Sec. 830. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 830 MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS ###

(a)Modification of Report to Congress Section 2432 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (b)(1), by adding after “major defense acquisition programs” the following: “and any program that is estimated by the Secretary of Defense to require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test, and evaluation of more than $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1990 constant dollars) or an eventual total expenditure for procurement, including all planned increments or spirals, of more than $1,800,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1990 constant dollars)”; and ####

(2)by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(i) Form of Report > > A Selected Acquisition Report required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form without any designation relating to dissemination control, but may contain a classified annex. > > > ### “(j) Termination > > The requirements under this section shall terminate after the final submission covering fiscal year 2021.” > . ###

(b)Proposal for Reports on Acquisition Programs and Activities Not later than October 15, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a proposal for an alternative methodology for reporting on all acquisition programs that includes— ####

(1)conforming changes from the most recent update of Department of Defense Directive 5000.01 (The Defense Acquisition System) and Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 (Operation of the Defense Acquisition System); ####

(2)the reporting requirements relating to Selected Acquisition Reports under section 2432 of title 10, United States Code; ####

(3)the reporting requirements relating to unit costs under section 2433 of such title; and ####

(4)the reporting requirements for acquisition programs that use alternative acquisition pathways or tailored acquisition procedures.