Sec. 1546. Improving acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic missile defense system
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Section 225 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)(C), by striking and flight and inserting , flight, and cybersecurity ; in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
(C)and inserting the following new subparagraph (C): how the proposed capability satisfies a capability requirement or performance attribute identified through— the missile defense warfighter involvement process, as governed by United States Strategic Command Instruction 538-03 or the document that amends or replaces it; or processes and products approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Joint Requirements Oversight Council; ; in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (C), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: an explanation for why a program joint cost analysis requirements description has not been prepared and approved, and, if a program joint cost analysis requirements description is not applicable, the rationale. ; in subsection (c)(2)— in subparagraph (B)(ii)— in subclause (I)— by striking initial and inserting original ; and by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subclause (II), by striking the period at the ending and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subclause: the most recent adjusted or revised acquisition baseline for such program element or major subprogram under subsection (d). ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: In this paragraph, the term original acquisition baseline means the first acquisition baseline created. An original acquisition baseline has no previous iterations; it has not been adjusted or revised. Any acquisition baselines resulting from adjustments or revisions to the original acquisition baseline shall not be considered the original acquisition baseline for the purposes of reporting under this section. Any acquisition baseline adjusted or revised pursuant to subsection
(d)shall not be considered an original acquisition baseline. ; in subsection (e)— in paragraph (1), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; by paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: the amount of operations and sustainment costs (dollar value and base year) for which the military department or other Department entity is responsible; and a citation to the source (such as a joint cost estimate or one or more military department estimates) that captures the operations and sustainment costs for which a military department or other Department entity is responsible; the date the source was prepared; and if and when the source was independently verified by the Office for Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections: The Director shall identify the total system costs for each element that comprises the missile defense system, without regard to funding source or management control (such as the Missile Defense Agency, a military department, or other Department entity), in annual reports submitted under subsection (c). The elements referred to in paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Research and development. Procurement. Military construction. Operations and sustainment. Disposal. In this subsection, the term total system costs means all combined costs from closed, canceled, and active acquisition baselines, as well as any costs shifted to or a part of future efforts without an established acquisition baseline, and any costs under the responsibility of a military department or other Department entity. .