Sec. 1043. Cost estimates and comparisons relating to interoperable warhead
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The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, shall estimate the costs of life extension activities for the following: Deployed and hedge W88 Trident II D5 missile warheads. Deployed and hedge W78 intercontinental ballistic missile warheads. Deployed and hedge W87 intercontinental ballistic missile warheads. The Secretary shall submit the cost estimate required by paragraph
(1)to the congressional defense committees not later than February 1, 2014. The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall compare the costs of life extension activities for the warheads referred to in subsection (a)(1), using the cost estimate required by that subsection, to the costs of replacing the W88 Trident II D5 missile warheads and the W78 intercontinental ballistic missile warheads with an interoperable warhead, using the cost estimate for phase 6.2A (relating to design definition and cost study) for the interoperable warhead. The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the cost comparison required by paragraph
(1)not later than April 1, 2014. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for an interoperable warhead to replace the W88 Trident II D5 missile warheads and the W78 intercontinental ballistic missile warheads after the completion of phase 6.2A for the interoperable warhead until the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the report on the cost comparison required by subsection (b).