Sec. 212. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING PHASE

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## SEC. 212 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING PHASE None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the Army may be obligated or expended for post-Milestone B engineering and manufacturing phase development activities for the ground combat vehicle program until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following: ####

(1)An independent assessment of the draft milestone B documentation for the ground combat vehicle that— #####

(A)is performed by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, or other similar official; and #####

(B)analyzes whether there is a sufficient business case to proceed with the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the ground combat vehicle using only one contractor. ####

(2)A certification by the Secretary that the ground combat vehicle program has— #####

(A)feasible, fully defined, and stable requirements; #####

(B)been demonstrated in a relevant environment in accordance with section 2366b(a)(3)(D) of title 10, United States Code, and achieved technology readiness or maturity; #####

(C)independent and high-confidence cost estimates; #####

(D)sufficient funding available during fiscal year 2014 and sufficient funding planned for the period covered by the current future-years defense plan; and #####

(E)a realistic and achievable schedule.