Sec. 231. IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
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## SEC. 231 IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM ###
(a)Improvement to Operations and Sustainment Cost Estimates **[**[10 U.S.C. 225 note](/us/usc/t10/s225)**]** In preparing the acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic missile defense system required by section 225 of title 10, United States Code, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall improve the quality of cost estimates relating to operations and sustainment that are included in such reports under subsection (b)(3)(A) of such section, including with respect to the confidence levels of such cost estimates. ###
(b)Operations and Sustainment Responsibility Section 225 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(e) Operations and Sustainment Cost Estimates > > The Director shall ensure that each life-cycle cost estimate included in an acquisition baseline pursuant to subsection (b)(3)(A) includes— > > > #### “(1) > > all of the operations and sustainment costs for which the Director is responsible; and > > > #### “(2) > > a description of the operations and sustainment functions and costs for which a military department is responsible.” > . ###
(c)Report ####
(1)In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report outlining the plans of the Director to improve the quality of cost estimates pursuant to subsection (a). ####
(2)Elements The report under paragraph
(1)shall include— #####
(A)a description of the actions planned to improve the quality of cost estimates included in the acquisition accountability reports on the ballistic missile defense system required by section 225 of title 10, United States Code; #####
(B)the schedule for such planned actions, including the planned schedule for meeting the requirements of subsection
(e)of such section 225, as added by subsection (b); #####
(C)a description of any steps taken during the previous year to improve the quality of such cost estimates; #####
(D)an assessment of how the planned improvements compare to the best practices and cost-estimation guidelines recommended by the Comptroller General of the United States for cost estimates of the ballistic missile defense system; #####
(E)any other matters the Director considers appropriate; and #####
(F)the views of the Comptroller General of the United States with respect to the contents of the report. ####
(3)Form The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form.
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IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
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