 ; 125 Stat. 1339) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking through 2025 and inserting through 2030 ; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking through 2026 and inserting through 2031 ; and (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking emerging and inserting other Department of Defense missile defense acquisition efforts and related ; (B) by striking emerging issues and and inserting emerging issues, any Department of Defense missile defense acquisition efforts, and any other related issue and