Sec. 802. Reduction in costs to report critical changes to major automated information system programs
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Section 2445a of title 10, United States Code, is amended adding at the end the following new subsection: In this chapter, the term extension of a program means, with respect to a major automated information system program or other major information technology investment program, the further deployment or planned deployment to additional users of the system which has already been found operationally effective and suitable by an independent test agency or the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, beyond the scope planned in the original estimate or information originally submitted on the program. . Subsection
(d)of section 2445c of such title is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting paragraph
(3); by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (3); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following new paragraph (2): If a senior Department of Defense official who, following receipt of a quarterly report described in paragraph
(1)and making a determination described in paragraph (3), also determines that the circumstances resulting in the determination described in paragraph
(3)either
(A)are primarily the result of congressional action, or
(B)are primarily due to an extension of a program, the official may, in lieu of carrying out an evaluation and submitting a report in accordance with paragraph (1), submit to the congressional defense committees, within 45 days after receiving the quarterly report, a notification that the official has made those determinations. If such a notification is submitted, the limitation in subsection (g)(1) does not apply with respect to that determination under paragraph (3). . Subsection (g)(1) of such section is amended by striking subsection (d)(2) and inserting subsection (d)(3) . Section 2445b(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking development costs and inserting total acquisition costs . Section 2445c of such title is amended— in subparagraph
(B)of subsection (c)(2), by striking program development cost and inserting total acquisition cost ; and in subparagraph
(C)of subsection (d)(3) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(2)), by striking program development cost and inserting total acquisition cost . Section 2445c(g)(2) of such title is amended by striking in compliance with the requirements of subsection (d)(2) and inserting under subsection (d)(1)(B) .