Sec. 809. Cost growth reports for major acquisition programs that are highly sensitive classified programs
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation each Secretary of a military department, shall establish guidance requiring that each service acquisition executive (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) submit to the congressional defense committees a cost growth report for a covered program each time the estimated unit cost for such covered program has increased by a percentage equal to or greater than any of the significant cost growth thresholds or critical cost growth thresholds under section 4371 of title 10, United States Code.
A cost growth report required under this section shall include, with respect to a covered program, the following: The name of the covered program. The date of the preparation of the report. The program phase of the covered program. The unit cost estimates for the covered program in constant base-year dollars and in current dollars. A statement of the reasons for cost increases that resulted in the submission of a report under this section. A list of major program milestones, including the dates for each program milestone according to the original baseline, current baseline, and current estimate.
Annualized funding for the program by appropriation account from the date on which the program commenced to the current estimated year of completion. Any actions taken or proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the covered program. Any changes made in the performance or milestones of the covered program and the extent to which such changes have contributed to the cost increase. With respect to a covered program for which the cost growth meets the threshold for a critical cost growth threshold (as defined in section 4371 of title 10, United States Code), the applicable service acquisition executive shall— treat such covered program as if the unit cost of such a covered program has increased by a percentage equal to or greater than any of the critical cost growth thresholds for the covered program; and follow applicable procedures in sections 4376 and 4377 of title 10, United States Code.
In this section: The term covered program means a Department of Defense program— that is a highly sensitive classified program (as determined by the Secretary of Defense); that would be a major defense acquisition program under section 4201 of title 10, United States Code, except for the exclusion from the applicability of that section of such a highly sensitive classified program; and that has entered the engineering and manufacturing design phase, or equivalent phase. The term unit cost means, with respect to a covered program, as applicable— the program acquisition unit cost (as defined in section 4351 of title 10, United States Code); or the procurement unit cost (as defined in such section).