Sec. 220. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHALLOW WATER COMBAT SUBMERSIBLE

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## SEC. 220 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHALLOW WATER COMBAT SUBMERSIBLE ###

(a)Limitation Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the development of the shallow water combat submersible of the United States Special Operations Command, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days elapses following the later of the date on which— ####

(1)the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics designates a civilian official to be responsible for oversight of and assistance to the United States Special Operations Command for all undersea mobility programs; and ####

(2)the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command, submits to the congressional defense committees the report described in subsection (b). ###

(b)Report Described The report described in this subsection is a report on the shallow water combat submersible program that includes the following: ####

(1)An analysis of the reasons for cost and schedule overruns associated with the program, including with respect to the performance of contractors and subcontractors. ####

(2)A revised timeline for initial and full operational capability of the shallow water combat submersible. ####

(3)A description of the challenges associated with the integration with dry deck shelter and other diving technologies. ####

(4)The projected cost to meet the total unit acquisition objective. ####

(5)A plan to prevent, identify, and mitigate any additional cost and schedule overruns. ####

(6)A description of any opportunities to recover cost or schedule overruns. ####

(7)A description of any lessons that the Under Secretary may have learned from the shallow water combat submersible program that could be applied to future undersea mobility acquisition programs. ####

(8)Any other matters that the Under Secretary considers appropriate.