Sec. 306. COST ESTIMATES
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## SEC. 306 COST ESTIMATES ###
(a)In General Section 506A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 415a-1) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)(2)— #####
(A)by inserting “(A)” after “(2)”; and #####
(B)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(B) > > For major system acquisitions requiring a service or capability from another acquisition or program to deliver the end-to-end functionality for the intelligence community end users, independent cost estimates shall include, to the maximum extent practicable, all estimated costs across all pertinent elements of the intelligence community. For collection programs, such cost estimates shall include the cost of new analyst training, new hardware and software for data exploitation and analysis, and any unique or additional costs for data processing, storing, and power, space, and cooling across the life cycle of the program. If such costs for processing, exploitation, dissemination, and storage are scheduled to be executed in other elements of the intelligence community, the independent cost estimate shall identify and annotate such costs for such other elements accordingly.” > ; and ####
(2)in subsection (e)(2)— #####
(A)by inserting “(A)” after “(2)”; #####
(B)in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking “associated with the acquisition of a major system,” and inserting “associated with the development, acquisition, procurement, operation, and sustainment of a major system across its proposed life cycle,”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following: > > ##### “(B) > > In accordance with subsection (a)(2)(B), each independent cost estimate shall include all costs required across elements of the intelligence community to develop, acquire, procure, operate, and sustain the system to provide the end-to-end intelligence functionality of the system, including— > > > ###### “(i) > > for collection programs, the cost of new analyst training, new hardware and software for data exploitation and analysis, and any unique or additional costs for data processing, storing, and power, space, and cooling across the life cycle of the program; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > costs for processing, exploitation, dissemination, and storage scheduled to be executed in other elements of the intelligence community.” > . ###
(b)Effective Date **[**[50 U.S.C. 415a-1 note](/us/usc/t50/s415a-1)**]** The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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