Sec. 1602. EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE NOTIFICATION

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## SEC. 1602 EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE NOTIFICATION ###

(a)Notification At the same time as the President submits the budget required under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees notice of each change to the evolved expendable launch vehicle acquisition plan and schedule from the plan and schedule included in the budget submitted by the President under such section 1105 for fiscal year 2015. Such notification shall include— ####

(1)an identification of the change; ####

(2)a national security rationale for the change; ####

(3)the impact of the change on the evolved expendable launch vehicle block buy contract; ####

(4)the impact of the change on the opportunities for competition for certified evolved expendable launch vehicle launch providers; and ####

(5)the costs or savings of the change. ###

(b)Inapplicability of Notification Requirement if No Changes No notification under subsection

(a)is required if at the time such notification would be required no change described in subsection

(a)has occurred. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####

(2)with respect to a change to the evolved expendable launch vehicle acquisition schedule for an intelligence-related launch, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.